Chasing Hats

Archive for January, 2003

Doxology, Part 3

James Cordrey

Why do we allow ourselves to wallow in a ghetto? ... We wallow because, to borrow from Franky Schaeffer, we are addicted to mediocrity.

Dead Poets Society

Rachel Eyre

Tradition! Honor! Discipline! Excellence!

Adaptation

Jason Killingsworth

And what movie inspired such reckless devotion, such blatant disregard for my financial well being? Well, the answer to that question is Adaptation.

Doxology, Part 2

James Cordrey

To speak of the Christian church valuing art, and good art at that, would be to garner laughs from many.

Beauties that Pierce Like Swords, Part 3

April Clark

C.S. Lewis said of Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, "Here are beauties which pierce like swords or burn like cold iron: here is a book which will break your heart." April Clark continues a four-part series, illustrating the beauty of the fellowship.

The Color Green, Part 1

Youssef Sleiman

The wife suggested some Shakespeare instead of the commercial junk I keep bringing to work. I just started it and already there’re these two guys arguing about how love works. What do you think about that?

Doxology, Part 1

James Cordrey

James Cordrey agrees with Francis Schaeffer: "An artwork can be a doxology in itself."

Quoth the Raven

Jeffrey Dunn

"Quork!"

Beauties that Pierce Like Swords, Part 2

April Clark

C.S. Lewis said of Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, "Here are beauties which pierce like swords or burn like cold iron: here is a book which will break your heart." April Clark continues a four-part series analyzing the book and exposing her pierced heart.

Robin Holcomb’s American Spiritual Sound

Jeffrey Dunn

What is the sound of spirituality? Traditional? Choral? Ecstatic? To my ear, Robin Holcomb has a spiritual imagination as big as America.