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January 2015

January 12, 2015

Do You Hear What I Hear? A New Weekly Adventure in “Listening Closer.”

This week, I begin a new year-long adventure: "Listening Closer." I will write about one...

January 09, 2015

The “Most Christian” Movie of the Year?

In Selma — and I'm pretty sure about this — there is more gospel quoted,...

January 09, 2015

Looking Closer at Selma: My Review and Some Other Perspectives

By choosing intimacy over an epic scale, by going small instead of large, by discernment...

January 03, 2015

Overstreet’s Favorite Recordings of 2014: Part Two [Updated Feb. 2015]

Albums I wanted to hear every week; albums I would be happy to own in...

January 01, 2015

Overstreet’s Favorite Films of 2014

This year's Favorite Films list accomplishes several things for me: 1) It reminds me that —...

December 2014

December 31, 2014

Overstreet’s Favorite Recordings of 2014: Part One

Overdoing it? Yes. As long as War & Peace? Yes. But here it comes anyway:...

December 29, 2014

Win a Lucinda Williams Double Album: Tell Us About Your Favorite 2014 Album

What album meant the most to you in 2014? Tell us about it, and you...

December 25, 2014

The Complete 2014 Christmas Playlist

It started as a spur-of-the-moment experiment. I asked Joe Henry if he'd be willing to...

December 24, 2014

The Last 2014 Christmas Playlist : Some of My Own Personal Favorites

I couldn't have asked for a bigger Christmas surprise, or a more enjoyable Christmas blessing,...

December 24, 2014

Nurse Claire Nieman Presents a Christmas Playlist

It just made sense. Inviting people to share Christmas playlists, shouldn't I invite someone who...

December 23, 2014

W. David O. Taylor and Phaedra Taylor Present a Christmas Playlist

W. David O. Taylor and Phaedra Taylor bring us one step closer to Christmas Eve...

December 23, 2014

Andy Whitman Presents a Christmas Playlist

Nobody I know writes about music with more passion, personality, and insight than Andy Whitman....

December 23, 2014

Overheard at the Movies: Will Unbroken Inspire You to “Hate Your Enemies”?

How many movies that promise to "inspire" you actually inspire you? I don't mean "Do...

December 22, 2014

Robert Deeble Presents a Christmas Party Playlist

I first encountered Robert Deeble's music on Seattle alt-rock radio, and I was immediately taken...

December 22, 2014

Steve Taylor Presents a Christmas Playlist

It is a thrill for me to share this Christmas playlist from one of my...

December 21, 2014

Award-Winning Author Robert Clark Presents a Christmas Playlist

You may know the name Robert Clark because of his celebrated writing. Since I pay...

December 21, 2014

Christmas, Calling, Carols, and #Ferguson: Jeff Keuss Hosts a Conversation with Rev. Richard Dahlstrom, Dr. Brian Bantum, Anna Miller, and Myself (with Music from Eric Miller)

What can we learn from Mary, the mother of Christ, that can help us understand...

December 21, 2014

Looking Elsewhere: Trailering Malick; Burying “The Hobbit”; Christian Bale’s Bible Reading; and More!

This week, in my community of arts-and-faith explorers, conversations have been focused on the joy...

December 21, 2014

Poet Tania Runyan Presents a Christmas Playlist

The author of How to Write a Poem shows us how to make a Christmas...

December 20, 2014

Andy Crouch, Executive Editor of Christianity Today, Presents a Christmas Playlist

Our guest DJ for some Christmas music: The author of Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative...

December 20, 2014

Author Shannon Huffman Polson Presents a Christmas Playlist

A Christmas playlist from the author of North of Hope.

December 19, 2014

The Bruised Hearts Revue Presents a Christmas Playlist

One of the biggest musical surprises for me in 2014 was the discovery of a...

December 17, 2014

Novelist A.S. Peterson Presents a Christmas Playlist

A Christmas playlist from adventure novelist and Rabbit Room editor A. S. Peterson...

December 16, 2014

Sarah Masen Presents a Christmas Playlist

I began listening to this post's guest DJ late, and by a rather circuitous route....

December 15, 2014

Chris Willman Presents a Christmas Playlist

I was already a fan of Chris Willman's work in the early '90s when he...

December 13, 2014

The Fault in Our Stars (2014): First Impressions

If I were struggling with cancer, I suspect this movie would come across as punch...

December 12, 2014

Agents of Future Present a Christmas Playlist

Ready for another Christmas playlist? This one's full of surprises.

December 12, 2014

Moses and Errin’ — A Review of Exodus: Gods and Kings

Dear Ridley Scott, My name is Aaron. I'm the brother of Moses. In the Holy...

December 10, 2014

A High-Wire Act From the Director of Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, and Flight

Robert Zemeckis took us back in time with Marty McFly and again with Forrest Gump....

December 10, 2014

Over the Rhine Presents a Christmas Playlist

Here now, is what Over the Rhine would play for you if you asked to...