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August 2013

August 31, 2013

“It Can Entrance You For a Moment…”

"Debate doesn’t really change things. It gets you bogged in deeper. If you can address...

August 26, 2012

Happy 30th Anniversary to a Man and a Woman!

Last Tuesday marked the 30th anniversary of the marriage of Paul Hewson and Ali Stewart....

December 2010

December 03, 2010

Fingertips: December 2010 #1 – Spider-man on Broadway; God With Us; Real Heroes; Over the Rhine Backstage;

I'm going to try and recharge my blogging routine by bringing back "The Browser" with...

August 2009

August 27, 2009

Bill Hybels: What Bono Taught Me About Fighting Poverty

At U.S. News and World Report, Bill Hybels is talking about Bono. Hybels is the...

July 2009

July 05, 2009

Browser: A 4th of July surprise. Wilco loves you, baby. Jarmusch. Bono & the Virgin. Salinger. And the scariest video ever posted online.

Hi ho, Jeffrey the Blogger here. This weekend, I've moved into revising the last eight...

February 2009

February 15, 2009

Behind the Scenes with Bono: Rock, Politics, Poverty… and His Christian Faith

Believe it or not, I still hear Christians who declare that Bono isn't a believer....

January 2009

January 11, 2009

New York, New York: New Thoughts from Bono

Bono's started work in his new job... columnist for the New York Times. And I...

October 2008

October 23, 2008

Browser, 10/23

I'm a big fan of Todd Field, who directed In the Bedroom and Little Children....

September 2008

September 25, 2008

To Save Ourselves?

It's extraordinary to me that the United States can find $700 billion to save Wall...

March 2008

March 18, 2008

“The Bonofication of Christianity”

Don't miss this podcast of Dr. Jeff Keuss and Nigel Goodwin as they discuss Bono...

March 12, 2008

Highlights from Image: Amazing Grace; Bono and Christian music

This new Image blog? I'm loving it. Brave, thought-provoking, substantial¬†new material every week. Check out...

December 2007

December 02, 2007

“Bono’s Calling” – The Washington Post on “the One Man Who Can Unite Us”

Yesterday, as the first big snow of the year hit Seattle, I sat in Hotwire...

September 2007

September 06, 2007

Echoes of Pavarotti

Pavarotti's voice will never die. "Luciano Pavarotti was one of the finest singers of our...

April 2007

April 17, 2007

Achtung, Spider-man! (I am not making this up.)

What in the world? Bono and The Edge... writing a Spider-man musical... for Julie Taymor....

December 2006

December 21, 2006

Bono’s not a Christian Because He Cusses. Or So I’m Told.

This just came in as a comment on a previous post, but hey... I think...

November 2006

November 06, 2006

October 2006

October 24, 2006

The “If Jesus Came Back…” Award-Winner: Stephen Baldwin!

Reading this article in Salon, I'm inspired to hand out the first "If Jesus Came...

October 16, 2006

Specials: FoxFaith, Leibowitz, and Bono

NEWMAN ON FOXFAITH Marc T. Newman challenges Christian filmmakers to seize the day. A SCI-FI...

July 2006

July 10, 2006

Steven Baldwin Bashes Bono

The outspokenly Christian Baldwin brother, Stephen Baldwin, has an autobiography coming out, and in it,...

June 2006

June 03, 2006

While U2 prepares to record, Bono is taking piano lessons.

JAM! Showbiz reports that U2 is preparing to go back into the studio this summer....

May 2006

May 23, 2006

What a guy.

The Independent has fine profile on Bono. There was another element to Bono's success in...

February 2006

February 11, 2006

Grand Theft Bono

Check out Jack Thompson's "open letter" to Bono, warning him to dodge an oncoming bus.

February 07, 2006

Specials: Boycotts! Batman! Bono!

Tuesday specials: DON'T GO READ THIS! (Now you're curious, aren't you?) Sean Gaffney boycotts boycotting!...

February 03, 2006

WATCH and LISTEN as Bono addresses the President and the National Prayer Breakfast.

Here's the video. It's worth the 20 minutes.

February 03, 2006

Specials: Coen Brothers. Sufjan Stevens. Snake & Hamster. And Bono’s words to the National Prayer Breakfast.

Friday specials: COEN BROTHERS' NEXT MOVIE! Tommy Lee Jones gives credit to Flannery O'Connor and...

December 2005

December 18, 2005

TIME’s Persons of the Year: Bono, Bill & Melinda Gates!

Excuse me, while I perform a one-man version of George Frederic Handel's "Hallelujah Chorus." The...

October 2005

October 20, 2005

Bono on the Cover of the New Rolling Stone

Thanks to Josh Hurst for bringing THIS to my attention. As is so often the...

October 20, 2005

At long last, the legendary, hitherto-unseen photo is revealed!

FINALLY the Pope's official photographer reveals the legendary photograph of Pope John Paul II wearing...

May 2005

May 30, 2005

For those who are still telling me Bono isn’t a Christian…

Recently I spoke in church about the "ministry" of U2 through their music and through...

May 26, 2005

David Brooks on Bono, Rick Warren, Chuck Colson, Evangelicals, the “Culture War,” and the War on Poverty

David Brooks hits a home run. Here's an excerpt: I recently went to a U2...