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the rearview mirror i

Author: Brad
Filed under: church, culture, media, movies, music, news, politics, television, the 7, worship
Date: Dec 17,2006

Last Sunday, I started a feature called “The Week in Review,” where I highlighted my favorite blog entries of the week.

But here is the big question about the feature: Isn’t that title boring? I though so too. It’s like a bad, recurring article in a stodgy news journal. Stodgy I am not.

So I thought long and hard about a really smart, creative title and I came up with [drum roll please...] “The Rearview Mirror.” Okay, it’s nothing revolutionary, just an attempt to be a little more clever than the next guy.

With that aside, be sure to check in each Sunday as we peruse [IMHO] the past week’s best of the best in the blogosphere on the “The Rearview Mirror.” Here is this week’s edition:

1. So why did The Nativity Story fail at the box office? It didn’t follow the ‘Passion’ Playbook a.k.a. the 10+ commandments of the new Hollywood.

2. Maybe numbers in church aren’t bad after all. Fuller’s Ryan Bolger ruminates…

3. Refuting the myth of guilt only for particular sins.

4. Crunchy Con balks at a couple of things that have been on my mind lately: the pursuit for homogeneity in public schools and yes, Bratz.

5. Cage match: Wal-Mart vs. Kentucky Baptists.

6. The Bible Belt Blogger tells us how a TV evangelist sent him money.

7. Jesus Christ, Cover Star.

8. Is advocating gay rights replacing advocating abortion rights as the new standard by which Republicans are measured by? Terry Mattingly weighs in…

9. The solution to permanently solving the issue of substance in new worship songs: Evangelical Mad Libs.

10. What are your boundaries in movies and TV? Over 200 people voted on this issue over at philcooke.com. You may the results surprising…

11. DJ Chuang notes a new study from the Pew Internet & American Life Project that says blogging is gaining in its popularity, especially for those under 30. Blogging is a fad no more..

12. Are ’seekers’ poor judges of their needs? Oldtruth.com quotes the late Ichabod Spencer…

13. The venerable Jeff Tweedy is not ready to take a break from the road. Via Pitchfork, Mr. T announces a solo tour…

14. Common grace in the form of the best music video of the year. Well said Steve!