Derek Webb capitalizes on a tweet-fight with the Roots’ ?uestlove to bring on the funk. It was more than a year ago that I talked to Derek Webb about… well, stuff. Toward the end, I asked him about a string of tweets regarding issues he seemed to be having with […]
Author: Chelsea Batten
The downside of doing what you love
We are all asked to do more than we can do. Madeleine L’Engle I never loved writing as much as I did when all I did was think about it, while sitting at a temp desk, or standing behind a coffee counter, or moving from table to table with an […]
“It is not about the nail”
My cool friend Joy posted this video last weekend. It was sent to her by a fan. It’s funny, right? And it speaks to inconvenient truths…that’s why it’s funny. Like anything funny, the whole story it ain’t. (Pause with me a moment, and imagine a world where, say, Louis CK’s perspective […]
How to Get Happy
Writer-director Brad Wise talks about what’s important, and what’s not, for a Christian who makes movies. It’s not like I was a kid dreaming of making movies one day. I never really set out to do any of this stuff. It just kind of happened. Brad Wise has the shell-shocked look […]
How my Car-Wreck taught me Anxiety Management
It comes upon me late at night, or sometimes late in the afternoon. It’s because it’s been too cloudy, or maybe because the sunshine is growing oppressive. It’s because I ate too much yesterday, or haven’t had anything since breakfast. It starts somewhere in my middle, and travels up and […]
Everybody Watch! // BlimeyCow
Josh Taylor is 24 years old. He’s married. He works with his dad creating patent drawings. He lives in Hermitage, Tennessee, a Nashville suburb where was raised and homeschooled with his brother, Jordan. Then, a few years ago, things got weird. I’m past the point where I’m stressed about it; […]
