The Intersection of Faith and Culture
The standard of the exploiter is efficiency; the standard of the nurturer is care. Wendell Berry On car rides as a child, I used to watch the countryside out the window. As we traveled along highways that cut through what used to be farmland, I remember seeing old barns, now […]
One single alarming, unlikely thought nagged at me incessantly during Daniel Espinosa’s slick, hyper-edited Training-Day-meets-The-Bourne-Supremacy mash-up Safe House — a thought I never dreamed I’d have: Boy, I really wish Denzel’s usual collaborator Tony Scott had directed this nonsense! For at least Scott, a shameless four-decade veteran of flashy, enjoyable […]
Vancouver Missions Fest – Chatting with Tara Teng www.vimeo.com/convergemagazine
In the beginning of February, I AM MADE Entertainment brought to Vancouver the L.A. local online singing/songwriting sensation Jason Chen for INSPIRE 2012. After long moments of swooning over his smooth vocals in covers of musicians like Bruno Mars or Jason Mraz, and a few of his originals, we got the opportunity to […]
Ask any relationship counsellor, and they will tell you prolonged ruts are detrimental to a healthy romance. How can love be exciting when the couple is simply going through the motions with nary a spark of inspiration or enthusiasm? Sadly, the same charge can be levelled at the Hollywood romantic […]
Interview with Shane Claiborne at Vancouver Missions Fest 2012 vimeo.com/convergemagazine
