Loon's linkage (February '11)
My wife Rebecca has started a brand new blog! In my favorite post so far, she reflects on the unexpected comfort found in Christ's pain, vulnerability and "glorious wounds."- John Dyer offers some refreshingly sober analysis of the evangelical blogosphere's recent uproar surrounding Rob Bell's upcoming book on heaven and hell.
- Brett McCracken ruminates perceptively on Lady Gaga's "alien logic."
- With her trademark wit and humor, Rachel Held Evans visits Baylor University to speak about her quest for "Biblical Womanhood."
- Justin Taylor interviews renowned artist Makoto Fujimura on his journey of faith and the creative tension between Christianity and the arts.
- Theresa Cho describes her struggle to navigate the "tug-of-war" between motherhood and ministry as a Korean-American female pastor.
- John Ortberg contemplates how moments of crisis and suffering can uniquely impact one's "soul strength" for the better.
- Andi Ashworth ponders the power of writing to remember, preserve and "taste life twice."
- Jamie Smith, author of Thinking in Tongues: Pentecostal Contributions to Christian Philosophy, discusses how his Pentecostal roots and "openness to the Spirit" have shaped his scholarly work as a philosophy professor.
- Ed Gilbreath changes his mind (from a year ago) on the importance of Black History Month.
- Image Journal releases their Arts & Faith Top 100 Films list.