A collection of some of my publications (movie reviews, essays, etc.) from April to August 2019.
On My Son’s First Birthday
Music Overload and the Escape of Nostalgia
The Super Bloom’s Easter Lessons
Recent Writings / Winter 2019
19 Resolutions for 2019
Favorite Music of 2018
There is a massive amount of great music being made today (and plenty of mediocre music), so one person’s list surely only scratches the surface. But for whatever it’s worth, here are the 2018-released albums, songs, and cover songs (in our overwhelming and confusing musical present, the past has become an important inspiration) I enjoyed the most.
Favorite Books of 2018
To Zion
Recent Writings / Summer-Fall 2018
Collected Writings on Terrence Malick
One day I'll write a book about Terrence Malick. In the meantime, and in honor of the upcoming release of the Criterion Collection extended cut of The Tree of Life, here is a list of every Malick-focused piece I've ever written.
Recent Writings / Spring 2018
Five Likely Losses from Taking Up Your Cross
If I Could Design My Dream Church
Recent Writings / Fall 2017
Favorites of 2017
I maintain a Google document going each year that keeps track of the best music, movies, books, and TV I've enjoyed that year. Sometimes I even take note of best restaurants and food experiences. As we close the book on 2017 and as I prepare to create a blank 2018 Google document in a few days, here's a look at what made the cut in my favorites of 2017.
Stars and Cells and Advent
For a few months in 2003-2004, the Hubble Space Telescope zoomed in on a seemingly blank, small spot in the sky. To the naked eye it looked like a speck of black emptiness. But once developed, the Hubble Ultra Deep Field image showed that inside that small, randomly selected patch of sky, over 10,000 galaxies could be seen.
