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Send Me In Coach, I Play Video Games
Let me distract you from the agonies and ecstasies of the political season for a moment to address an interesting tidbit from the land of
Parents: The “Nintendo Switch” Console Could Actually Be Good for Your Family
A Nintendo property is blowing up the Internet… again. Even though it isn’t Pokemon-related, it looks like it could be another game changer. What I’m talking

See “Fixer Upper’s” Chip and Joanna Gaines Tell Their Story on “I Am Second”
It’s no secret that Chip and Joanna Gaines, the down-to-earth personalities of HGTVs reality TV show Fixer Upper, are committed Christians. But you probably haven’t

Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door with Poetry
On any given Sunday, it’s highly likely that some of the 320,000 pastors across the U.S. will step into their pulpit and preach on original

Big Return For Accountant
When a big-time win is dependent on tracking money—lots and lots of money—it’s good to have a talented CPA on your team. The Accountant whipped

Life … Rated
On NBC’s new dramedy This Is Us (which we reviewed this week), parents Rebecca and Jack are going through a difficult spot. They’re trying to

Graceful Extremism
I have a good friend who’s raising his four kids without a TV in the home. We all had dinner a while back and I

Girl on a Train Chugs to No. 1
Welp, there goes the neighborhood. Just one week after Miss Peregrine found a nice home at No. 1 for herself and her strange little waifs,

Vodcast: Is The Birth of a Nation’s Grittiness Actually a Good Thing?
The new Birth of a Nation movie is rated R, and rightfully so. But its subject matter has us wrestling again with a tricky concept:

God Loves You, and Me and … Kim Kardashian
Sometimes conviction shows up in strange moments. Like, say, the moment you’re tempted judge a reality TV star too harshly. That happened to me earlier
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