When It's Worse Than You Think
January 16, 2025 | Jim Angehr
The twentieth century was getting Frenchy with it as multiple authors identified the modern malaise that we often feel as anomie. It’s that hard-to-put-your-finger-on-it, low level buzzing, dull ache of dissatisfaction and ache that...
Freedom, Love, Gatsby
January 9, 2025 | Jim Angehr
Flying back from a jaunt to old Germany, I enjoyed Baz Luhrmann’s 2013 movie riff, The Great Gatsby. Not a perfect film, but no adaptation of the Fitzgerald novel could ever be. (Editor's note: The lukewarm critical response was not...
Self Love Club?
December 27, 2024 | Jim Angehr
Here’s an action photo that I snapped this summer. It’s from a Würzburg t-shirt shop from my family trip to Germany back in July. What to make of this specimen? This t-shirt was pulled from a rack of snarky graphic tees...
A Sad Season
December 19, 2024 | Jim Angehr
Among other things, Christmas is a season of accumulation, and every year another Christmas adds one more ring to our accumulation tree. It’s not all bad. Over time, our list of warm Christmas memories, or embarrassing office party...
A Morning Snapshot
December 12, 2024 | Jim Angehr
An action photo coming at you for Advent this week! For years, I've followed as my daily Bible reading guide the ESV Study Bible’s “Digging Deep into the Bible” plan, which takes me through the whole Bible every year, plus the...