Archive - Just One Beautiful Thing

The Long and Winding Road of Love, Faith, Hope

Reflections on the Beatles classic.

May 16 •

April 2025

March 2025

February 2025

When Rejects Make Culture

A lesson from the Impressionists in how scenes form, and the importance of community in changing culture.

Feb 25 •

Books Are Back... Maybe?

A possible return to books in the book industry may just lead to… well… people buying books.

Feb 17 •

Creativity in the Local Church; Thinking Differently About Deacons, Church Planting

Interview for the NCMI Podcast with Jonno and Erin Warmington.

Feb 14 •

58:15

The Day When the (Christian) Music Died

What happened to the CCM "revolution"?

Feb 3 •

January 2025

Payola is Back - And Old Media Is Trying to Become New

Entering into the "Dark Forest Theory of the Internet".

Jan 27 •

What is the Next Literary Movement?

Stardew Valley meets the literary scene; meets self-indulgent deliberate mediocrity--is neo-decadence the next literary movement?

Jan 16 •

Best Faith-Based Spiritual Music of 2024 (or, CCM) - According to Cursory Research; What trends do we see?

Otherwise known as "CCM", what's the state of "faith-based music" going into 2025? I look at the "Best of" lists of 2024 to try and figure that out.

Jan 6 •

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