We Must Respond by Bethel Music
Bethel Music's 2025 live worship album, a recent record I came to a little after its release.
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Posts related to America and American culture.
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Heaven On My Mind by TobyMac
TobyMac's 2025 album mixes hip hop, pop and soul into a hopeful record about keeping your eyes fixed past the present.
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The King Is Still the King by Chris Tomlin
Chris Tomlin's 2025 worship album returns to plain praise, with nature interludes threaded between songs built for the congregation.
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The Coddling of the American Mind by Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff
In Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff’s book, The Coddling of the American Mind, they delve into social psychology and argue that well-meaning efforts to protect young Americans from harm have actually created a culture of fragility, polarisation, and intellectual weakness.
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The Amateur
The Amateur (2025), directed by James Hawes, follows a CIA cryptographer who goes rogue after his wife is killed in a terrorist attack. Rami Malek plays Charlie Heller, a quiet analyst with no field training who blackmails the agency into sending him overseas to find the men responsible.
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The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt
In The Righteous Mind, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt dives into the complexities of why people hold such strong moral and political beliefs. He suggests that our moral judgments are more intuitive than logical, and introduces the idea of “moral foundations” that influence our perspectives.
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Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink
In Extreme Ownership, former Navy SEALs Jocko Willink and Leif Babin share their leadership secrets learned in combat. The book teaches you to take full responsibility for everything in your life and leadership.
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Discipline Equals Freedom by Jocko Willink
In Discipline Equals Freedom, former Navy SEAL Jocko Willink shares his philosophy on life, success, and overcoming challenges. This is not a typical self-help book; it is a straightforward guide to cultivating discipline in every aspect of your life.
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Be Useful by Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Schwarzenegger shares his wisdom from decades of success in bodybuilding, acting, business, and politics in Be Useful. With his signature toughness and humour, he reveals seven key principles that shaped his journey, from hard work and discipline to staying curious and always giving back.
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Revolution by Skillet
Skillet's 2024 album, their first as an independent band, loud and direct with anthems built for the arena.
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The Diplomat
The Diplomat is an American political thriller series. It aired on Netflix from 20 April 2023. Debora Cahn created it. Keri Russell plays Kate Wyler, an American career diplomat thrust into the role of ambassador to the United Kingdom during an international crisis.
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Right Wing Revolution by Charlie Kirk
Charlie Kirk’s Right Wing Revolution: How to Beat the Woke and Save the West argues that “wokeism” threatens American freedom and traditional values.
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Young Sheldon
Young Sheldon is an American comedy drama series. It aired on CBS from 25 September 2017 to 16 May 2024. Chuck Lorre and Steven Molaro created it. Iain Armitage plays Sheldon Cooper as a nine year old genius growing up in East Texas during the late 1980s and 1990s.
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Surrounded by Michael W. Smith
Michael W. Smith's 2018 release, music made for a room full of voices. I reached it late and it has stayed with me.
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When Wind Meets Fire by Elevation Worship
Elevation Worship's 2024 live album, a long and generous set of praise recorded with a full room and a full band.
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A Million Lights by Michael W. Smith
Michael W. Smith's 2018 release, melodic songs with a strong hook. I came to it well after release and have returned to it since.
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The Beekeeper
The Beekeeper (2024), directed by David Ayer, follows a retired operative who wages a one man war against a phishing scam network after his elderly neighbour loses her life savings and takes her own life. Jason Statham plays Adam Clay, a beekeeper with a violent past.
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Come Up Here by Bethel Music
Bethel Music's 2023 live album gathers spacious congregational worship around an invitation to draw near to God.
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Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan is an American action thriller series. It aired on Amazon Prime Video from 31 August 2018 to 14 July 2023. Carlton Cuse and Graham Roland created it. John Krasinski plays Jack Ryan, a CIA analyst who gets pulled from his desk into dangerous field operations around the world.
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The Blacklist
The Blacklist is an American crime thriller series. It aired on NBC from 23 September 2013 to 13 July 2023. Jon Bokenkamp created it. James Spader plays Raymond 'Red' Reddington, a former government agent turned high-profile fugitive who surrenders himself to the FBI.
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Can You Imagine? by Elevation Worship
Elevation Worship's 2023 live album is bold, full-band praise that asks what God can still do in a life.
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Ted Lasso
Ted Lasso is an American comedy drama series. It aired on Apple TV+ from 14 August 2020 to 31 May 2023. Bill Lawrence, Jason Sudeikis, Joe Kelly, and Brendan Hunt developed it. Jason Sudeikis plays Ted Lasso, an American college football coach hired to manage a professional football club in London despite knowing nothing about the sport.
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Lauren Daigle by Lauren Daigle
Lauren Daigle's 2023 self-titled record is a warm, soulful pop album about being known, fully seen, and held.
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Make Something Wonderful by Steve Jobs
Make Something Wonderful: Steve Jobs In His Own Words, curated by the Steve Jobs Archive, gathers speeches, emails, interviews, and personal notes from Steve Jobs, the Apple co-founder who reshaped technology and culture.
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023), directed by James Gunn, tells the story of Rocket's origins and the team's final mission together. Chris Pratt plays Peter Quill, who must hold the group together one last time to save the friend who never asked for help.
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