A New Hallelujah by Michael W. Smith
Michael W. Smith's 2008 release, warm and singable worship. I reached it late and it has stayed with me.
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Posts related to America and American culture.
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Origin by Dan Brown
Dan Brown’s Origin follows Harvard symbolist Robert Langdon as he investigates the murder of a tech billionaire in Bilbao, Spain, who claims to have solved humanity’s biggest questions...
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Invincible by Skillet
Skillet's 2000 album, a heavier and more electronic turn for the band, a record I came to long after release.
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Starlight by Bethel Music
Bethel Music's 2017 live album, recorded on tour, gathers light and courage into songs built for a crowd to sing.
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Everything by Jesus Culture
Jesus Culture's 2006 live worship album, an early recording from the movement that I came to later.
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Love Has a Name by Jesus Culture
Jesus Culture's 2017 live album is a long, warm gathering of praise, centred on a love that names and finds people.
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The Resistance by Skillet
You can take my heart, you can take my breath; When you pry it from my cold, dead chest;
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Cars 3
Cars 3 (2017), directed by Brian Fee, brings Lightning McQueen back to the track. Owen Wilson voices McQueen with age and drive. He faces new fast cars. Cristela Alonzo acts as Cruz Ramirez, the young trainer who dreams big.
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Alpha / Omega by Kutless
Kutless's 2017 worship record gives well-loved praise songs a rock edge, steady and direct from start to finish.
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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017), directed by Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg, follows the son of Will Turner as he searches for the Trident of Poseidon to free his father from a curse. Johnny Depp plays Jack Sparrow, now down on his luck and hunted by a ghost from his past.
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Home for Christmas by BarlowGirl
BarlowGirl's 2008 release, guitars with weight and drive. I found it some years after it appeared and was glad I did.
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), directed by James Gunn, follows the team as Peter Quill meets his father, a celestial being called Ego. Chris Pratt plays Quill, who must choose between the family he was born into and the one he found.
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Ghost in the Shell
Ghost in the Shell (2017), directed by Rupert Sanders, is based on the Japanese manga by Masamune Shirow. Scarlett Johansson plays Major Mira Killian, a woman whose brain is placed inside a fully synthetic body, making her the first of her kind and a weapon against cyber crime.
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It's a Wonderful Christmas by Michael W. Smith
Michael W. Smith's 2007 release, bright, well-built pop songs. It came to me long after release and earned its place.
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There Is a Cloud by Elevation Worship
Elevation Worship's 2017 live album waits on the promise of rain, turning expectation into a steady, hopeful praise.
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Allied
Allied (2016), directed by Robert Zemeckis, is a wartime thriller set during the Second World War. Brad Pitt plays Max Vatan, a Canadian intelligence officer who falls in love with a French resistance fighter during a mission in North Africa.
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John Wick: Chapter 2
John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017), directed by Chad Stahelski, follows John as a blood oath from his past forces him back into the world he tried to leave. Keanu Reeves plays John Wick, who must travel to Rome to fulfil a debt he cannot refuse.
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Never Lose Sight by Chris Tomlin
Chris Tomlin's 2016 album is bright, melodic worship about keeping your eyes fixed, led by the hymn Good Good Father.
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How Can We Be Silent by BarlowGirl
BarlowGirl's 2007 release, guitars with weight and drive. It came to me long after release and earned its place.
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The Very Next Thing by Casting Crowns
Casting Crowns' 2016 album is warm pop rock about taking the next faithful step rather than waiting for a grand plan.
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Stand by Michael W. Smith
Michael W. Smith's 2006 release, bright, well-built pop songs. It came to me long after release and earned its place.
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Jason Bourne
Jason Bourne (2016), directed by Paul Greengrass, brings back the lost agent. Matt Damon plays Bourne with hard eyes and quick fists. He fights in crowds and dark streets.
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Unleashed by Skillet
Skillet's 2016 album is tight, hard rock built for arenas, a record about feeling invincible and refusing to quit.
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Air for Free by Relient K
Relient K's 2016 album is loose, melodic pop rock, a playful and warm record about gratitude for simple things.
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Person of Interest
Person of Interest is an American crime drama series. It aired on CBS from 22 September 2011 to 21 June 2016. Jonathan Nolan created it. The show stars Jim Caviezel as John Reese, a former CIA agent thought dead. Michael Emerson plays Harold Finch, a rich tech expert.
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