random links

John Stackhouse on advent, repentance, and forgiveness. Christian repentance and forgiveness avoids both sentimentality and cynicism. It is, instead, realistic. Repenting and forgiving are not pretending the past didn’t happen and that what seemed evil is somehow okay. Repentance and forgiveness name what was wrong as wrong. If it weren’t wrong, it wouldn’t need repenting of and forgiving!
Chuck Norris endorses Mike Hukabee.
Is 4AM the new midnight? The slam poet/tech artist/paper sculptor Rives does eight minutes of lyrical origami, folding history into a series of coincidences surrounding that most surreal of hours, 4 o’clock in the morning. This elusive hour, both very late and very early, appears often in art in literature as a way to describe the most extreme states of affairs. Rives — aided by a nimble mind and extensive online research — reveals 4 a.m. as an iconic moment, drawing hilarious historical connections.
The One Semester Love Song. Does this bring back memories?
My choice for autumn music (as posted at rednow.com)? Jens Leckman.

David W. Swanson