Crosswalk.com en-us Tuesday, November 24, 2009 Tuesday, November 24, 2009 rss.aspx support@crosswalk.com support@crosswalk.com http://media.salemwebnetwork.com/crosswalkredesign/images/display/crosswalk_logo_blue_tiny.gif http://www.crosswalk.com/blogs/chamaker/archives/ http://www.crosswalk.com/blogs/CHamaker/11598979/ After reading the novels of Richard Price, I wondered which other writers might mine the same vein of hope amid outward signs of bleakness. I turned to George Pelecanos, a writer who understood that the police procedurals that were coming to dominate not only the best-seller lists but also network TV were too tidy, and more important, too often hopeless. Mon, 02 Feb 2009 02:19:00 GMT 11598979 Christian Hamaker http://www.crosswalk.com/blogs/CHamaker/11596651/ The Washington Area Film Critics Association has selected the best film and best performances of 2008. The group, of which I’m a privileged member, gave its top prize to director Danny Boyle’s “Slumdog Millionaire,” which I reviewed favorably for Crosswalk earlier this fall. But it didn't get my vote. Read on to see which films I chose among the nominees, and which films I hoped would be nominated, but weren't. Mon, 08 Dec 2008 05:51:00 GMT 11596651 Christian Hamaker http://www.crosswalk.com/blogs/CHamaker/11595338/ It’s not often that a mainstream song expresses the spiritual longings of my heart, but driving into work today, I popped in a CD I’d heard a few times and was moved in a new way by the lyrics to one of its songs. Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:50:00 GMT 11595338 Christian Hamaker http://www.crosswalk.com/blogs/CHamaker/11582384/ Last Sunday my son Silas, just short of his 3-month birthday, was baptized. This is a blessed event, but sadly, it can be divisive. Not all Christians believe in infant baptism. They’re convinced that only professing Christians should be baptized. Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:35:00 GMT 11582384 Christian Hamaker http://www.crosswalk.com/blogs/CHamaker/11582026/ Are Democrats closing the “God gap”—the advantage that the GOP has had with religious voters in recent election cycles? Amy Sullivan, a religion reporter for Time magazine, suggests that the Democrats’ apathy toward people of faith has cost them badly at the ballot box, and she’s got the evidence to prove it. Mon, 22 Sep 2008 04:44:00 GMT 11582026 Christian Hamaker