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U2

Was This Always His “Secret Ambition”?

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Jeffrey Overstreet

20 Sep 2004
Filed under: U2 • On Songs & Albums • How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb • Michael W. Smith • Journal Entry • Give Me Some Light
Was This Always His “Secret Ambition”?

U2's new keyboardist may be... Michael W. Smith?!

If that’s a legitimate “scoop” at Christianity Today, well... that would be one of the most unlikely twists in my lifetime of tracking music news!

Poet Scott Cairns has a message for the President

Poet Scott Cairns has a message for the President

Today, Cairns shares a particularly pointed poem for the President.
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SDG picks the best MCU movie

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My favorite film critic, Steven D. Greydanus, has announced his pick — and I’m quite happy with it. A
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The Boy Who Believed in Airplanes: reflections on Empire of the Sun (1987)

The Boy Who Believed in Airplanes: reflections on Empire of the Sun (1987)

In my last Good Letters column for Image, I turned to Steven Spielberg's Empire of the Sun as a way to express my vision and gratitude.
09 Jun 2026 6 min read
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