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My heart is beating fast as new worries flood my mind,
As all this confidence I had I’ve somehow left behind.
For God, there is so much that I know I need to do,
With fervency I want to go, to where I have no clue,
Yet I look at myself and I think with fear and shame,
God, I’m not perfect for your tasks, why do you call my name?
Read moreTrigger warning: Some of the movies/shows addressed in this article include descriptions of sexual assault.
The 2021 Golden Globe nominations came out on February 3 on ABC’s website and were met with mixed reviews. Like any avid movie and TV fan, I have lots of thoughts and feelings about the nominations. I will start with the good, because all is not hopeless in the world.
Read moreYou may know Armon Butler ’21 from his Mountain Affair performance in the fall of 2019. Butler’s performance of his original song, Black on Black, won him second place, and he’s continued to make music ever since.
Under his stage name Barcari, Butler has released multiple singles, as well as an entire album called “1998,” which came out on January 7, 2021.
Read moreIt is no secret that Taylor Swift is a global phenomenon. She has released nine albums over the course of her career and has managed to effortlessly transition between different genres to create an empire of pop, country, and indie music. I’m sure you’re wondering why I’ve taken to The Bagpipe to discuss her success—don’t worry. I’m simply ensuring that by the time you finish reading this article, you will be as obsessed with her as I am.
Read moreO Lord, who neither sleeps nor slumbers, guide my mind as I work away tonight.
When this assignment seems unreasonably overwhelming, calm my anxious mind.
When my eyes get bleary, sustain my focus.
When I’m trying to discern whether to push through or put down my work, give me discernment by your Spirit.
Read moreCharles always hated meeting people.
He didn’t have anything against people, as a rule. He enjoyed a good conversation, and there was something delightful about shaking someone’s hands and presenting himself in all the unspoken things: his zealously shined shoes, and tiger-print tie, and the smile he practiced in front of the front-hall mirror before he left the house. But everything after that? Pure torture.
Read moreRita Lorraine Hubbard, a Chattanooga native, is an influential children’s author recognised by The New York Journal of Books, the African American Literature Book Club, Lee & Low Books, and other smaller organizations as an encouragement to students all around the world; she inspires people who aren’t even the “intended audience” with her children’s books.
Read moreI don’t like letting go
But changes happen, like melting snow
Whether it’s a t-shirt of memories
Or a friend anniversary
On October 9, 1987, the movie “The Princess Bride” was released, and the film world has not been the same since. It is mostly the humor that keeps it in the forefront of people's minds. The iconic “Have fun storming the castle” line and the “mostly dead” scene still make most people laugh, and of course the “Mawidge, mawidge is what bwings us togevver today” scene. It was an influential movie of its time and still is today.
There’s one thing that always gets me into the holiday mood, and that’s seasonal movies. Every year I watch so many Christmas movies with my family, including classics like “It’s A Wonderful Life” and “A Charlie Brown Christmas” and less classic movies like the VeggieTales Christmas episodes and “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” which is arguably a Christmas movie because Christmas occurs in the movie. Like “Die Hard.”
Like we all have in this season of unknowns, the Covenant College Theatre Department did everything they could do to live up to the phrase, “The show must go on!” From turning the show-stopping musical “Sound of Music” into a documentary detailing the department’s process to sewing dozens of masks for their current show “Everyman,” the theatre is buzzing with new ideas.
The fall leaves drifted lazily down as summer made a reappearance on Fall Respite. CAB sponsored the Hot Chocolatier for sweet treats and brought golden retrievers to visit the pet-deprived students on campus. Amidst all the action, a group of students congregated on the chapel lawn for a concert by Micah Iverson.
“Wednesday is Student Day at Yellow Racket Records.” You may have seen the posters up around campus advertising Chattanooga’s newest record shop.
Run by a former Scot with big plans for the future, Yellow Racket Records occupies a 1920s storefront on Main Street. (Handy hint: if the parking spots out front are full, you can pull around back to find more parking.) The building used to contain three retail spaces that have been joined into one to create a cozy yet spacious environment.
With the release of “Hamilton: An American Musical” on Disney Plus, it’s no wonder that hundreds upon thousands of theatre kids, and perhaps history buffs, have flocked to purchase a subscription to watch the musical that captured the minds of the 44th president of the United States and dozens of other high-profile figures.
Read moreAfter five months of being shut down, AMC Theatres are finally starting to open back up in certain states. AMC Entertainment, the owner of the AMC Theatres, said that it expects to open the doors to more than 100 cinemas—about a sixth of its nationwide locations—on Aug. 20, according to the Associated Press.
Read moreOn June 28 singer/songwriter Beyoncé announced to the world via an Instagram post that she was releasing a new visual musical album with Disney Plus entitled “Black Is King.” It was inspired by Disney’s “The Lion King” and was originally planned to be a joint project to the artist’s previous album “The Gift” that she released last year with Disney’s live-action adaptation to the 1994 animated classic.
Read moreThe more I know God, the more I understand
The glory of He who holds the world in His hand
As around His throne, Behold! What a sound!
This is my poem, my message to you.
From one drop in a million to another.
It seems like just yesterday we were
running our fingers over unfurnished
window panes,
rough chips of paint catching our
prints as we go
the glass divided into four, like an
Andy Warhol painting, each raindrop
pattern slightly different.
Read moreDisney’s most recent live-action endeavour, “Mulan,” has been met with mixed emotions since its announcement. A “Mulan” without music or Eddie Murphy was not a “Mulan” that most wanted to see.
Read moreThe 72nd Emmy Awards looked nothing like it has in previous years. Jimmy Kimmel was the featured host, but there was no audience and no red carpet. The nominees were all sent professional cameras and an operator, if needed, as a way to be able to record themselves when they won and stream their reactions live. There were about 140 cameras from 20 cities around the world that needed to be juggled,a very daunting task.
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