My Musical Evolution
I am responding to a challenge from Chris “Lefty” Brown to write about my musical evolution. Honestly, I don’t know how far I will go in chronicling this part of my life, as it could be quite lengthy...
View ArticleWhat Are You Missing?
Check out the following story from “Bits of Wisdom” about an experiment performed by the Washington Post regarding perception, beauty, and the tyranny of the urgent. ******* Something to think about…....
View ArticleHothouse Flowers
I first came across Hothouse Flowers on the Tonight Show back when Carson was the host. They did a rendition of “I Can See Clearly Now” that was soulful, subtle, and powerful, and from that time on I...
View ArticleGod’s Own Fool
In my early adulthood, when I embraced The Faith as my own, one of the first musicians I encountered and appreciated was Michael Card. I did not know it at the time, but his music, and particularly his...
View ArticlePotential Deconstruction of a System
Civilization and Its Discontents + The Noble Savage + a Dash of Eastern Philosophy + a dose of the Apocalyptic imagination + a few dashes of political consciousness, and a healthy dash of raising...
View ArticleNeil and the Boss Whip Their Hair
Check this out. Jimmy Fallon does Neil Young, and is joined by Bruce Springsteen, who does himself, except its himself circa nineteen seventy-something, and they both sing “Whip My Hair”. What’s next?...
View ArticleHurt
Brother Kevin sent me a link to a video of Johnny Cash’s cover of Trent Reznor’s “Hurt”, and I must say, Cash made the song his. Yes, I like Reznor’s version, but the song seems more poignant coming...
View ArticleTake Me Into the Beautiful
Did I wake up with new ears, or has there been an unusual outpouring of creativity in Christian worship music recently? Whatever the case may be, among the many bands that I have been YouTubing (can I...
View ArticleThe Mere Melody
In thinking about why I am a bit uncomfortable with fundamentalist Christians, even though they share many of my theological convictions, an analogy occurred to me wherein the Christian faith is much...
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