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“Rise Up, Oh Sleeper”
Well, I think I’m “done” enough that I can enjoy some summer vacation for a few days. All of the necessary paperwork is done, for sure. I’ll have to pick up some threads next week. It’s been a good day, … Continue reading
Temporary Vocational Stretch Update
The 2016-2017 winds down this week. It doesn’t quite feel like it, though. Instead, things are kind of heating up. These last few weeks of the semester have been a blur. Lots of cool moments: baccalaureate, the yearbook dedication (what?!), … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, Faith, The Long Story
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Ripping Off JRR Tolkien
The folks over at Creator Arts have been posting a number of recent concert clips from Andrew Peterson. This one got posted earlier today and begins with the song’s inspiration: one of my favorite moments from Tolkien’s Lord of the … Continue reading
The Courage to Sing
The third and final section of Andy Crouch’s The Tech-Wise Family involves singing and showing up. It is the shortest section of the book, but it still packs a punch with content. On some level, the content of this final … Continue reading
A Song of Lament and Praise
What a last couple of weeks it has been! The highs and lows of life can be so tightly woven together that they bleed together in weird and subtle ways, where every praise is also a prayer request. Here’s a … Continue reading
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Miraculous Life
Here’s Andrew Peterson performing another track from The Burning Edge of Dawn, one I probably shouldn’t skip over as much as I do.
The Choice to Rejoice
The posting of a new recording of Andrew Peterson performing is always a good thing. Here’s a recent rendition of “Rejoice” from The Burning Edge of Dawn.
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Technology in Its Proper Place
One of the introductory thoughts in Andy Crouch’s The Tech-Wise Family concerns “the proper place” for technology. The benefit of that phrase is in the acknowledgment that technology, screens and all, has a place. Wisdom, though, is key in determining … Continue reading
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Spiritual Soundscapes
Writer and professor Alan Jacobs recently returned from his Lenten break from online life. His first post back at Text Patterns concerned something Jacobs calls “Anthropocene theology.” This theology is nuanced because of the strange contemporary mindset that we live … Continue reading
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Having Waited
One of these days, I hope to procure a copy of the first Guild collection from Caedmon’s Call. Here’s a song from that album, a live version of “I Waited” by Bill Batstone.
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Space Enough, and Time 