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Sunday Song with Sara Groves
Every fall semester I play Sara Groves’s “Maybe There’s a Loving God” for my students. I’m not sure if it’s a meaningful moment for them, but it is for me. Something about Groves’s music hits a certain spot of the … Continue reading
Streaming Beyond the Frame
The folks over at The Rabbit Room are streaming songs from Andy Gullahorn’s new album throughout the day. I’ve had a digital copy of the collection for a few days, and it plays well. Beyond the Frame is a collection … Continue reading
Derek Webb and the Hope That is Not Wasted
I keep posting things about Derek Webb’s upcoming album. It’s available for pre-order Tuesday morning at derekwebb.com, which is great. It just seems rare these days for someone to write music that can mean something, which is a sweeping generalization, … Continue reading
One Man’s Letter to the Church
Every now and then someone asks me what book or movie someone should read or watch if they wanted to understand me. Usually I’d say read The Lord of the Rings or watch Fight Club (well, for the late 90s … Continue reading
Derek Webb’s New Lyric Video (with passion, confession, and whimsy)
A good and proper disposition is a difficult thing to master. I often find that the music of Derek Webb helps me get there in a good way. Webb recently posted a “lyric video” to the title track of his … Continue reading
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Tagged Derek Webb, I Was Wrong I'm Sorry and I Love You
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Rachel Held Evans and a Kind of 21st Century Transubstantiation
Rachel Held Evans’ article about young adults leaving the church had fifty pages of comments on CNN.com by the time I got around to reading it. The article was beautifully written, but the page after page of comments were equally … Continue reading
New Derek Webb Music (Just 10 Days Late)
It’s been ten years since Derek Webb released his first solo album, She Must and Shall Go Free. Like many of his fans, I was introduced to Webb’s work through Caedmon’s Call back in college. Webb is one of those … Continue reading
The Full Bono Interview
Here is the full interview between Bono and Focus on the Family. There’s no video, but feel free to turn it on, turn it up, and listen to an interesting conversation about important things.
Bono and Something Like Experiencing God
Lots of interesting talk about an interview that U2 frontman Bono gave to the President of Focus on the Family. The folks over at Christianity Today posted some comments in their “Gleanings” section. You can check that out here. You … Continue reading
Proposing a Liturgical Tweak
Whatever shortcomings my non-liturgical self sees in liturgical services, the frequent and uneditorialized reading of Scripture is not one of them. Over the last couple of years, I’ve tried to attend a local evensong service. Psalms and songs, Old and … Continue reading
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