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Listening to the Last Words
Much as with Advent and Christmas, it can be difficult not to jump ahead to Easter of the season of Lent. Particularly now that we are almost two weeks away, the hope of Resurrection morning gets a little brighter. Not … Continue reading
Feeling Out of Town
It’s the last week of the quarter, so it’s all about grading and meeting and trying to wrap things up as much as possible before the final bell rings Thursday afternoon (though I also have a pretty cool speaking opportunity … Continue reading
Revisiting the Faces of Scranton
This week I’ve been revisiting the second season of the American version of The Office. The Valentine’s Day episode has that utterly awkward bit where Michael visits corporate and ends up showing a video he had made about the Scranton … Continue reading
Osenga Covering Mullins (2)
Yesterday I posted a cover of “Hold Me Jesus,” a Rich Mullins classic. At the same concert, Andrew Osenga also covered one of the songs from Rich’s unfinished album, The Jesus Record. As with some of my favorite music (like … Continue reading
Osenga Covering Mullins (1)
The folks who curate the Ragamuffin Archive have recently released a number of videos from last year’s 20th-year commemoration of the life and death of Rich Mullins. One of my all-time favorite artists, Andrew Osenga, had a few covers posted … Continue reading
A Song of Significant Days
It’s a good (but all too rare) thing to find good music that you just have to sit with for a while. That’s the case with this second song from Andrew Peterson’s Resurrection Letters: Prologue ep. Plus it’s a nice … Continue reading
As the Journey to Resurrection Begins
Andrew Peterson will be releasing his long-awaited Resurrection Letters: Volume One at the end of March (and in time for the beginning of the Easter season). For the season of Lent, though, he has released a “prologue” EP, which dropped … Continue reading
“The Heart of the Matter”
Not sure how I missed this one, but here’s a couple-of-years-old clip of Andrew Peterson, new album almost finished now, singing a classic Don Henley song (with bgvs from some other amazing artists). (hat tip to the artist and Twitter)
Strong Echoes from a Long Time Ago . . .
Sometimes I think going to a “Skywalker Saga” Star Wars movie for the John Williams soundtrack alone is perfectly fine. The director of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Rian Johnson, recently posted a clip of Williams directing one of the … Continue reading
Unclosed Loop: U2’s Songs of Experience
I’ve been meaning to get something a little more substantial down concerning U2’s most recent release, Songs of Experience. It’s been a rough semester for U2 in my classroom. Each fall for the last few years I’ve played “When I … Continue reading
Space Enough, and Time 