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Parks and Remembrance: 5,000 Candles
In honor of tonight’s finale to NBC’s Parks & Recreation, here’s the big finale to the show’s sixth season. It was a perfect ending to the series, bringing together lots of little things from the show’s history: in this case, … Continue reading
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Saturday Song: “We are people born of sound . . .”
I recently started a reread of Tolkien’s Silmarillion. The first section, which recounts the creation of the world, is beautiful. It involves the creation of all things through music. Genesis 1 also speaks of the creation of the world, this … Continue reading
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Saturday Song: Brother’s Keeper
This week I’ve been listening to Rich Mullins’ Brother’s Keeper. The title track is succinct and wonderfully pointed at something I find extremely difficult but somehow necessary. “Unless you’re pointing to the truth,” indeed.
A Common Confession
Yesterday I rambled on a bit about The Pilgrim’s Progress and starting from a common place (as seen in the story with the Wicket Gate). How good it is, I think, for us to sing about that which is common … Continue reading
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Christmas Party with Chris Rice
I spent last Christmas wondering whatever happened to Chris Rice, whose music played a big part in my college experience. Finally found him on Twitter, which led me to this new song written for the Christmas season, “Christmas Party.” Always … Continue reading
A Cappella in the High Countries
My Faith & Literature class is reading C. S. Lewis’ The Great Divorce as our final major work of the course. It’s a brilliant book, one that I’ve bought multiple copies of. Caedmon‘s Call recorded a Sandra McCracken-written song based … Continue reading
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Yes, I Want to Thank Someone
Few songs get it as right as Andrew Peterson’s “Don’t You Want to Thank Someone,” and I’m thankful that he has put together a video for it, even though it’s an edit (the original is almost 10 minutes long). I … Continue reading
Being on Someone’s Side, in Good or Bad
Friendship in the grown-up world is still something of mystery to me, but I am thankful for the music of Andrew Osenga, which often reminds me of the challenge to love and be loved.
Singing Middle-Earth Goodbye
It’s nice to have one last song for the series, and extremely nice that the accompanying video brings in clips from The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Looking forward to see how the saga comes to an end … Continue reading
With 12 Notes, 6 Strings, and a Million Little Mysteries
I am so thankful for musicians and the music they find and make and share. Andrew Peterson’s music has been a big part of my life’s soundtrack these last few years, so any new music from his is always … Continue reading
Space Enough, and Time 