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Dark to Dawn
Last week marked ten years since the release of Andrew Peterson’s The Burning Edge of Dawn. It’s an album that has brought much encouragement to me over this last decade, the opening track in particular. Here’s a version of “The … Continue reading
Twenty Years of The Far Country
This past week, Andrew Peterson celebrated the 20th anniversary of the release of The Far Country. It was the first of his albums after Carried Along that I learned to feel deeply, that tapped into something I was still just … Continue reading
On Thanksgiving
A song for Thanksgiving Day (and every day, really) from Andrew Peterson. Best super-long song since “American Pie.”
Easter Sunday Refrain
A song for Easter Sunday: deep reminder of how big the day is and how utterly important is the One we celebrate it.
“Where My Feet Are”
I discovered this recently recorded song by Andrew Peterson thanks to the comments section for this article from Mockingbird. A few years ago, I started encouraging our students with “wherever you are, be all there,” especially if we were at … Continue reading
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Advent as a Time for Waiting
Yesterday was the first Sunday of Advent. I’ve been writing about Advent off and on for over a decade, which points towards how resonant the idea of Advent is for me (particularly since I’m not a member of a liturgical … Continue reading
An Unexpected Reading Journey
So last week I looked into purchasing an old novel by George MacDonald (an inspiration of C. S. Lewis). When it arrived, I realized that I had not read the “fine print” well- the “scholar’s edition” that I had purchased … Continue reading
A Song for the Week
Today I had the interestingly political conversation that I’ve had in some time. Those kinds of conversations can be hard to come by in Our Current Moment. But good, honest conversations can by humbling and illuminating at the same time. … Continue reading
Song for the Week’s End
This video is a wonderful blend of some of my favorite musicians and a great song from the Psalms.
“Of Love and Thunder Deep”
From a recent chapel at Baylor University:
Space Enough, and Time 