Singing Sharp Beauty into a Broken World I am just a troubadour a tried and true believer if there’s nothing that I can live…
A Very Lovely, Sad Longing
John Calvin, in his Institutes of the Christian Religion, notes that God’s call on our life is a deep grace—not a limitation. Rather than…
Kimya Dawson, remember that i love you (2006)
An Intimate, Authentic Revelation of Hearts i'm lost and alone and i'm fair and i'm free you am what you is and i are…
Rap Artists’ Use of Women
Introduction – It’s not neutral! Nearly every parent has engaged in conversations with their teenager only to discover that their adolescent was all wise…
Rap, Reggae and Ragas
To limit ourselves in the realm of worship music to a safe repertoire of familiar hymns and choruses is to restrict the access of…
The White Stripes, Icky Thump (2007)
Icky Thump is the sixth full-length studio album by The White Stripes. In ways I can’t fully express, this rock duo continues to prove…
The Arcade Fire, Neon Bible (2007)
One of my former youth group students turned me onto this album and band and I’m so glad he did. This is one of…
Kanye West, Graduation (2007)
I bought this CD more out of a sense of duty than desire. In the past few years I have found it increasingly hard…
The Avett Brothers, Emotionalism (2007)
I bought this album when it came out last May and haven’t stopped listening to it. Trying to describe the music of The Avett…
In the beginning… was Bach: A Bach Primer
This article is intended to shed some insight and road maps to some of the great church music of the past and present. There…