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September 22, 2017
20 Years, 20 Songs: A Rich Mullins Countdown (Part 2)
Part 1 Here. In which I continue the process of spotlighting the 20 songs...
September 20, 2017
20 Years, 20 Songs: A Rich Mullins Countdown (Part 1)
Part 2 here. For those who are interested, I have written some thoughts on...
February 2017
February 14, 2017
My Top 10 Love Songs (Valentine’s Day 2017)
Once upon a time, I gave you my top five underrated love songs (at the time)....
December 2016
December 28, 2016
Questions & Answers: Hearts and Bones and Carrie Fisher
Wikimedia Commons/public domain Many have commented that 2016 was thicker than usual in celebrity deaths....
May 2016
May 30, 2016
Questions and Answers, Veterans’ Day Edition: Fortunate Sons
Though here at journey's end I lie in darkness buried deep, beyond all towers strong...
February 2016
February 17, 2016
My Top 5 Love Songs
The death of Justice Scalia sadly over-shadowed Valentine's Day for me and for this blog....
January 2016
January 05, 2016
My Top 10 Gospel Songs of 2015
Christmas break has afforded me the pleasure of picking through the best of the best...
December 2015
December 24, 2015
The Bitter-Sweetness of "White Christmas"
Christmas greetings! Thank you for your patience as this blog has gone semi-dormant this...
October 2015
October 25, 2015
Fanny Crosby Meets Ricky Skaggs
I've been rotating Blessed Assurance: The New Hymns of Fanny Crosby in the car for...
September 2015
September 21, 2015
The Definitive Hymns: “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing”
I love reading about how the great hymns came to be. For some hymns, one writer...
August 2015
August 26, 2015
Unpublished Hymns of Fanny Crosby to Be Released, Recorded
It's probably safe to say that Fanny Crosby was the most prolific American hymn-writer, perhaps...
July 2015
July 14, 2015
Questions and Answers: As We Are Known (featuring Edie Brickell and Audrey Assad)
Loneliness is woven into the fabric of the human condition. Lifelong companionship is a gift...
June 2015
June 16, 2015
Anatomy of a Song: “If These Walls Could Speak”
I can't think of very many songwriters whose material runs the gamut from rock-bottom awful...
June 05, 2015
Coming Soon: Vintage Booth Brothers Music
I've obtained permission from Michael Booth to post some vintage Booth Brothers music that's no...
June 03, 2015
The Enduring Power of Hymns
Much ink has been spilled over the worrying statistical reality that millennials are leaving their...
May 2015
May 12, 2015
Anatomy of a Song: “Ireland” by Garth Brooks
Last week, I remarked on the pros and cons of Garth Brooks's stance on digital...
April 2015
April 01, 2015
Passion Week Playlist #2: Songs For a Groaning Creation
Tonight I rose up with the moon, and looking down from high above, I saw...
March 2015
March 04, 2015
The Definitive Hymns: "Old Rugged Cross"
I've featured several hymns in this series, but perhaps none more popular (or more definitively...
February 2015
February 14, 2015
My Top 5 Underrated Love Songs
You've danced with your spouse to Steven Curtis Chapman's "I Will Be Here." You've sniffled...
February 10, 2015
Questions and Answers: For the Streetlight People
For those of you who are new to the site or can't remember the last...
January 2015
January 14, 2015
My Definitive Andrae Crouch Mix
Here's the post I was going to publish this Monday, before the death of Lari...
December 2014
December 23, 2014
Christmas Top Fives: "Angels We Have Heard On High"
Christmas Top Fives is a series where I take one beloved carol and run down...
December 22, 2014
The Grinch Critiques… Revisionist "Joy to the World"
The last carol revision that came under the Grinch's eye involved changing ye olde-fashioned grammar to...
December 19, 2014
More Essential Tracks of Christmas: "Emmanuel/Little Town/Christmas Hymn," by Amy Grant
So last year I did this thing called "The Twelve Essential Tracks of Christmas," and...
November 2014
November 13, 2014
The Definitive Hymns: "Just As I Am"
It's every Baptist's favorite hymn today! Raise your hand if you've hummed along to this...
October 2014
October 14, 2014
The Definitive Hymns: Be Thou My Vision
While I was pondering which hymn to feature next, the decision was made for me when...
October 02, 2014
The Definitive Hymns: "There is a Fountain"
With increasingly less time to devote to blogging as the semester marches on, it's clear that...
September 2014
September 19, 2014
Recently Added: 60s Time Capsule
Goooood morning! It's 0700 and I am waking up to another day of back to...
June 2014
June 16, 2014
Questions and Answers, Father’s Day Edition: “My Son, My Son”
In honor of Father's Day, here's a special entry in my too-long-neglected "Questions and Answers"...
May 2014
May 15, 2014
International Songwriting Contest, 2013: My Picks
I enjoy browsing the winners of large songwriting contests. It's always fun to discover brand...
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