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March 2018

March 21, 2018

Secret Mark and Rock Lyrics

Some months ago, there was a Salon article about Stairway to Heaven and what is...

June 2016

June 07, 2016

Revelation: A Rock Opera

Have you heard about Mike Doughty's rock opera based on the Book of Revelation? I...

April 2016

April 25, 2016

A Service of Sacred Music and Rock Prayers

The service yesterday, featuring rock music, went well, I thought. It was recorded, and so I...

April 18, 2016

A Service of “Sacred” Music/Rock Prayers

I'm not sure what to call the service that we've put together for next Sunday...

October 2015

October 22, 2015

Rock Prayers

I've floated the idea of doing a service of rock and roll prayers at my...

October 19, 2014

Who’s On First (Rock and Roll Edition)

 

October 17, 2014

LOST Rewatch: The Moth

Religion features prominently from early on in this episode. It is implicit when Jack and...

June 2014

June 26, 2014

AD/BC

A rock opera about the nativity. Click the videos below to watch it on YouTube.

March 2014

March 05, 2014

Genesis: The Cinema Show

Recently brainstorming with colleagues, I mentioned to one who teaches Classics that there are references...

February 2014

February 06, 2014

Grace

I mentioned previously that, challenged with coming up with a list of the core beliefs...

December 2013

December 12, 2013

Joseph, Who Understood

This is a rather distinctive Christmas song by the band The New Pornographers (HT Anthony...

October 2013

October 20, 2013

Top Ten Lord’s Prayer

Rock and Theology linked to Commonweal Magazine which shared this rock version of the Lord's...

September 2013

September 26, 2013

Queen Jesus

One key question: How did I not know about this song by Queen until now...

June 2013

June 28, 2013

Geddy Lee on Religion, Spirituality, and “Positive Energy”

Tom Beaudoin, a theology professor at Fordham University who blogs at Rock and Theology, asked...

May 2013

May 14, 2013

Mars Attacks Young-Earth Creationism

Ian Millington recently drew my attention to an article about NASA's Mars rover, and pointed...

March 2013

March 14, 2013

House of Mirrors

Here's a demo version the latest song I've been working on. It should be considered...

March 06, 2013

Requiem Mass by the Other Offenbach

Another rock mass has been brought to my attention, this one by a French progressive...

March 04, 2013

Ultimate Concern

This is a recording of a song I wrote, giving musical expression to the view...

February 2013

February 16, 2013

Electric Prunes – Mass in F minor (1968)

I mentioned the idea of a rock mass recently, and had the above drawn to...

February 14, 2013

Rock Mass

I found myself wondering recently whether the necessary components for a mass in rock style...

January 2013

January 20, 2013

Matthew 7:24-27, Whovian Version

Via Craig Hurle and the TARDIS on Facebook

December 2012

December 11, 2012

#ProgGOD 2 is Live!

Tony Jones noted that the second collection of blog posts approaching how progressive Christians think...

September 2012

September 11, 2012

Messianism in Music

The song  "One for the Vine" by Genesis (written mainly by Tony Banks, I believe) has...

September 07, 2012

Time Stand Still

Rush - Time Stand Still I turn my back to the wind To catch my...

July 2012

July 31, 2012

A Song About Theologians

I never knew that there was a song about theologians until very recently, when Salman...

March 2012

March 31, 2012

Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen

"Delta and the Bannermen" is another Doctor Who episode from the Sylvester McCoy era that...

March 01, 2012

Rock-Rock-Rock (Geologists’ Version of Rock-Paper-Scissors)

HT Caitlin Coberly Facebook

July 2011

July 26, 2011

The Greatest Rock Keyboardists

As I mentioned in an earlier post, one of the topics of discussion in our...

July 26, 2011

Christmas in July

I decided to go ahead with my plan to call this post "Christmas in July"...

May 2011

May 22, 2011

Uthull

I recently discovered a band I had never heard of before. They are known as...

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