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May 2014

May 05, 2014

Monday Morning Humor: Every Conference Call Ever

"My bad, I was on mute. Let me start over."

May 02, 2014

A Chapter Closed in Southern Gospel

My erstwhile blogging colleague Daniel Mount has decided to close down his site Southern Gospel Journal...

April 2014

April 30, 2014

I'm Back, With Survey Results!

Thank you to all those who participated in my little reader survey. I'm back from...

April 22, 2014

Reader Survey!

[This survey is now closed.] Hi everyone! This is finals week, so I'm going to...

April 21, 2014

Monday Morning Humor: Don't Worry, There's a Bunny

April 20, 2014

Easter Morning Music: Hallelujah

He is risen. He is risen indeed.

April 18, 2014

Good Friday Music: "Behold the Lamb of God"

Behold the Lamb of God. Behold him that taketh away the sins of the world.

April 17, 2014

Maundy Thursday Music: "Go to Dark Gethsemane"

For in the night in which he was betrayed, he took bread. And when he...

April 15, 2014

Sing it Again: "Taking My God At His Word"

In 2005, Brian Free took a break from quartet singing and put out what is still...

April 14, 2014

Monday Morning Humor: Winnie the Pooh is Darth Vader

Voice actor Jim Cummings reads Darth Vader's lines as Winnie the Pooh. Darkwing Duck drops...

April 10, 2014

CD Review: Into His Presence, by the Perrys

Into His Presence is the Perrys' debut effort with Wayne Haun and Ernie Haase's new...

April 08, 2014

Anatomy of a Song: "Come Back to Me"

It's been a really long time since I did an entry in this series, formerly...

April 07, 2014

Monday Morning Humor: The Three Little Pigs

As it had been written by Shakespeare.

April 05, 2014

Going To the Movies?

If so, I recommend skipping Darren Aronofsky's soggy, ridiculously extra-biblical if not gnostic hack job on...

April 03, 2014

Kickstart Something Good: Jean Watson

For those who are weary of the pablum now paraded as "music" on the airwaves of...

April 01, 2014

An Interview With Rebecca Peck

Apologies for not posting anything yesterday. First I thought it was April 1st, then...

March 2014

March 27, 2014

Matt Fouch and Scott Inman on Writing for Legacy Five

Here are two neat videos I just found and enjoyed, where Matt Fouch and Scotty...

March 26, 2014

Featuring… A Reader's Music

A gentleman named Judson Hair left a nice comment on one of my songwriting posts...

March 24, 2014

Two-Man Doo-Wop Awesomeness

We interrupt our usual Monday Morning schedule to bring you this video, which went straight...

March 22, 2014

Fresh Look and Audience Surprises at a GVB Concert!

Somebody has captured a LOT of low-quality but still awesome footage from a recent Gaither...

March 20, 2014

Movie Review: Grace Unplugged

This film drew quite a bit of Christian buzz when it came out last year,...

March 18, 2014

CD Review: Hymns, by the Gaither Vocal Band

This hymns project is a parting gift from the last Gaither Vocal Band lineup of...

March 17, 2014

Monday Morning Humor: How to Deal With Mormon Missionaries [Fixed]

Update: Drat, I thought that I had fixed the bad embed before scheduling this, but...

March 13, 2014

Johnny Farese, a servant of God

If you have never heard the story of Johnny Farese, I encourage you to take...

March 11, 2014

SG vs. CCM Smackdown: "Who Am I" vs. "Because of Whose I Am"

We haven't had a southern gospel versus CCM song smackdown in a while, so now...

March 10, 2014

Monday Morning Humor: The Magic of Editing

I laughed 'til it hurt revisiting this one the other day. From the classic Saturday...

March 06, 2014

In, Not Of: Christians in Entertainment, Part II

I was initially inspired to explore the topic of Christians in entertainment by Harry Connick,...

March 04, 2014

Songwriting Tip: Using Colors In Your Lyrics

There are many marks of a clever songwriter. One is the quiet insertion of little...

March 03, 2014

Monday Morning Humor: The Manslater

February 2014

February 27, 2014

Most Marketable Southern Gospel Singers?

We all have our favorite southern gospel singers. But some of the qualities that make...