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March 09, 2024

Fellas, is This Worship Song Gay?

This just in: Sovereign Grace music is gay now. Thus declares Pastor Armen Thomassian, who...

September 2018

September 05, 2018

Rich Mullins Had Praise & Worship’s Number

For fans of Rich Mullins, YouTube's one-stop Mullins shop the Ragamuffin Archive is bringing you...

August 2018

August 16, 2018

The Lost Witness of Mark Heard

Today marks twenty-six years since the passing of an artist very few people would recognize...

July 2018

July 16, 2018

Larry Norman, Jesus and the Devil: A Conversation With Greg Thornbury

For my inaugural post at Patheos, I am proud to present a conversation I had...

September 2017

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....

August 2016

August 16, 2016

CD Review: Chris Golden, Less of Me

A few years ago, I discovered that former Oak Ridge Boy Chris Golden had launched...

June 2016

June 25, 2016

O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?

Grant us grace always to live in such a state that we may never be...

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...

May 10, 2016

CD Review: The Favorite Hymns of Fanny Crosby, by Ernie Haase & Signature Sound

Fanny Crosby is the most prolific hymn-writer in church history---so prolific that no matter what...

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 10, 2016

On Bing Crosby and the Sexual Revolution

Few voices are as inimitable or instantly recognizable as that of Bing Crosby. Warm,...

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...

December 01, 2015

First Look at a New Hank Williams Biopic: I Saw the Light

Hank Williams is an endlessly fascinating character for fans of country/gospel music. As self-destructive as...

November 2015

November 07, 2015

Concert Review with video: Buddy Greene and Ron Block in Shipshewana, IN (10-18-15)

Well, hello there! To the both of you who are still checking this humble corner...

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...

October 12, 2015

An Interview With Rachel McCutcheon

Rachel McCutcheon is quickly becoming one of my favorite current songwriters. Discovered by writer/producer Wayne...

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...

August 18, 2015

CD Review: The Inspiration of Broadway, by Signature Sound (with J. Mark McVey)

This project finds southern gospel's most inventive quartet trying on yet another hat: Broadway. They...

August 11, 2015

CD Review: Just Sing, by Amber Nelon Thompson

Amber Nelon Thompson is one of gospel music's most talented, consistent, and consistently pleasing singers. Her versatile...

July 2015

July 28, 2015

Todd Suttles Movie Sighting: The Second Chance

Recently, I re-watched a small Christian movie called The Second Chance (2006), directed by Steve Taylor and...

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...

July 07, 2015

CD Review: Aim Higher, by The Browns

The Browns have gone through a few lineup shifts, beginning with two sisters and two...

July 01, 2015

Southern Gospel vs. The Rest of the World: Diamond Rio and The Akins

You might know that the Akins are one of my favorite groups in southern gospel...

June 2015

June 18, 2015

From the Vault: The Booth Brothers, "Buy Me a Rose"

This latest upload from the Booth Brothers' Live in Lakeland project is a one-off, completely unplugged cover of...

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...