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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....

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Unpublished Hymns of Fanny Crosby to Be Released, Recorded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...