And another Christmas gem from the greatest singer-songwriter in Memphis (my opinion, which is nearly infallible).
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And another Christmas gem
Posted in Art, Christmas, gospel on December 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A Few Christmas Gems
Posted in Art, Christmas on December 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
(1) The story of the 1914 ceasefires in the trenches of WWI may say more about humanity’s love for soccer (“football”) than about humanity’s love for each other. But it says something and it is worth a read. (2) My friend Gerald has written a beautiful Christmas poem.
Guilty Pleasures
Posted in Art, culture, quotes, world view on November 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s a quote from an article by Jon Foreman (of Switchfoot) called “Outside the Fences” . “Only in humility can we begin to find the beauty in everything. Do you have the barefaced wonder to drift outside the lines? If you dare, you could rise up to be the shameless architect of the unknown, charting [...]
America’s Idol
Posted in Art, idolatry, worship on August 19, 2010 | 3 Comments »
There may be no more famous statue, and there may be no god more widely worshipped by men. I don’t think it’s well-known that this is an image of the Roman goddess, Libertas. If “we become what we worship”, as the slogan goes and as Scripture shows (see the recent fine book by Greg Beale [...]
Duh-lusional
Posted in Art, culture, sin on May 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Filed under “sin” not because tats are sinful, but because this illustrates the potent impact of sin on all human faculties…
Reviewing Phil Wickham (and Pete Kipley), Heaven and Earth
Posted in Art, culture, music on May 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On the heels of my last post, I should probably tell you what I think of Pete’s latest effort, Phil Wickham’s Heaven and Earth. One could subtitle this album, “the triumph of the keyboard.” Unlike many musicians I knew in the early and mid-90s, who were stuck on “real instruments” and denigrated keyboards, Pete really [...]
Lessons for Artists…and the Rest of Us
Posted in Art, culture, music on May 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been spending time with the family a fair bit, as well as working on nerdy writing projects, so blogging has taken a backseat. I thought I’d blog on the soundtrack for my most recent work, and lessons learned as a pretty subpar musician. One of my projects was on heaven. So Phil Wickham’s new Heaven [...]
Fujimura and “The Great Artist”
Posted in Art, culture, Jesus on April 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »
In a previous post, I began a conversation about the relationship between art and faith. One of the most thoughtful voices in this discussion is Makoto Fujimura. His artwork is a fusion of abstract expressionism and the traditional Japanese art of Nihonga. I won’t pretend to know exactly what that means, except to say he paints using [...]
Seeing “In The Heights”
Posted in Art, culture, music, world view on April 21, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Last weekend my daughter Corinne (12) and I went to New York City for a belated spring break getaway. One of the highlights of the weekend for us was seeing “In The Heights”, the Tony-award winning musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda. It’s a story about tight-knit community in Manhattan’s Washington Heights, as they struggle with changes in [...]
