Five Poems to Read on Veteran's Day
In Flanders Fields by John Mccrae In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the...
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Nov 19, 2007
Creative Intent, Part Three: Mystery, Mastery, and Banjos
I’m currently engaged in a discussion, called Perfection vs Communication, on another site, where there are some with an extreme view who...
Nov 12, 2007
A Restless Evil
Boy, that title sounds dramatic, doesn’t it? Like the title to a P.D. James murder mystery or something. It’s easy to imagine that title...
Nov 9, 2007
White Wolf on Wyoming Avenue
A terror-inducing darling of a storm blew through Nashville last night. As I sat in what I like to call my “outdoor living room”...
Nov 7, 2007
Sara Groves: Tell Me What You Know
Sara Groves irritates me just a little bit. With each album she makes, she moves from strength to strength and is always raising the bar...
Nov 6, 2007
Andrew Peterson: Love and Thunder
I am outside on my front porch. The yellowed leaves are methodically falling from the black walnut in the yard, my breath is chalky...
Nov 5, 2007
Beyond Nature, Phil Keaggy, 1991
The other day I was on Andrew Osenga’s blog, where the topic lately has been “Top Five” lists. Several years ago, I made a top five...
Oct 31, 2007
The String Session
Here’s a quick look at the string session. The song they’re working on here is “Hosanna”, and I have to say that I believe that Ben Shive...
Oct 30, 2007
The Road to Ensenada, Lyle Lovett
“He’s so…asymmetrical.” This was how a friend of mine once described his introduction to Lyle Lovett. My first introduction to Lyle was...
Oct 23, 2007
Stuart Duncan
I haven’t figured out a way to link my other blog (andrew-peterson.blogspot.com) to this one, so I’ll just include the video here. To...
Oct 21, 2007
Photographs: Andrew Osenga
Do you have any CD’s in your collection that will be forever associated with some event or season of life—like the soundtrack to your...
Oct 18, 2007
Behold the Lamb of God, 2004
“Jesus thrown everything off balance.” So says Flannery O’Connor’s Misfit in her short story “A Good Man is Hard to Find.” It’s as true...
Oct 15, 2007
Eric Peters: A Hope that is Not of This World
Eric Peters‘s body of work addresses a diverse range of topics, but hope is a recurring theme that gently percolates in the midst of it...
Oct 8, 2007
Room to Breathe, Andy Gullahorn
Even if you haven’t heard Room to Breathe, its still likely you’ve heard Andy Gullahorn. He’s what I’d call a heavy lifter by trade. He...
Sep 27, 2007
A Thing Resounds When It Rings True
The best moments in reading are when you come across something—a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things—which you had thought...
Sep 26, 2007
Art, Generosity, the Airport Shuttle
My flight arrived at 10:30 at night. There were about a dozen of us on the shuttle bus to long-term parking, and I was careful not to...
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