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If you live in the Midwest, things have been bleak lately. It’s the doldrums of winter, punctuated by violent winter storms that bring states of emergency, weather advisories, and power outages. Kids get cabin fever from too many snow days and parents go crazy as a result. The rest of us wander around in a … Continue reading Media Minute: February 23, 2019
“What if?” We ask ourselves that question a lot. We imagine if a decision or action could have changed the trajectory of our lives. What if we’d said yes to that business proposition? What if we had turned down our current partner or spouse? What if we had moved to a different city, state, country? … Continue reading Spider-Snatch: Into the Bander-Verse
The first time I met my first love, it was at a video shoot. It seemed as though the stars aligned perfectly. He walked past me and my heart fluttered, and I remember looking across the gym we were filming in (which was all done up in lights and decorations, and I was wearing a … Continue reading Day 29: Make You Better – The Decemberists
To start off this post, I want to thank all of you who have been tuning in daily or weekly. I can’t believe I’ve tackled twenty-two songs already and only have eight left. So far, I’ve tallied 534 total views of this series, and I couldn’t be happier. Here’s hoping I’ll finish this off well. … Continue reading Day 22: Porcelain – Emarosa
I appreciate it when musicians actually put thought into their words. That might sound kind of stupid, but honestly it can be rare sometimes. Especially in pop music. And, unfortunately, in Christian worship music too. (We’ve already talked about this.) You can sing “you are holy” five times in a row, but when do the words … Continue reading Day Fifteen: Deliverance – Strahan
Lord, deliver me. Deliver me from hatred into love. Deliver me from anger into peace. Deliver me from sadness into joy. Lord, Deliver me from silence when I should speak From complacency when I should be moved From guilt when I should be grateful. Lord, Deliver me from my careless … Continue reading Lord, Deliver Me.
O sacred Head, now wounded, With grief and shame weighed down, Now scornfully surrounded With thorns, Thine only crown. O sacred Head, what glory, What bliss, till now was Thine! Yet, though despised and gory, I joy to call Thee mine. How are you feeling this week? This week, we are following our Lord to … Continue reading Palms Open, Ready to Recieve
I want to start this blog with an apology to all 4 of you who are reading this so far. On Wednesday, I promised I’d be bringing you Rachmaninoff, but I made a mistake. I thought the piece that I was thinking of was by our pal Rach, but it’s not. So instead of reading more … Continue reading Classical Crash Course, part three: Mahler? I Hardly Know Her
If you try to google how many songs about broken hearts exist, you won’t find an answer easily. Believe me, I tried as I was researching my next victim for Classical Music Crash Course. That probably means there’s an infinite amount, and they’ve been written since the beginning of time. There are some questions Google … Continue reading Classical Crash Course, part two: None But the Lonely Heart
If you haven’t noticed, this week hasn’t been great. For anyone. For various reasons. And if you thought I wasn’t going to talk about it, you’re wrong. Things don’t change unless you talk about it. If we don’t talk, we become islands and we become bitter and overprotective of ourselves. If we don’t remind ourselves … Continue reading Things that Bring Us Together.
Audrey D. DeBoer 