This deep sea of joy is made available to us as weobeyGod–another reality that makes some bristle. They don’t realize when Christ tells us to follow God’s ways, he’s not trying to make our lives miserable. He’s showing us the way to enjoyabundance of life(John 15:9-11; John...
I praise you, Lord Jesus, for your power on display in the miracles you performed and those you continue to perform to this day, confirming who you are—notjust a wise teacher or mystic but theSon of God. I praise youfor the glimpses of heaven we experience from time to time of what...
Vampire Weekend: Only God Was Above Us (2024) Vampire Weekend have lost their illusions, buried their remains, and built a memorial to young adulthoods lived in New York, a mausoleum made of towering peaks and charmingly precious lyrics. For this band of once-precocious kids now slipping int...
Born in Dumbarton, Scotland, David Byrne and his family soon relocated to Baltimore, Maryland, where he would eventually become a leading figure in the art rock and new wave movements. As the charismatic frontman of Talking Heads, Byrne mesmerized audiences with his quirky stage presence, distinc...
Old Testament scholar Walter Brueggemann has responded to the election with a fine reflection on Elijah’s flight from the danger and exhaustion of public justice-making to the solitude and safety of the holy mountain. After a while, God tracks him down to ask, “What are you doing here, ...
for the sound of spirituality. I conclude with the prose of seven biblical reflections on what spirituality sounds like—a sound that leads us to a profound relationship with God. Keywords: Christianity;music;spiritual;spirituality;“Amazing Grace”;biblical;relationship;transcendent;autoethnography...
1 single of any Jackson family artist—and the song, like the janet. album it appeared on, exposed us to a new Jackson: still soft-spoken but confident in her sexuality, her body, and her desire. –Samhita Mukhopadhyay Listen: Janet Jackson, “That’s the Way Love Goes” 145. The ...
—“Good old Watson. The one fixed point in a changing age. There’s an east wind coming, all the same. Such a wind as never blew in England yet. It will be cold and bitter, Watson. And a good many of us may wither before its blast. But it’s God’s own wind, none the les...
Bradbury, who also added the now-familiar and beloved chorus, “Yes, Jesus loves me,” to the song. Bradbury published “Jesus Loves Me” in his hymnal calledThe Golden Sower. He is also known for writing the hymns “He Leadeth Me,”“Just As I Am,” and “Sweet Hour of Prayer.”...
In 1906, a new carol appeared in “The English Hymnal,” an influential collection of British church music. With words by British poet Christina Rossetti, set to a tune by composer Gustav Holst, it became one of Britain’s most beloved Christmas songs. Now known as “In the Bleak Midwinter...