He describes the process of writing “Graves Into Gardens.” The seed of the idea was a line from one of Furtick’s sermons. Lake liked the phrase, and he joined Furtick and Elevation Worship’s Tiffany Hudson and Chris Brown to see if they could turn it into a song. It was the fi...
Before Elvis Presley, before Little Richard and Chuck Berry, there was Sister Rosetta Tharpe. She's often hailed as the Godmother of Rock 'N' Roll, and the men considered pioneers of rock actually grew up listening to her. Tharpe was a gospel singer, but her knack for the guitar and s...
“Voice of Harold,” familiar to fans as the B‑side to “So. Central Rain” and part of the 1987 odds and ends collectionDead Letter Office. What possible explanation could there be for these non sequitur gospel lyrics, sung to the t...
Before Elvis Presley, before Little Richard and Chuck Berry, there was Sister Rosetta Tharpe. She's often hailed as the Godmother of Rock 'N' Roll, and the men considered pioneers of rock actually grew up listening to her. Tharpe was a gospel singer, but her knack for the guitar and s...
WHEN LIFE GETS BROKEN – a gentle melody with powerful lyrics and beautiful harmonies featuring RUSS LEE & MICHAEL O’BRIEN to encourage all who are facing grief that Jesus is right there with you and knows just what you need. CALL ON YOU JESUS – an R&B/Gospel exhortation to call on ...
Again, this is to keep everyone safe as they arrive or leave campuses. In all, obey the speed limit posted in school zones and if you are uncertain if anyone is on campus when you drive past it, assume the campus is open and obey the posted speed limit....
help but think of the Canadian poet-songwriter Leonard Cohen’s lyrics:There is a crack in everything/That’s how the light gets in.Our wounds are our greatest teachers in some ways if we allow them to be. Christ offered his wounds to us as an example of how they can be transformed....
it’s just Tuesday’s headlines. Taupin’s lyrics are almost prescient in how they crawl inside the mindset of what we’d call today the “lone gunman,” especially when he suggests the gunman’s POV with jarring racial slurs that make it clear this was a crime prompted in part by xenop...
Every funeral I’ve ever been to tried to bill itself as a “celebration of life,” and while I dig the sentiment, that’s just not how this shit works. People are gonna be fucked up no matter what. That said, I expect my people to send me out by partying as hard as they fuckin...
Who are these “lawless people”? What are the “doctrines of demons?” What about the “different gospel?” Who are the “false prophets?” I would like to suggest to you that at the heart of all of the above would be a “spirit of compromise.” Those who call evil good and good...