I can trace my love of imaginative, biblical narrative round and round the grooves of an LP 33 speed record album. Maybe you don’t remember, but a record album (pronounced reh-kerd al-buh-m) was in popular use shortly after the invention of the wheel and hieroglyphics--or so it seems. In … [Read more...] about An Easter Ballad for the Day In Between
Music
When Your Faith is Weak for Holy Week
I’ve tried to imagine the disciples’ confusion as they witnessed the highs and lows of Holy Week. On Palm Sunday Jesus rode into Jerusalem the hailing shouts of “Hosanna! Oh, Save!” By Thursday he declared his body broken and his blood poured out, even as he was standing before them whole. Sunday's … [Read more...] about When Your Faith is Weak for Holy Week
When Freedom Means Giving Up
It seems like I’ve mentioned my love for music recently. As a word-lover I especially love meaningful lyrics. So when enjoyable music and thought provoking lyrics bump into each other, I swoon. This week as I was buzzing around my kitchen with my Ellie Holcomb Pandora station playing, I … [Read more...] about When Freedom Means Giving Up
Gifts of Music and Memory
I love music. Photo Credit: TiiaBear In the car, in the kitchen, while I walk, when I worship. And nearly every kind. I can appreciate a banjo as well as an intelligent rap and just about anything in between.I’m amazed that God would use elements as formulaic and functional as math and … [Read more...] about Gifts of Music and Memory
An Easter Ballad
I can trace my love of imaginative, biblical narrative round and round the grooves of an LP 33 speed record album. Maybe you don’t remember, but a record album (pronounced rek-erd al-buh-m) was invented and in popular use shortly after the invention of the wheel and hieroglyphics. In the late … [Read more...] about An Easter Ballad
Parental Prescription
On my book shelves I have no less than 10 parenting books, so I feel like I’ve read a lot about “good parenting.” Unfortunately, good parenting isn’t about what you know, it’ about what you do. Before you think I’m being self deprecating, let me tell you, I’ve tried a heap of all those … [Read more...] about Parental Prescription