The Bible in Church and Academy
Posted in Music on Jul 19th, 2009
I have a low tolerance for kids music. What do kids like about songs that are traditionally played for children? They like songs with a good beat, a catchy hook, and repetitive lyrics. Luckily there is a lot of “real” music that meets these criteria. When the boys ride with me, they listen to whatever [...]
Posted in Music on Jul 15th, 2009
I have been on sabbatical slash family leave the past year, which has been incredibly refreshing and restful. I realized while running 800 meter track splits yesterday that I am a happier person than I have been in a long time. The clue? I used to listen to hard rock and metal while running and [...]
Here is a book that I am excited to read, a novel about Paul by Johnny Cash called Man in White. Ben Meyers has the details in this post, and includes one of the best quotes I’ve heard in a while:
“Tons of material has been written …, but I discovered that the Bible can shed [...]
Posted in Music on Feb 2nd, 2009
This is not exactly academic or church-related, although it does involve a wedding, one of the original sacraments.
I love bluegrass music, and have been a Billy Idol fan since my 7th grade Idol-homage haircut. I also love unexpected covers and reuses of cultural forms. Free culture FTW!
via Boing Boing
Posted in Music, Radio Show on Jan 22nd, 2009
In the interest of distinguishing between the holy and common, not to mention the clean and the unclean, I have moved all of the Radio Show podcasts to the WPLS station website. You can subscribe to the podcast feed with this link.
Posted in Music, Radio Show on Jan 20th, 2009
Hello!
With the new year comes the return of my WPLS weekly Radio Show, Tuesdays 2-3 at http://wpls.furman.edu. I am also back to posting podcasts of the show. There is a podcast feed on the WPLS site, but for the time being, this file is hosted here.
So, without further ado, the show for 2009-01-20:
Chasers…
