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As we go into Holy Week, this song is especially meaningful. It strikes me that perhaps the last time I shared it I didn't even know t...

It is now the Easter season, a glorious one, and in my part of the world the weather is cooperating for once. Astonishing to see new green l...

I just learned of this gospel music standard. I love it. It's a new fave. So much so that I'm going to embed about four or five vers...

It has been much, much too long since we had a music post. It is my longstanding contention that we Protestants need to beef up our theolo...

The audio of this recording of the song "Angel Band" is one of my favorite music tracks, probably one of my favorites of all time...

Dr. Dimble drove out to St. Anne's dissatisfied with himself, haunted with the suspicion that if he had been wiser, or more perfectly i...

Ernie Haase's signature song is "O, What a Savior," below. One line that bothers some theological purists is "But they ...

I was cooking again today (yes, you are starting to notice a pattern in these posts) and listening to a Gaither hymns CD (yep, that's an...

Today while cooking I was listening to a hymns CD by the Booth Brothers , one of my favorite Gospel music groups. Unfortunately not nearly e...

There are a lot of versions of "He Just Needs a Few Good Men" out there, some of them no doubt vocally smoother than this one, but...

Continuing in my never-ending quest to bring more unexpected things together, here's a quotation from C.S. Lewis paired with a song by t...

I linked this a few years ago, but it deserves to be posted again. And who knows, maybe I've picked up a reader or two in the meanwhile ...

As mentioned in a previous post, I've been wanting to draw attention to pianist Roger Bennett's testimony from an old Cathedrals con...

The cry of the papacy of John Paul II was "Be not afraid!" It's an encouragement that Christians need. We're certainly not...

In this post last year I embedded a 4Shared link to "I Will Be Here" by Steven Curtis Chapman. Unfortunately, 4Shared has now beco...

A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to watch this DVD . It's a huge, staged tribute to Gospel music arranger and producer Lari G...

'Tis true that I've been neglecting this blog, but I just haven't been sufficiently inspired to do a lot of separate posts in tw...

It's been what seems like a loong time since I posted any music. So here are just a couple of things. First, a new-to-me version of ...

The Booth Brothers are one of my very favorite Gospel music groups. They have a wonderful smooth sound, gentle humor, and genuine kindness. ...

"Not for me the Hound of Heaven, but the never-ceasing silent appeal of Tabernacle, and the sense of starving hunger." J.R.R. To...