Experiences of Creativity
The winds are blowing through the Indiana hills. Like the winds blow, Holy Spirit blow through my heart. Blow out the trash and scars that build up like dead leaves in the fall, wet and cold, and laying there with no purpose. The Indiana wind is no gentle breeze, but full-throated gusts, pushing me sideways […]
Lord,fill me with your love — a love that is radical, exquisite, long-suffering, patient, honest, true, magnificent, overpowering, empowering, able to leap small buildings in a single bound, sacrificial, better than sliced bread, and too wonderful for words. Fill me with your love, so that I can better love those who you have brought into […]
The birds and the deer flit and glidethrough the picture window of my morning. As the steam rises from the cup,and the songs of praise resound in my ears,the cardinals and wrens race from tree to feederoffering their own songs of praise for the glory of the morning. The deer, calm and serene, graze along […]
A song in progress…. I am haunted by the waters flowing from the start of time. The streaming fountain of forgiveness and the claim of love sublime. So I step into the waters and immerse myself in you, and you send to me your Spirit filling me with love and truth Chorus: Make your way […]
Several years ago someone introduced me to a book called Praying in Color which outlined a prayer process using drawing as a means for connecting to God at the level of our creativity. I’ve played around with that off and on ever since, knowing that I’m not much of an artist, but seeing what God would […]
Fat Tuesday,an odd descriptor for a man closer to 300 pounds than 200,the Tuesday before– before sorrow, before sobriety, before repentance, before reflection.On Tuesday, all is right with the world (so we think), Carnival, Mardi Gras, and the revelry that comes with them. But with the changing of the hour at midnight, from the Tuesday […]
Hands four!Head couples cross over. Balance and swing your partner(with the look and the smile, and the centrifugal force of two bodies spending fact, ending in the perfect position for the next move). Long lines forward and back(most of the time crooked, but sometimes straight and in time to the wonder of all). A quick […]
Several weeks ago after the Britney Spears edition I wrote that I was ready to write off Glee. And frankly, of all the episodes in the catalog, that one still should go on the list of shows that Ryan Murphy refuses to show in reruns. However the next week came on strong with the “Grilled […]
I first heard about Glee on Fresh Air, Terry Gross’s interview program on NPR. She was interviewing Ryan Murphy, the show’s creator and producer in the days leading up to the show premiere, and I was intrigued by what seemed to be a quirky premise. So my family has watched since the first episode, back […]
We need prayer – like breath and water. It keeps us alive. –Ciona D. Rouse from “Like Breath and Water: Praying With Africa” Last night I went to Africa. I didn’t catch a midnight flight out of Nashville International and head to Lagos, although I confess I might indeed do that sometime in the next […]
In lieu of writing a formal review of the 2008 Acoustic Christmas show, here are a few superlatives that reflect my opinion of the evening. Most Talented As I stated earlier, I was surprised at the level of talent overall, expecting a few clunkers along the way. There was one who didn’t make the grade […]
As the folks that follow me on Twitter know, I spent the evening last night in the midst of over a thousand squeeling teenage divas at the annual 107.5 The River Acoustic Christmas concert. Every year, starting in late October or early November, the station of choice for girls age 8 and older (and the […]
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With the end of the Reagonomics at hand (something I’ve been predicting for a while), I’ve found myself being nostalgic for 1980’s, MTV High Rotation pop music, especially the LA based bands which were made up of session musicians who would do a great album or two but then fall apart as egos clashed and […]
I confess that I am a big fan of the Black Crowes, a band that probably would have reached greater heights if Chris and Rich Robinson could have simply got along. Well, I guess that’s the way it is with brothers. Here’s one of my favorites, played on the Letterman show. I like the original […]
Well who knows how long it will last, but here is the first in what I hope will become part of a series of podcast reviews on “The Shack,” by William P. Young. Review #1 — The Shack
One of the benefits of being a blogger who has been around for a while and has some sort of audience is that I am on the list to receive free books from publishers looking for a snappy review. I confess that it’s a perk that I like, but honestly I rarely ever get around […]
One of the benefits of being a blogger who has been around for a while and has some sort of audience is that I am on the list to receive free books from publishers looking for a snappy review. I confess that it’s a perk that I like, but honestly I rarely ever get around […]
Recently the Rolling Stone featured a review of the re-release of Steve Earle’s “Copperhead Road,” noting it’s significance in the catalog of this prolific and excellent songwriter. “Copperhead Road” had been an important album for me in my past, and I pulled it out again, ripped it to the computer, and put it in the […]
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