It’s been almost a year — let’s resume my series blogging alphabetically through a selection of some of my favorite albums. There was a time when the album was as much the dominion of comedians as musicians. Jokesmiths won two of the first five Album of the Year awards at the Grammys: Bob Newhart in … More Albums A to Z: Monty Python Sings
The week in question being last week… Back on our regular schedule this Saturday… Here… • More posts in the devotional/inspirational vein than usual for me, thanks to Holy Week: Pietists on resurrection and hope for Maundy Thursday; seeing crosses everywhere on our WWI trip for Good Friday; and why a TV cliffhanger might suggest … More That Was The Week That Was
During my Thanksgiving hiatus I’m reprising some older posts: one each from June/July, August, September, and October. This one was originally posted on September 6, when I took a break from my usual emphases on Christianity, history, and education to share another love: music. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! One of my favorite things about the church … More Best of The Pietist Schoolman: My Four Favorite Sounds
Last week here at The Pietist Schoolman and elsewhere: Here Why the Evangelical Covenant Church has typically viewed activities like packing meals for hungry children in Africa as going hand in hand with conversionism, biblicism, and other hallmarks of evangelicalism No This Week in History but one day in the United Nations’ history brought to … More That Was The Week That Was
One of my favorite things about the church we attend is its music ministry. Even for a church of our size, it’s remarkable that we have enough musically gifted members (some of them professional musicians, most talented amateurs) to support multiple adult, youth, and children’s choirs, a contemporary worship band, bell choirs, a wind ensemble, … More My Four Favorite Sounds
