Monthly Archives: December 2008

Béla Fleck and the Flecktones – Jingle All the Way

If you can find any Christmas CD’s on sale now, here’s one I recommend picking up. The best Christmas album of the year is Jingle All the Way, the first Christmas record from Béla Fleck and the Flecktones. Roy Wooten … Continue reading

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Hear the world holding its breath

As we near the end of advent (with thanks to Russ for his series of meditations at the Rabbit Room), I thought I’d offer this reflection from Frederick Buechner’s Whistling in the Dark: An ABC Theologized as food for thought. … Continue reading

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Belief in God is belief in mystery

I first discovered Tony Woodlief’s blog when he linked to a post I wrote about a year ago. He has a new essay, “OK, Virginia, There’s No Santa Claus. But There Is God” that was in the Wall Street Journal … Continue reading

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Christmas tours

I started to write this post several weeks ago, when these tours were just starting, but didn’t have time to finish it. Better late than never, I guess… There are several good Christmas tours going out this year, and I … Continue reading

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Wine

When talking with my pastor about Frederick Buechner a week or two ago, he reminded me of this paragraph on wine from Buechner’s Wishful Thinking: A Seeker’s ABC. For some reason, I prefer this kind of reflection more than the … Continue reading

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Excerpt from Gilead on defenses of belief

I’ve wanted to read Marilynne Robinson’s second novel, Gilead, ever since Andrew Peterson mentioned it in a blog post about his favorite books of 2007, saying that it was “not just one of my favorite books of the year, but … Continue reading

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Blogging award for the Rabbit Room

CMCentral.com has just posted their list of the top ten artists blogs of 2008. Shaun’s is #1 on the list (and deservedly so – he’s the reason I started blogging.) #3 is Jason Gray’s blog. And at #6 is none … Continue reading

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The Bloggable Music Network / JJ Heller

Last month, Kat started up a new blog, The Bloggable Music Network. The plan is to feature different artists on the blog, giving away free songs, etc., and provide another way to get out word about artists you love. The … Continue reading

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Dear Tom

(I received an unexpected e-mail yesterday from the staff of the church I’m a part of, announcing that they had asked our co-pastor, Tom Darnell, to resign, because they thought he was “no longer a good fit.” While it brings … Continue reading

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Books and ABC’s

There’s this great used bookstore in Chattanooga, McKay Used Books and CDs, that I used to visit all the time when I lived there. Most of my CDs and a good number of my books I discovered there. They opened … Continue reading

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