Monthly Archives: January 2009

Tim Keller in Nashville

On Wednesday, I had the chance to hear Tim Keller, pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian in New York city, talk about his new book here in Nashville. My thoughts from the evening, It Takes a Community, are up on the Rabbit … Continue reading

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Eric Peters’ new record nearing completion

This afternoon, I dropped by Sputnik Studio to hear Andy Osenga record another day of electric guitar overdubs on Eric Peters’ new record, with Ben Shive producing. I was a fly on the wall back in November for the first … Continue reading

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Check one off the list…

After reading Christianity Today’s review of Randall Goodgame’s new EP Bluebird earlier this week, I put a check-mark next to one of the entries on the list of goals I keep in my head: To have a CT music review … Continue reading

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Naïve idealism / bitter realism

As we enter a new era, I think it is worth noting our new President’s concise summary of the writings of American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr. As I’ve mentioned here before, I read Niebuhr’s Leaves from the Notebook of a Tamed … Continue reading

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Quote of the Week: Never Safe against Temptation

“Americans are never safe against the temptation of claiming God too simply as the sanctifier of whatever we most fervently desire. This is vanity. To be effective in the world, we need a sense of modesty about the virtue, wisdom, … Continue reading

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Jesus Lives in My Heart

“I don’t like the word spiritual, especially as it’s defined in American society, where it’s essentially another form of narcissism.” – Chris Hedges – Moral Combat: Chris Hedges On War, Faith, And Fundamentalism I recently had the misfortune of sitting … Continue reading

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Free Music from Randall Goodgame

So you know that new Randall Goodgame EP, Bluebird, that I’ve blogged about?

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Flecktones on Conan O’Brien

Here’s the aforementioned clip of Béla Fleck and the Flecktones on Late Night with Conan O’Brien from just before Christmas. Roy, as he usually does with the Flecktones, is playing a combo of his SynthAxe Drumitar and real kit. Every … Continue reading

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Three convictions for the New Year

While browsing at a used bookstore earlier today with a friend (or I guess that would be yesterday, at this point), I came across a book by H. Richard Niebuhr, The Meaning of Revelation. I read his brother’s first book … Continue reading

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