Just got back from a super quick tour of the North Island of New Zealand, as well as chatting with the fine people at Laidlaw College. One of my chats was with Dave Wells who teaches courses on youth ministry. Later that day he was teaching and class and sent me a link to video he [...]
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Genius
Posted in Music, tagged John Butler on August 10, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Worship with Coldplay
Posted in Coldplay, Worship, tagged Coldplay, Coldplay and Worship, Coldplay in concert, Coldplay in Vancouver, Worship, Yellow on June 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Please forgive my sins of omission. I haven’t posted in ages. Last weekend I managed to get 4 tickets on ebay to the Coldplay concert at GM Place here in Vancouver. I paid $215 for 4 tickers (for Ruth, myself and our two daughters) worth over $450… so I thought that was a pretty good deal. [...]
The Gospel According to Alanis Part 2
Posted in Alanis Morissette, Eschatological Living, Music, tagged Alanis Morissette, already but not yet, the gospel according to alanis morissette on May 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Okay… another song from Alanis’ new(ish) album, Flavors of Entanglement, which, to me, has echoes of “the Gospel”. In Incomplete Alanis expresses a yearning for “completion” (to be at peace… to be enlightened… to be healed… to know God… to be secure… to be faith-filled… to be trusting and spacious… etc). These aspects of “completion” are very [...]
The Meaning of Life
Posted in Humour, Tom Waits on May 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I saw this a while ago on a friend’s blog. For some reason is really appeals to my warped sense of humor. Enjoy the press conference given by the great Tom Waits…
The Gospel According to Alanis
Posted in Alanis Morissette, Music, Sin, tagged Alanis, Alanis Morissettte, flavors of entanglement, Sin, the gospel according to alanis morissette, underneath on May 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For Ruth’s birthday I bought her two fairly recent albums by two highly talented Canadian female singers: Diana Krall’s samba influenced “Quite Nights” and Alanis Morissette’s ”Flavors of Entaglement”. Okay… I must admit… the Alanis Morissette buy was a bit selfish. I actually wanted to listen to it myself, but knew that Ruth would probably like as well. [...]
Jesus is for Losers
Posted in Jesus, Music, tagged calamateur, Jesus, Jesus is for losers, steve turner on April 13, 2009 | 4 Comments »
… the self-made need not apply! I just came across an amazing album by Scottish artist Calamateur called Jesus is for Losers. You can download the album for free here, plus give a donation if you wish (for which you will get an extra 5 song EP download). The album is made up of 11 songs about [...]
A Song For Good Friday
Posted in Martyn Joseph, Music, The Cross, tagged Faith Folk and Anarchy, Good Friday, Jesus, Jesus Christ Superstar, Martyn Joseph, Strange Way on April 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m a Martyn Jospeh fan – incredible wordsmith and also pretty nifty guitarist as well! I’ve been listening to this song fairly regularly over the last few months – reflecting on the various ways in which “the cross” can be thought about. The Apostle Paul says the cross is a stumbling block to both Jews and Greek [...]
Everything’s Alright, Yes!
Posted in Music, Resurrection, tagged Jesus, PhD, Resurrection, Sin, Sufjan Stevens, The Welcome Wagon on March 31, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Okay… I guess the first post is always the most difficult. But as I sit in the Regent College library starting on a new chapter of my PhD (trying the read Howard Marshall’s “Beyond the Bible” Moving From Scripture to Theology” I came across this song that I thought would be appropriate. It’s by “The Welcome [...]
