"Unrelieved intellectual work, especially theological intellectual work, can shrivel your soul."
– Eugene Peterson, on the importance of serving a Christian community during seminary studies. This is one of the many reasons I’m thankful for my church community.
I’d prefer to post and listen to this later this evening, but I may not have the chance to post later. So, here we go. If I have time later, I may post a bonus track.
I almost missed it. This is the last of 3 songs I picked in memory of my Dad. (See my initial note from December 17)
Jackson Browne: The Rebel Jesus (HT to my friend, Kent Runge)
The actual song starts at 6:16 in the video, but the talk before makes sense of the lyric. Over the Rhine is one of the most underrated bands you will ever hear.
This is the second of 3 posts that are as much in memory of my Dad as they are for Advent. (See yesterday’s song for detail.) As John 3:16 is the iconic verse of the New Testament for many, this song is the iconic hymn.
With my Dad’s passing at Thanksgiving, the sense of hope and expectation in Advent holds deeper meaning to me this year than the mere anticipation of the celebrations we typically have at Christmas. It is true that we mourn, but we do so with hope. To that end, the songs I picked for today, tomorrow,…
