Alright…here goes my attempt to capture everything that was grace implicit or saturated in 2024…There is so much I had to leave out due to time, but enjoy what I was able to scrape together! Click Here for a Wrap Up of 2024!
Category Archives: music
Lizzo, Luther, Law, & Gospel
Good Morning! Here’s my latest Substack post in which I consider the correlation navigating post pandemic blues with insights from Lizzo and Martin Luther. Enjoy! Click Here to Read My Latest Substack Post
Who Needs A Heart?
How Tina Turner, The Incredible Hulk, and the Apostle Paul helped me understand the gospel…
Emocore, Ecclesiastes, CS Lewis, and Grace…
Poets are priests mediating the invisible world for us spectators. Inasmuch as they describe the transcendent realm, they are relating to us truth about life, about love, about ourselves…if they do it with raw honesty, it helps us connect with our own personal register of emotions, memories, and sets of experiences. They might even helpContinue reading “Emocore, Ecclesiastes, CS Lewis, and Grace…”
The (Self) Justification of Cardi B…
Cardi B created a pop cultural phenomenon via her controversial 2020 single, WAP, an acronym insinuating what some consider the ultimate anthem of modern sexual liberty. Consequently, ironic merchandising gimmicks and parodies abound…even extending to the church realm with remixes like Worship And Praise…yes, someone actually had the gall to implement this… While WAP isContinue reading “The (Self) Justification of Cardi B…”
Minor Threat, Salad Days, and the New Birth…
Minor Threat’s Salad Days from their final 7-inch record reflects the beginning of punk rock’s inclination toward introspective and existential themes that remained developed far beyond simple, 4/4-time, aggressive songs about the government, anarchy, etc. The song betrays profound angst about the aging process, which is an ironic preoccupation for a group of (then) 20-somethingsContinue reading “Minor Threat, Salad Days, and the New Birth…”
Poison, Proverbs, and the Peace of God…
Growing up, we spent many of our summers visiting my grandmother who lived in a small Arkansas town that may have contained about 500 people max. Yet, it wasn’t too far from civilization where there were shopping malls and some semblance of metropolitan normalcy. What I distinctly remember is that amidst her humble accommodations, sheContinue reading “Poison, Proverbs, and the Peace of God…”
Law, Grace, & Daily Living 