music, culture, theology, the kitchen sink…
I was going to resist recommending another mp3 so soon after the last one, but as there is an intersection with my last post I have point out A Sense of an Ending by Jeremy Begbie. This is a great talk...
View Articlein defence of sad songs (1)
A number of things I have read or listened to recently have (tangetially) touched on art that considers the brokenness of life. It often seems that many Christians are worried about such negativity,...
View Articlein defence of sad songs (2 1/2)
OK, if you’ve been around long enough to have read the start of this series of posts, then you probably thought it had finished. But, no… In fact, over the last few days I’ve been meaning to write to...
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I’d better get the next post in this ‘series’ written before Jonny beats me to it… In his book The Prophetic Imagination, Walter Brueggemann identifies two modes of Old Testament prophets. The first is...
View ArticleIn defence of sad songs (late finish)
Over at Diary of an Arts Pastor, David Taylor has an interesting post on The Art of Lament. This reminded that I started on this subject, but — lamentably — never really got to the end of my thoughts....
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