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Banjos, Foreclosure Rock, and the Imago Dei
I was out at dinner with my eight-year old daughter earlier this week, when some generic, Nickelback-ish schlock-rock started playing over the restaurants’s speakers. She turned to me and asked,...
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Me and Banjos
I’m not sure what it is, but I’m a total sucker for the banjo. I just came across Seryn [h/t: Paste Magazine], and I’m loving their eclectic, joyous music which features, yes, banjos amidst their...
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The Soundtrack of My 2011 (Kinda)
While most of the wild west Napster/Kazaa/Limewire days of piratey downloading passed me by, I have tried out my share of different online music streaming services. Blip.fm, Grooveshark, and Last.fm...
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Oh, Wait, 2011!
I think it’s probably a combination of working two jobs (plus freelance work, whenever I’m able to get it) and reliving past punk favorites on the old Spotify, but I wasn’t able to listen to as much...
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Monsters, Courage, and a Daughter Who Shines
Monsters Calling Home is a phenomenally talented group of Asian American musicians from the Los Angeles area. My family has been listening to their EP since I caught them live at UCSD for a LiNK...
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Why Art Matters or, Hope Comes Alive (A Book Review of Sorts)
Michael Gungor, writer of songs and melter of faces behind the umlauted liturgical post-rock musical collective Gungor, just put his arm around my shoulder and reminded me why I’m doing what I’m doing....
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This is Not the End (2012, a Brief Review of Favorites)
Clearly, blogging has not been a favorite of mine this year (although I should resolve to commit myself to more regular writing in the new year. I need to take a Buddy the Elf kind of approach to...
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Still Shoegazing After All These Years
I still haven’t caught one of their notoriously ear-splitting shows live, but My Bloody Valentine has just released their first album in decades. While this track might not be Only Shallow (but,...
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Dust We Are And Shall Return, by The Brilliance
The season of Lent begins next Wednesday, February 13th. As we enter this season of reflection and repentance, may all who are laid low in the dust be brought to life through our Savior. From The...
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A Sunday Smile
An already wonderful Beirut song beautifully reimagined by Kishi Bashi for a string quartet. Songs that speak this deeply to me inevitably turn my thoughts toward the music of our worship as followers...
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Don’t Let the Font Fool You
With a name like “Destroy This Place” and sporting a font in the title sequence that might feel at home on an Earache Records album cover, no one would blame you for being ready to toss up some metal...
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Songs That Set Us Free
Even though the marketers have been trying their darndest to co-opt this truth, I still believe stories will change the world. I had the privilege recently of hearing some close friends share their...
View ArticleOut of Step: An Introduction
I’m thankful for my good friend Jason Evans, with whom I’m co-writing and cross-posting this series. Dan and I met several years ago while we both lived in San Diego. We became fast friends; both of us...
View ArticleOut of Step: ‘I Went To Your Schools, I Went To Your Churches’
This is part two of a series I’m writing with my good friend Jason Evans. You can read part one here. _____________________ Every system is perfectly designed to get the results it gets. — Paul...
View ArticleOut of Step: DIY and the Priesthood of All Believers
This is part three of a series I’m writing with my good friend Jason Evans (Part one and part two). Perhaps our culture’s strongest signifier that the holidays are upon us is the annual trampling of...
View ArticleOut of Step: “You Are Not What You Own”
This is the fourth, and final, post in this series I’ve written with my good friend Jason Evans (You can also read part one, part two, and part three). At a time when there was a lot of unrest about...
View ArticleThe Shape of a New Thing to Come
Somehow, I’ve joined a wonderful crew of friends in launching a new podcast, The Shape of a New Thing to Come. Jason has been a lifeline to me in so many ways. As many pastors know, life and ministry...
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