John G. Stackhouse, Jr.2 minMUSICNew Worship SongIn the spirit of lighting a candle rather than cursing the darkness... This is a song that the Lord gave me— —and he has assured me that...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.1 minMUSICGroovy New Album: Bluegrass+Friend Spencer Capier’s new album, Musical Chairs, accompanied me today on a gorgeous drive up the Acadian Coastal Road north of Shediac,...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.3 minHOLIDAYSTop Christmas Albums (Reprise)Last year I published this post and readers enjoyed adding to (and correcting) this list. Since that time, Eldest Son Trevor has put our...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.3 minHOLIDAYSTop Ten Christmas AlbumsJust in time for Christmas shopping, and just in case you’ve missed them, here are some suggestions from the World’s Largest Family...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.1 minHOLIDAYSThis Year's (Last Year's) Christmas AlbumI am ashamed to say that it has taken me a whole year to get to Spencer Capier’s superb Christmas album: Spencer is known to many as a...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.2 minMUSICLight Up the SkyI’ve done my share of cursing the darkness of crummy contemporary Christian church music. And I’ll likely do more before I’m through,...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.1 minMUSICA Really Good Love Song (Hey: Theologians Get Romantic, Too…)Buddy Steve Bell, songwriter/singer/guitarpicker extraordinaire, recently posted some wise marital advice and one of the best love songs...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.1 minHOLIDAYSA Superb New Christmas CD: Bob Bennett's "Christmastide"Last Christmastime I became particularly enamored of Chris Botti’s album December. We own dozens of jazz Christmas CDs and Botti’s stands...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.1 minHOLIDAYSSuperb Christmas "Radio"As we head toward Advent and brace for the inescapable sugary fog of commercial “holiday” music playing everywhere, here’s a terrific...