This week's feature is one of our favourites: the Eyes of Jesus/Jesus, I Love You/Psalm 23 medley, from Emmanuel's first album God, You Are My Refuge. Much beloved by the youth that came to Steubenville for the Young People and Youth Ministers Conferences in the early 1980's. Click here for more information on this album …
Choose Life
This week's podcast takes us to inner city Chicago, where Peter Scholtes put together one of the most interesting (if not the most polished) productions of early post-Vatican II Catholic Music. The song featured is Choose Life, with a decidedly "African" sound. It comes from the album They'll Know We are Christians By Our Love, …
My Soul is Satisfied
Since liberal black, inner city churches seem to be the rage (and the enrage, in the case of Jeremiah Wright and Barack Obama) this week's podcast features one of the more long-running ones, namely Glide Memorial in San Francisco. Bobby Kent hits the ground running with My Soul is Satisfied. If Jeremiah Wright had stuck …
Book Review: Velvet Elvis
There seems to be a growing dissatisfaction in the way American Evangelical churches are going these days, and there is emerging a group of spokesmen for this feeling. I've taken a look at the likes of Leonard Sweet and Brian McLaren, but another one of those who is looking for a new way of doing …
The Oyster and the Flying Fish
I can't tell you how many times I heard growing up, "the grass isn't always greener on the other side." I knew what the message was, but, in a place like Palm Beach, with high hedges on the property lines, I couldn't see the grass on the other side! What was needed was a more …
A Christian Carole King?
This week's podcast is Never Be Alone Again, performed by the Outpouring, the group of the Community of the Cross in Danbury, CT. This is an extraordinary piece; not only does its lead female vocalist, Fran Novelli, sound a lot like Carole King, but its expression of longing for God is almost mystical. (Some explanation …
Phil Keaggy, Thirty-Five Years On
This week's regular podcast is Scott Ross' recent 700 Club interview with Phil Keaggy, who was recently inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame. Phil is without a doubt the greatest guitarist to have ever graced contemporary Christian music. And there's life changing potential in that. In one of my older articles, I stated …
Mike Huckabee and Chuck Norris Visit Chattanooga
The Mike Huckabee campaign made its next to last stop this morning in Chattanooga, Tennessee, before returning to Little Rock for Super Tuesday. Mike Huckabee's speech--along with a brief contribution by Chuck Norris--can be found here, and is the special podcast today. It's a little over thirty minutes. The stage is set for the candidate's …
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The Steps of Brian McLaren
This week's podcast is Every Step I Take from Brian McLaren's album Learning How To Love, which is available from Heavenly Grooves. Ken Scott, the Archivist for "Jesus Music," wondered who had ever heard of Brian McLaren. Well, many, as it turns out, for now he listed as one of Time Magazine's top 25 evangelical …
When Hebrew Blessing Meets Irish Blessing
Readers of the Scriptures are familiar with the many blessings that appear in the Bible, especially those in the Old Testament. Many Celts and the fans thereof are familiar with the blessings that the Irish come up with. But what if the two could be combined? Jim Cowan and Emmanuel do just that in the …
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