Rewarding, Not Easy, Listening
The Majesty of the Flesh and Mother of God are punctuated with lyrics rooted in Bozeman’s Orthodox faith, which makes his lyrical voice distinct in America’s musical scene.
Aretha Franklin: Gospel Preacher
August 16, the world lost one of the great preachers of the gospel.
General Convention and Old Blues Men
What would it mean at General Convention if we were more conscious of the horizon of eternity?
U2’s America
U2’s America: a promised land for refugees, safeguarded by (filthy rich) pop star prophets, subverted by the wrong sort of elected officials. There are no blue-collar workers and no rural communities
Scene of the Crime
On our own, we cannot get back to the Garden. In the word picture of Genesis, angels with flaming swords block any path back.
Bob Dylan: Advent songwriter?
The central theme of “When He Returns” is not the dynamics of personal conversion, but the cosmic scale of the divine last word.
‘To write a song that would endure’
Tom Petty wrote and sang of agapic love.
The Boss and Catholicism: Springsteen’s memoirs
Springsteen’s world remains one of “great and harsh beauty, of fantastic stories, of unimaginable punishment and infinite reward.” The world is “dark and beatific,” a place of intense grace but also where we can turn into devils.