“The Blind Side” Gets Blindsided
We prefer a safe mediocrity to a persuasive truth telling. Baptist news wires recently carried the story about a successful
Category: Creativity
Doc, Doug and Earl…Bluegrass Goodbyes
A few days ago, I wrote about the too-soon loss of Doug Dillard, an extraordinary banjo player who was a
Doug, Doc and Earl…Bluegrass Breakdown and Cry
The Darling Boys are no more This has been one of the unkindest of years in acoustic music. First, Earl
The Songs Remember When: Part I
“The Lord…gave me these sounds.” Oliver Sacks is a British-born neurologist whose maverick investigations inspired the Academy-Award winning movie, “Awakenings”
The Artist and the Editor
There is a time for the Artist and a time for the Editor The Editor worries about the audience, sales
“Blue Like Jazz”: Not Your Father’s Evangelical Movie
“Blue Like Jazz” arrived at selected theaters this past week, an odd stepchild among usual movie fare of aliens, vampires,
Farewell, Earl Scruggs, and Thank You
Earl Scruggs, “pioneer” as the Huffington Post put it, of the Three-finger Banjo style, has died. For some of us,
The State of the Union–of Love and Truth
Love and truth belong together. So why is it that they are so often found separated? Moral life arises from
Finding Your Voice
It’s become a cliche only because it is so powerful and pervasive. Your “voice,” I once heard songwriter Pat Terry
The Flatpickin' Pilgrim's Progress 