Sure On This Shining NightSure on this shining nightOf star made shadows round,Kindness must watch for meThis side the ground. The late year lies down the north.All is healed, all is health.High summer holds the earth. Hearts all whole.Sure on this shining night I weep for wonder wand'ring faraloneOf shadows on the stars. Author NotesThe … Continue reading Sure on this Shining Night – Composer Morten Lauridsen

Its the first day of Summer, and the second day of my 55th year on the planet.  Lets ring them bells.....

I will always show you where to go.    I’ll give you a full life in the emptiest of places—    firm muscles, strong bones.You’ll be like a well-watered garden,    a gurgling spring that never runs dry.You’ll use the old rubble of past lives to build anew,    rebuild the foundations from out of your past.You’ll be known as those who can … Continue reading Restore, Rebuild, Rebirth – An Interview with Larry Silverstein

I have no explanation for this......

As a father of daughters, I find this short video to be uniquely moving and mysterious.  Our culture has done a lot of damage to young women via advertising false images of beauty.  "Do you think you are more beautiful than you say?"  What a profound question.  Upon reflection, I think God is asking this … Continue reading What is Real Beauty?

I have recently stumbled upon a choral piece that is full of simple beauty, images of friendship, and thankfulness.  Sara Teasdale, the author, won the 1918 Pulitzer Prize for poetry.  Sadly, 15 years later, at the age of 49 her life ended by suicide.Often our lives are like this, a mixture of great beauty and … Continue reading Grace Before Sleep

 Faithful Crossabove all other,one and only noble Tree!None in foliage, none in blossom,none in fruit thy peers may be;sweetest wood and sweetest iron!Sweetest Weight is hung on thee! Lofty tree, bend down thy branches,to embrace thy sacred load;oh, relax the native tensionof that all too rigid wood;gently, gently bear the membersof thy dying King and … Continue reading Pange Lingua Gloriosi, Proelium (Crux fidelis)

This young lady has just become my new folk / bluegrass favorite.  Here she is performing with two of my all time favorites; Alison Krauss and Jerry Douglas. 

There was one super bowl commercial this year that caught me off guard; one that I found entirely moving and worthy of this great country we call home.In the midst of all the ads written and produced for the lowest common denominator in American "culture", there was one that rose far above the crowd.  Among … Continue reading The Best Super Bowl Commercial Ever