Against the Harpsichord
by Dan MollerWe mustn't turn music, in its most complex and profound form, into a museum, dedicated only to reenacting the past. Continue Reading »
We mustn't turn music, in its most complex and profound form, into a museum, dedicated only to reenacting the past. Continue Reading »
Might ABBA, perhaps innocently, be paving the way for a new, dark, digital world? Continue Reading »
Becoming a superstar almost ruined Bob Dylan's songwriting. His return to form was typically provocative. Continue Reading »
While the liturgy wars rage, the litigants do little about a glaring problem: People are leaving our communities of worship. Continue Reading »
Tom T. Hall was one of the best songwriters America has ever produced. Continue Reading »
Anyone who begins playing Bach as an adult will notice two things: that he should have started earlier, ideally by studying the piano as a child instead of chasing a leathery orb around some field; and that there is something of the divine in Bach. Philosophers have always drawn a connection between . . . . Continue Reading »
Fujimura’s Art and Faith meditates on the necessity of art for spiritual flourishing. Pulling from a myriad of resources, Fujimura illustrates how artistic creation allows us to model ourselves after God, the first and greatest creator and artist, who created the world ex . . . . Continue Reading »
Our worship ought to be a genuine enfleshment of the Beauty of God. Continue Reading »
One of the most haunting images I know of comes from the last days of James Simon, a German Jewish composer who perished at Auschwitz. Having survived Theresienstadt, he and others were sent off to their final destination. Witnesses say that the last time they saw him, Simon was waiting for the . . . . Continue Reading »
Pepperdine professor Paul J. Contino is a well-known and well-regarded scholar and teacher of Christianity and literature, and he proves himself an engaging and insightful guide to The Brothers Karamazov with this new study. “I began work on this book over thirty years ago,” he notes. . . . . Continue Reading »