Category Archives: Music

Handel’s Messiah

By | December 20, 2010

I ‘ll always remember this Christmas season as the one in which I learned Handel’s Messiah.  By that I don’t mean that I sang it in a choir.  I do mean that this was the first time I sat down and listened carefully to it in order to understand it. If you ‘re interested in… Read More »

So Speak, Isaiah

By | November 13, 2010

One of my favorite “Christmas” albums of all time is Behold the Lamb of God, by Andrew Peterson.  I put “Christmas” in quotation marks because unlike all other Christmas albums, I listen to this one year round.  That’s because it captures the heart of Christmas, which is not a glory limited to one day a… Read More »

After the Last Dirty Politician

By | November 1, 2010

Andrew Peterson is one of my favorite artists.  “After the Last Tear Falls” is currently at the top of my (two-song) playlist.  I don’t know the best way to share it here, but I found this Youtube video.  You can hit play and then minimize the window to avoid being distracted by the pictures.  (Or… Read More »