Isn’t the Light OK?

While check­ing my stats today I noticed some­one got here by search­ing the phrase “CCM blog.” Curi­ous to see exactly where I was in the search for this par­tic­u­lar term, I came across the fol­low­ing bril­liant site giv­ing CCM the crit­i­cal treat­ment it deserves. And it’s pretty funny, to boot. Fun­nier still if you really […]

The next time I feel like rant­ing about the dan­gers of mix­ing art, faith, and com­merce together, I think I’ll just post a link to Andrew Osenga’s web­site. He’s expe­ri­enced a lot more of the weird and ugly side of mak­ing music as a Chris­t­ian than I prob­a­bly ever will, and talks about it much […]

But if I say, “I will not men­tion him or speak any more in his name,” his word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones.
I am weary of hold­ing it in; indeed, I can­not.
Jere­miah 20:9
It’s strange to be actively ignor­ing what you feel to be the source of your […]

Once again, it’s time to shower some atten­tion on the gen­er­ous folks who have been using our music in their pod­casts.
Make My Heart Your Home has been played on 3 more pod­casts. Check them out, and let them know I sent you:

The Buster Char­ity Show
Wide Awake Podcast

and the St. Michaels RCIA Podcast

Cool! Thanks for the sup­port, Podosphere.

A lit­tle his­tory les­son for those who might be new to this blog:
A few years back, I posted a short piece about how my buddy John and I used to watch really bizarre stuff on late-night TV, and thus became fans of the knife-selling stylings of one Mr. Tom O’Dell. I’m not even all that into […]