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Sunday Evening Collective ~ November 23rd Edition
This week we slow our pace and pay attention to what is already good. Through gratitude, honest reflection, and small moments outdoors, we steady ourselves for Thanksgiving week. Grace is present in the ordinary. Choose one simple act of gratitude and let it shape the days ahead. Continue reading
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Sunday Evening Collective ~ May 11th Edition
Happy Mother’s Day This post is about moments of triumph in sports and life. It highlights Brandon Vazquez’s efforts on the pitch as metaphor, reflects on a Sunday Song about redemption, recommends Rick Rubin’s insights on creativity, and encourages readers to assess the costs of their pursuits. Continue reading
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Beautiful Scandalous Night
Editor’s Note: Happy Easter…He is risen. Go on up to the mountain of mercy To the crimson perpetual tide Kneel down on the shore Be thirsty no more Go under and be purified Follow Christ to the holy mountain Sinner sorry and wrecked by the fall Cleanse your heart and your soul In the fountain Continue reading
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Starfish
Starfish ~The Church | Then and Now “Sometimes when this place gets kind of empty Sound of their breath fades with the light I think about the loveless fascination Under the Milky Way tonight” This year marks the 30th anniversary of The Church’s fifth album, Starfish. Most of us became familiar with The Church via Continue reading
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Copper Blue
Copper Blue ~Sugar | Then and Now This week marks the 25th year of Copper Blue, by Sugar. A really good friend turned me on to Sugar. This friend was one of those friends that life surprises you with. C.S. Lewis describers it as one of those moments of, “Oh, you too?”. When it came to Continue reading
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A Friend So Kind
A Friend So Kind ~The Choir, Burning Like The Midnight Sun Editors Note: I was listening to music on the way to work this morning, when The Choir’s, “A Friend So Kind” made its way thru the playlist. I believe this is another tribute to Gene Eugene, who’s passing left a huge void, not just in Continue reading
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Tip of My Tongue
Editor’s Note: I fell in love with this song the first time I heard it. The lyrics are unmistakably Mark Heard. The catch is I heard the song for the first time, on a Mark Heard tribute album. The album was primarily put together by the founding members of the band, The Choir. Below the Continue reading
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Looking Back On The 80’s | Music
Lately, I’ve found myself listening to and even buying albums from the 1980’s. When you mention music and the 1980’s in the same sentence, people either remember, fondly, some of the great bands and great music that came out of the 80’s, or they remember the many one hit wonders, the cheesy glam bands or worse. Continue reading
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