My band has never really been “evangelistic”. We’re not even comfortable with the “Christian band” label. I just don’t think we’ve ever understood it. People can be Christians, but how can a band, or a song, or a movie, or anything else other than a person claim to be “christian”? I’ve always seen the term [...]
Irish folk music and Calvinism
For a good part of the last decade I’ve spent serious time getting in touch with my Irish roots. Mostly through music. I’ve tried studying the politics of Ireland and her history, the folk legends and stories, all of which I find facinating, but nothing has taught me the story of Ireland more [...]
Lyrical Theology
Last night my wife and I enjoyed a dinner at some friends’ house. During our visit, they introduced me to a Philadelphia hip hop artist, Shai Linne. Now I’m no hip hop fan nor am I much of a supporter of the “christian music” scene (that’s a topic for another post though), but [...]
