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Space for Amazing Music
UPDATE Part 2: This from Dan Kulp, a helpful explanation of Andy’s concept for this highly-conceptualized album. “How’s this for a concept – Leonard Belle lives in the future. His wife dies suddenly in...
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Let There Be Play –Jennifer Trafton on “Holy Silliness”
Jennifer Trafton has a happy habit of hitting the nail on the head. Below, I share a poignant portion of an astonishingly good read on Children’s Stories, Imagination, and Joy at the Center of...
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A Bird in the Heart
Note: Today is the CD Release Day for Eric Peters’ Birds of Relocation. In honor of that august May occasion, I’m posting here the review I did for the Rabbit Room. I love Eric and am biased, but this...
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Longing and Belonging: Hutchmoot Explained
I wrote this last year after Hutchmoot 2011. It still feels like a good summary of what is special about this event. Hutchmoot 2012 begins on Thursday. I hadn’t posted this essay here, only at The...
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News! My Story in a New Book
Hello, I’m Sam Smith and I approve of this massage. <finishes getting a massage> Thank you, I feel much better. I have somehow neglected to tell you guys about a project that was launched...
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A Mystery To Inhabit: We Need Stories and Art That Go Beyond Easy Solutions,...
You simply must read this. This is from Jonathan Rogers, author of The Terrible Speed of Mercy: A Spiritual Biography of Flannery O’Connor and many other excellent books (pretty much all of which I...
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See You in Nashville?
Well, my friends, you have a chance tomorrow to sign up for something truly special. I would love to see you there. Hutchmoot 2013 registration begins at 12pm EST tomorrow, March 5. It’s important that...
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Liturgical Fads? 5 Questions for Thomas McKenzie, Author of The Anglican Way
Why isn’t he squinting? I am delighted to share this brief interview with my friend, Thomas McKenzie. Thomas is a Rabbit Room friend, a pastor, and an author. When Gina and I make our annual trek to...
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The Light on the Hills
I’ve been reading some old stories in preparation for sharing some on Fridays over at Story Warren and I came across this little gem from Mrs. W. K. Clifford. It’s from her collection, Very Short...
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Blast to Smithereens!
This is my regular (from now on) email update. Blast to Smithereens! If you aren’t signed up for my newsletter, why don’t you correctify that? I would greatly appreciate it! Also, if you can think of a...
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Books on Ventilators: My Irrational Fear of Letting a Good Story Pass On
Have you ever read a book you enjoyed so much, you delayed finishing it, even to an absurd extreme? I’m reading a book like that now, The Dragon’s Tooth, by one of my favorite living authors, N.D....
View ArticleThe Essential Community of Light: Andrew Peterson Sings “Shine Your Light On Me”
One of the songs from Andrew’s upcoming record. A new AP record is a new opportunity to listen and be understood. To know I’m not alone. To see through a lamp-lit storyteller’s eyes my own life and...
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