Life is tough, and when it gets overwhelming, we lose hope that the future will ever get better. How do we restore a positive expectation of the future that’s based on reality? And is Christian hope anything more than secular hope, and in the end,...
This post is part of a Series. Everyone jokes about midlife crisis until they get there. Me, however, I’ve not joked about it since my 30’s, where I experienced what I initially thought was a premature mid life crisis. As I learned then, we all go...
One of the most interesting of epistemological arts is the art of debate. While we all like a good fight, we also like a fair fight, and those of us who are more interested in truth than victory like a civil debate rather than a...
Being a relative latecomer to jazz appreciation, I am often surprised by great songs that I had no idea were standards. One of the earliest was a version of Mood Indigo by legendary B3 artist Jimmy Smith – I played this ‘great song’ over the...
Autumn Leaves is a 1945 French song “Les feuilles mortes” (literally “The Dead Leaves”) with music by Hungarian-French composer Joseph Kosma and lyrics by poet Jacques Prévert, the Hungarian title is “Hulló levelek” (Falling Leaves). It quickly became a jazz standard, especially after the song was featured in the title sequence...
Last weekend, I had the pleasure of visiting the central coast California town of San Luis Obispo (SLO), and at the weekly farmer’s market, a band was playing a song that I *knew*, but could not name. After searching my mp3’s, I found it –...
This post is part of a Series entitled Discussions with Dale. On this visit, Dale and I only had a few hours to talk, but here are the subjects and resources that came up. Divine Hiddenness and Demographic Distribution – If God is sovereign and desires...
