For a guy who puts out several EPs a month with six different projects, you might think that Andrew Huang goes for quantity over quality. However, the man is consistently solid with very few missteps along the way. One of his best pieces of work is his album Autumn from his indie/folk/pop […]
Month: January 2011
“Black Monday” Song Story by Christa Black
Excerpt taken from Chapter 3 of Christa Black’s book, God Loves Ugly: I got to my hotel in Washington D.C., dropped off my bags as quickly as I could, and headed out in full patriotic fashion to explore my nation’s capital. I only had several hours to wander before my gig […]
“Is The Light Being Hidden?” by Nathaniel Schexnayder
Recently I had the privilege of attending Winter Jam. The following day at work, my co-worker who covered for me inquired about my absence. I went on to tell him that I went to a Christian concert. He asked who was playing there, and I said some Christian rock bands […]
“God Loves Ugly” Song Story by Christa Black
“Sometimes you just have to fake it ’till you make it. Well, at least that was the case for me when I wrote the song ‘God Loves Ugly.’ I knew all the right words to say and all the right truths to spout off. I had the appropriate scriptures memorized as a good […]
“Believing God for Rich Rewards” by J.M. Farro
During my quiet time with the Lord recently, He impressed upon my heart that I was unnecessarily losing out on some of the rewards He had for me. When I asked Him how I was doing that, He led me to Hebrews 11:6 (NKJV), which says: “But without faith it […]
10 Years Later: Skillet, “Alien Youth”
So, my original concept idea for this blog was to pit a release from 10 years ago with a new release from the same artist 10 years later (so, it’d be like, for example, Steven Curtis Chapman’s 2001 Declaration album versus his announced new release for sometime this year… which hopefully I’ll […]
“The Learning Process” by Stacie Vining
I’m new to blogging. So an advance “I’m Sorry” if I ramble on, or don’t make sense in a sentence or two. I have to write for my work-living, but blogging is just different. But the good part? I am mom to an amazing 6 yr old, so getting the […]
“The Art of Distraction” by John DiBiase
So, I’m well into the swing of baby daddy duty (AKA I’m Mr. Mom now). Thankfully, Will’s grandma (also known as my wonderful and gracious mother) has been helping me out with Will on the days Amy is back at the hospital as an operating room nurse. Amy’s still breast […]
We Recommend: PFR, “Them”
I was sitting here trying to think of a project to recommend for this week, and when I opened iTunes, “Say” by PFR came on. Like a warm blanket or a steamy cup of hot cocoa on a frigid evening, the melodic vocals of Joel Hanson and the encouraging lyrics of “Let me […]
“I’m Still Here” Song Story by Christa Black
“I shut the door to my bedroom, sliding down the creaky brown wood onto old carpet I usually wouldn’t have wanted to touch. Today, however, there was no time to be particular. Today, and every day for as long as I could remember, I just needed a place to cry. […]