One of life’s great pleasures for me is discovering new music. Now, mind you, this is rarely new in the sense of being a new group which has just broken onto the scene; in most cases, I’m discovering music, artists, or groups which have been around for some time, unbeknownst to me. One such artist…
Category: Testimonies
Essays on Christian testimonies
Alice in Wonderland
Alice Cooper was over the top, even for me — and I was a fan of King Crimson and the Mahavishnu Orchestra. Never much cared for gross-out rock (vomiting blood? bat beheadings??) But as it turns out, it was — and still is — all an outrageous act; late twentieth century vaudeville, in essence. Count…
Deep Waters
They say that hell is hot. Sometimes, however, it is very, very cold. Jim loved Alaska — it had been his home since birth. God’s country: wild, unpredictable, spectacular in beauty — there was no place like it on earth. Cities were a necessary evil, with their services and surliness, but out in the wild…
A Life Not Long
Recently, I’ve been ruminating on a subject which is a frequently heard online and elsewhere: the endless pursuit of a longer — or eternal — life. Here’s the question I’ve been pondering: is it an absolute good to be continually striving for a longer life span? Such a question may seem a bit odd coming…