the waiting country

I think I remember Terence Trent D'Arby arriving on the chart scene back in the late 80's (purely for the record: I was working in ...

After referencing Johnny Cash's American Recordings (previous post), we're moving on to another slice of Americana in the form of La...

Of course, this could be sung by any of a whole host of people but I'm plumping for the version by Johnny Cash on his American IV: The ...

Blondie's Heart of Glass is one of those songs that makes you so thankful that radio was invented - you may not have it in your collect...

Make a rule that you will read X number of books you currently own before buying another one. Set a "read-to-purchase ratio". This...

For the past 11 years nearly I have worked with a PC on (actually, under) my desk. It has been an enormous boon in so many ways - initially,...

This is the first of a series of posts, in conjunction with a similar list by The Badger . But I promise I won't mention any Yes tracks....

There are so many good things about Marva Dawn's book. Her writing is deeply theological and profoundly practical. As someone who has an...

Losing God is a great read. Matt Rogers walks his readers through the doubts and depression that once filled his life with darkness with re...

Well, here we are - no voting shenanigans like Strictly Come Dancing ; this is purely one person's choice. And a choice one at that it i...

For many years this would have come top of my list - maybe it's a sign of age. My nomination for second-best xmas song ever is Happy Xma...

OK, let's talk about Last Christmas by Wham! No, let's not, let's get on with the job in hand. The third best xmas song ever is...

( Not carols, I hasten to add...) Thought I'd post my thoughts on the best 3 Christmas songs ever released. Well, in my lifetime anyway...

after a thousand days of absence, sight and sound, with only fading memorials to presence the past, i'm still doing all i can to keep yo...

Now we must look about us. Near at hand cloud like a fist has closed on all the hills and by this meager daylight on our land we see just th...

In a recent interview to mark his 90th birthday, Billy Graham was asked about the challenges he faces as an old man. He replied, We don'...

JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY AND CHRISTIANITY Rosik, C. H. Pandzic, J. (2008). Marital satisfaction among Christian missionaries: A longitudinal an...

The LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them. Genesis 3:21 My brothers and sisters, if one of you should wande...

but Jesus Christ and him crucified is not simply about the words i speak, that they be of him, for him, to him; but also, for his sake, know...

Yup, here you go .