Studying ... Music?
Reflections on studying and performing music - and the challenges this can present for a Christian.
A Grief Recorded
An exploration of the experience of grief and loss in Sufjan Stevens' album Carrie and Lowell.
Mamma Mia!
A review of Mamma Mia! - the movie.
Artistic Responses to the Cross Throughout History
How have artists tried to capture the paradoxes of the cross through their work?
The Gospel According to Beyoncé
Beyoncé is incredibly popular. What makes her music resonate so deeply with people?
A Vogue for Vincent
Vincent Van Gogh is now a solid fixture in our cultural vocabulary. I need only mention sunflowers or a bandaged ear to conjure up his life…
“I’m being taken over”
“It takes a worried man to sing a worried song.” So croons popular singer Paolo Nutini in a song on his latest album Sunny Side…
What Would Jesus Tweet?
I write a weekly column for The Dallas Morning News as a contributor to their Texas Faith blog. This week we were asked, "What would Jesus…
A Theology of Florence & the Machine’s Ceremonials
The setting for the video of 'No Light No Light', the second single from 2011's Ceremonials – a traditional church building complete…