The Innocence Mission
The Innocence Mission, from Lancaster, PA, keeps rolling out understated albums that leave the listener wanting more (in a good way). Their new album, Street Map, is available through their website. In this video Don and Karen Peris (husband &…
Yo-Yo Ma in Concert Thursday
This Thursday evening, the world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma performs in concert with the Austin Symphony at Dell Hall in the new Long Center for the Performing Arts. This gala concert celebrates the ASO’s inaugural season in the Long Center, and…
Wild Sweet Orange
My wife, Julianna, and I went to see the band Wild Sweet Orange perform at Stubbs the other night. I’ve had the pleasure of getting to know a couple of members of the band over the last few years, because…
Seven Times He Ran Washing
As many of you know, Sufjan Stevens is one of my favorite musicians. So it’s no surprise that I have had Sufjan lyrics running through my head all day. The line that keeps repeating itself to me is from The…
2008 backyard concert & picnic; by Raine Pipkin
As believers, we often talk about the “already/not yet” of the Kingdom of God; that we are already saved and that the Kingdom is advancing, but that things are not yet restored to the fullness and glory that God intends…