Reviews
Christa Wells CD Giveaway
At the Relevant Conference in October, I received a copy of “Frame the Clouds” for myself, and 5 CDs to give away to you! I’ve greatly enjoyed this album, finding encouragement for the place I’m at in my walk with God. She has a beautiful voice that reminds me of Sarah McLachlan. Christa has an…
Read MoreMemorizing By Singing
I’ve always been able to remember songs better than plain-English sentences. If I can sing something, I’ll remember it faster, better, longer. And if I do forget it, as soon as I hear the tune, I can usually bring it back quickly. My children are the same. They hear songs on the radio, in the…
Read MoreLament: The Language of Pain
We pour out our miseries God just hears a melody Beautiful, the mess we are The honest cries of breaking hearts It’s better than a hallelujah Today, this is my song. It gives me words to pour out my heartache before God. We learned yesterday that our friends lost their young son to a terrible…
Read MoreBook Review: “Lament for a Son”
Lament for a Son is a chronicle of Nicholas Wolterstorff’s journey through the loss of his 25-year-old son Eric in a mountain-climbing accident. Dr. Wolterstorff is a professor of philosophical theology at Yale Divinity School, but as he writes in this journal-style lament, first and foremost he is a father who has buried a son.…
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