music
What Is Your Song?
Stephen Copeland
April 17, 2025
A jazz saxophonist once put it this way: “Music pulls me deeper into being.”
Praying Twice
Bruce Epperly
November 14, 2024
The North African saint Augustine of Hippo once stated that when you sing, you pray twice.
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O, the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus
Maureen O'Brien
September 4, 2024
Today, ponder these uplifting lyrics: “O, the deep, deep love of Jesus/Vast unmeasured, boundless, free/Rolling as a mighty ocean/in its fullness over me.”
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Music As Prayer
Christopher Heffron
August 24, 2024
Music takes me back, holds me in the moment, and inspires hope for the future—all at once.
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Moved by Music
Elizabeth Bookser Barkley, PhD
June 9, 2024
I had intended to briefly excuse myself from my desk. More than time out, I was rescued from the malaise that had overtaken me when I happened upon an a cappella choir rehearsing gospel hymns.
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Music: Three Artists to Watch in 2024
Daniel Imwalle
December 27, 2023
Culture critic Daniel Imwalle reviews work from Samara Joy, Sarah Jarosz, and Declan McKenna.
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Paul Simon: Seven Psalms
Daniel Imwalle
August 24, 2023
For an artist whose career spans over 60 years, Paul Simon has released a surprising album, even for those well-versed in his musical output.
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