THOSE DRY BONES Whatever on earth was God telling Ezekiel in the valley of dry bones?  Now here, in chapter 37, is a strange sight – dry lifeless bones scattered randomly across the valley floor. Not skeletons, mind you, but hopelessly desiccated bones. Then God spoke, and Ezekiel prophesied to those bones. And something happened. […]

THE SOUND OF SILENCE Some of you may remember this old hit from the ‘70’s sung by Chad and Jeremy. A group by the name of “Delirious” did a new version, quite beautiful, and in the opinion of some, musically superior to the original. After a close listen, I have to agree. The song catches […]

DUST SHALL SING What is it about music that moves us? Why is it that a song has the power to call forth our emotions, to elicit such joy and sorrow, such pleasure? After all, we are just talking about sound waves here. Why the magic? The unbeliever makes a weak stab at this question, […]

I WONDER AS I WANDER Maybe you have heard the beautiful old Appalachian carol, “I Wonder as I Wander”, rediscovered by John Jacob Niles in about 1932. It is said that he heard a young woman evangelist singing this carol and made her sing it over and over until he captured it. One can feel […]