Collaborating with the Muses to inspire, create, and illuminate
By Kevin Belmonte I well remember what it was like to listen to the "Songs from Albion" disc the first time when it was released in 1992. I'd read volume one of The Paradise War, by Stephen Lawhead, and this new album from Jeff Johnson and Brian Dunning offered a cycle of songs that was as fully …
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A review by Kevin Belmonte Ravenna - the latest collaboration between Jeff Johnson and Phil Keaggy - is an album that bestows the finest of gifts: a rare and kindred artistry. Visually and sonically, the album is a fully-realized vision and song-cycle. And it begins with the album’s packaging: a stunning presentation of painted images that …
A Review By Kevin Belmonte In recent years, keyboardist Jeff Johnson and guitarist Phil Keaggy have released two seamlessly crafted, and highly acclaimed instrumental albums: Frio Suite and WaterSky. Now, the duo has released an epic, resplendent album that sounds very much as though it may be the capstone of a landmark trilogy: Cappadocia. Here, …
It's my honor to have been invited to serve as Poetry Editor for Literary Life, an online journal that seeks "truth at the intersection of the arts and faith through a discussion of ancient and contemporary literature." Yeah, that's my jam. Today's contribution to this publication is an exploration of the question, "What inspires you …
And Mary said: “My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for the Mighty One has done great things for me— holy is his name." Luke 1:46-47, 49 NIV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxS1xuG7_5o ***** Image by Nichole Landwehr via freeimages.com
Listen, my friends, and be blessed. https://youtu.be/yxDZjg_Igoc ***** Photo by Greyson Joralemon on Unsplash
This is so sweet! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW1pbuyGlQ0
It is my pleasure to welcome guest writer Rick Wilcox to All Nine. Rick is a minister of Pastoral Care, a teacher and a writer. His blog LiteraryLife.org is focused on Literature, Liturgy and Love of the Word. You can also follow him on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/RickWilcox/ and join the Literary Life Book Club at …
November Hymn By Rebekah Choat Come now, let us gather in seed and sorrow, joy and tears, shining as the days grow dim in the circle of the year. Let us sing the songs of bounty, tempered with remembered need. Let the sacrifice be counted. Say once more the ancient creed. Sing the songs of …
Polyhymnia, Just This Week by Roslynn Pryor Many praises, many hymns, sacred poems, songs divine. She sings of hills in golden velvet carpet folds, light trees changing clothes aside the road, yellows in season now, not greens, against a cloudfade bluing sky. She gives me oil horses in the grapevine fields, Christmas tunes early but …
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