Songs - Rambling Ever On

Hamilton’s “It’s Quiet Uptown” and The Joy of Melancholy Music

May 9, 2022 Gowdy Cannon 3 Comments Cho Chang, Emotions, Fulfillment, Hamilton, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Hymns, It's Quiet Uptown, J.K. Rowling, Jeremiah, Jesus, Joy, Lament, Melancholy, Musical, Order of the Phoenix, Psalms, Ron Weasley, Sad, Songs, Soul

The Melancholy Aspect Of Hamilton’s “It’s Quite Uptown” Brings Me Joy

Seasons

Family Theology

Seasons of Life: Cultivating Purpose and Joy In Your Later Years

February 16, 2022 Steve Lytle 2 Comments Autumn, Care, Childhood, Children, Eternity, Fall, Family, Generations, Grandchildren, Grandparents, Health, Honor, Intergenerational, Joy, Life, Live, Love, Memories, Patience, Prayer, Proverbs, Psalms, Remember, Respect, Scripture, Seasons, Serving, Songs, Spring, Summer, The Church, Timothy, Weakness, Winter, Younger

Walking through the seasons of life.

Psalm 23 and “The Reverend Mr. Black”

September 24, 2021 Steve Lytle 2 Comments Billy Edd Wheeler, Christianity, Death, Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash, music, Psalm 23, Songs, The Kingston Trio

I would like to focus on a phrase from the 23rd Psalm, one with which nearly everyone in the Christian

There is hope

Even the Hardest Heart: Hope For the Prodigal

August 13, 2020 Phill Lytle 1 Comment 2 Timothy, Doubt, Hope, Loss, Love, Prayer, Questions, Repentance, Restoration, Scripture, Sin, Songs, The Church, Whiteheart

For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.

Thrive

Survive or Thrive: A Song For the New Year

January 30, 2020 Steve Lytle 3 Comments Casting Crowns, Christian Living, Christianity, music, New Year, Songs, Thrive

Choosing a theme song for the new year.

goodbye songs

Leave-Taking: My Favorite Goodbye Songs

July 10, 2019 Phill Lytle 3 Comments Adam Again, Annie Lennox, Death, Goodbye, Grief, Jimmy Eat World, Madonna, Michael W. Smith, NEEDTOBREATHE, Nouveaux, Peter Gabriel, Sadness, Songs, Sorrow, The Return of the King, Whiteheart

“It’s difficult to say goodbye…” Here are a few of my favorite goodbye songs.

Misc Music The Arts Theology

The Season, the Music, the Resonance

December 24, 2018 Steve Lytle 3 Comments Christmas, Christmas Music, Hymns, Songs

How Christmas music can be a conduit to greater and more meaningful worship.