Archive for February, 2009

Music: The divine and secular.

February 12, 2009

What I hope to present here is my perspective on music in general; more specifically, why we have music and the influence it can have in our lives. Unlike many things in life music is not something I see as a neutral. I will develop why I believe this to be true. As someone who [...]

Dying to Love

February 12, 2009

I suppose this title could be read two ways. One focuses on dying. I die to myself so that I can love. The second is that a person is dying to the concept of love. I am going to focus on the former.
Marriage is tough. It cannot properly function unless the husband and wife die [...]

Popular Culture: Being lulled to sleep.

February 5, 2009

I have some concerns about some elements of our pop culture today, particularly media, entertainment, and new forms of communication. Examples of these are TV, secular music, cell phones, text messaging, email, Facebook, etc. My concern is that these technologies open up little and seemingly tiny cracks for being lured to believing that somethings are [...]