Category Archives: Art-Music-Lit

In the House of Bombadil

Posted on April 5, 2025 by Kerry

In three recent episodes of “Spell in the Library” (youTube conversations; cf. earlier post), Malcolm reads and discusses Goldberry and Tom Bombadil and their place in The Lord of the Rings and Tolkien’s legendarium. Malcom explores the meaning of Bombadil, … Continue reading →

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The Christmas Party, by George MacDonald

Posted on December 19, 2024 by Kerry

Download PDF of “The Christmas Party,” by George MacDonald. Introduction “The Christmas Party,” by George MacDonald, comprises chapter X of Annals of a Quiet Neighborhood (1867). MacDonald wrote across multiple genres. First and foremost he was a literary critic presenting … Continue reading →

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How can I keep from singing?

Posted on November 5, 2024 by Kerry

Morning after update: Thank you, Rev. Jennifer, for your pastoral words. The Common Hymnal: Main website | youTube | review Singing, like friendship, is a potent form of resistance. This is not a time for despair, but a call to … Continue reading →

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Happy Golden Days

Posted on November 1, 2024 by Kerry

The Arcadian Wild’s new recording, Happy Golden Days, is out! While traveling on I-35 today, I listened to it on loop for several hours. What an incredible selection of songs, so joyously expressed in an uplifting Arcadian Wild mode. It … Continue reading →

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Arcadian Wild, Welcome Reframed

Posted on October 19, 2024 by Kerry

One of our top favorite musical groups is The Arcadian Wild (their official “about” page; my previous post). They’re “newgrass,” neither bluegrass nor pop nor country. We heard them in OKC a couple years ago, and went again a week … Continue reading →

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PPP: Painters, Prophets, Poets

Posted on August 28, 2024 by Kerry

This October 4-6, 2024, Oklahoma City will welcome a firmament of stellar speakers and a Milky Way of radiant participants to the Painters, Prophets, Poets conference, subtitled “Imagining New Creation Together.” Hosted by Travis Lowe and Hannah Anderson, speakers are … Continue reading →

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George MacDonald Bicentenary Conference

Posted on May 20, 2024 by Kerry

2024 is the 200th anniversary of George MacDonald’s birth (1824-1905). The George MacDonald Society and the Marion E. Wade Center of Wheaton College sponsored a conference, “George MacDonald and the Prophetic Imagination,” May 29-31, 2024. Joining instructions Program (PDF) Concert … Continue reading →

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Elaine Hagenberg’s choral anthems

Posted on March 17, 2024 by Kerry

Elaine Hagenberg Candace and I listened with rapt attention to “You Do Not Walk Alone,” a moving choral piece by Elaine Hagenberg, at the OKC Civic Center “For All the Saints” Irish concert last week. It prompted us to browse … Continue reading →

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Alan Gogoll

Posted on August 29, 2023 by Kerry

This is not. humanly. possible. Alan Gogoli (website) “is an Australian acoustic guitarist and composer most known for the invention of his two-handed simultaneous artificial harmonics technique he has called ‘Bell Harmonics’, which is featured in many of his original … Continue reading →

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New beginning

Posted on August 20, 2023 by Kerry

“New Beginning” Mark & Steffimarkwhitelive.com The Chapman stick So beautiful

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Deep peace of the shining stars

Posted on March 2, 2023 by Kerry

Deep peace of the shining stars to you Deep peace of the Son of Peace to you. On a wall of 20 Hills Cottage, that most hospitable of places, Hannah displays a prayer from Iona: The deep peace of the … Continue reading →

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Ring out, wild bells

Posted on January 1, 2023 by Kerry

Alana Levandoski, “Ring Out, Wild Bells”Watch at You Tube For Advent and Christmas this year, Candace and I again are reading aloud together through Malcolm Guite, Waiting on the Word, a collection of poems and essay reflections. On New Years … Continue reading →

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