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Worship Music and Being Slower to Judge Other Churches

July 21, 2022July 21, 2022 Gowdy Cannon 9 Comments Church, Worship Music

Worship music draws strong opinions from Christians but we should be slow to judge what others are doing.

Jesus, King David, And A Theology of Painful Rejection

July 14, 2022July 14, 2022 Gowdy Cannon 1 Comment Jesus, King David, Rejection

We should be OK as Christians with rejection by friends and foes alike.

Current Events Theology

Abortion And Christianity, Beyond The Memes And Hot Takes

July 5, 2022July 14, 2022 Gowdy Cannon 4 Comments Psalms, Christianity, Abortion, Ezekiel, Babies, Unborn

Abortion as a topic deserves to be discussed in-depth and not merely through memes or reactionary hot takes.

Rambling Ever On Revisits “Honey, I Shrunk The Kids”

June 9, 2022June 9, 2022 Gowdy Cannon 1 Comment Movies, Film, Rick Moranis

Honey, I Shrunk The Kids is an 80s family fantasy adventure that is worth revisiting in 2022.

Struggle Is Good, So Why Do We Hate It?

June 2, 2022June 2, 2022 Gowdy Cannon 3 Comments Genesis, Christianity, Lost, Chicago, John, Proverbs, 2 Corinthians, 1 Timothy, 1 Corinthians, Philippians, Ecclesiastes, Struggle, Nemo, Exercise

Struggle is like medicine. It is tough to swallow but it makes us healthy.

Literature Music

90s Country And The Art Of The 4-Minute Story

May 24, 2022May 24, 2022 Gowdy Cannon 10 Comments Bible, music, Theology, Story, Joe Diffie, Country Music, Alan Jackson, Third Rock from the Sun, Sawyer Brown, Johnny Cash, Reba McEntire, Worldview, Cat's In the Cradle, Harry Chapin, A Boy Named Sue, The Devil Went Down to Georgia, Charlie Daniels, The Gambler, Kenny Rogers, She's In Love With The Boy, Trisha Yearwood, Postmarked Birmingham, Blackhawk, Fancy, Bobbie Gentry, Don't Take the Girl, Tim McGraw, I Don't Even Know Your Name, Bubba Shot the Jukebox, Mark Chesnutt, Good-bye Earl, She Thinks His Name Was John, Walkaway Joe, Whiskey Lullaby, Alison Krauss, Brad Paisley, Little Rock, Colin Raye, The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia, Vicki Lawrence, The Ride, David Allen Coe, The Thunder Rolls, That Summer, Garth Brooks, Somebody, Upstairs Downtown, Toby Keith, Lucky Moon, Oak Ridge Boys, Outskirts of Town, The Car, Jeff Carson

90s Country Music gave us numerous songs that showed us the power of the art of the four-minute story.

Tribute Theology

20 Years Later, I Still Love Welch College

May 16, 2022May 16, 2022 Gowdy Cannon 10 Comments Bible, Welch College

Welch College is a school I still dearly love and appreciate, even 20 years after graduation.

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

May 9, 2022May 9, 2022 Gowdy Cannon 4 Comments Joy, Jesus, Hymns, Harry Potter, Psalms, J.K. Rowling, Sad, Order of the Phoenix, Emotions, Songs, Fulfillment, Jeremiah, Hermione Granger, Soul, Hamilton, It's Quiet Uptown, Melancholy, Musical, Ron Weasley, Cho Chang, Lament

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

Literature Theology

Gentle and Lowly: A Review Of The Most Celebrated New Christian Book

April 25, 2022June 22, 2023 Gowdy Cannon 4 Comments Matthew, Jesus, grace, Luke, Job, Mercy, Gospel, Leviticus, Hebrews, 2 Peter, Galatians, Compassion, Numbers, Dane Ortlund, Gentle and Lowly, Lamentations, Thomas Goodwin

A Review of Dan Ortlund’s Gentle and Lowly, A Book on the Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers

For Math Nerds, On 3.14 Day: Why I Love Perfect Squares

March 14, 2022March 14, 2022 Gowdy Cannon 1 Comment Math, Math Nerd, Pi Day, Perfect Squares

I’m getting old now, and my best math days are behind me. Yet not to sound like Uncle Rico, back