Tag: Michael Card
Spirit of The Age
In 1986 Michael Card released an album that included the song Spirit of the Age. Based on the text from The Gospel according to Matthew about the slaying of the innocents, where King Herod kills all the babies in Bethlehem trying to slay his rival to the throne Jesus, Card uses the text to compare … Continue reading Spirit of The Age
Concert of Sacred Metaphors: A Compilation
Three years ago, for a period of about a year, I ran a very sporadic series of blog posts about my one and only solo concert: A Concert of Sacred Metaphors. Today, I am going to put the links for all those posts into one post, so you can follow them easily to get a … Continue reading Concert of Sacred Metaphors: A Compilation
Pass the plate, pass the platelets
Yesterday Avondale United Methodist Church sponsored a blood drive. The goal was 16 units, and 25 units were collected. I mentioned the drive yesterday afternoon to the people at my Madrigalia Bar Nonne rehearsal, and someone talked about them passing the plate and then passing the platelets. It was a good enough pun that I had … Continue reading Pass the plate, pass the platelets
Church Music — start them young
Today I did another Michael Card song, from 1992 -- "Then They Will Know", part of his The Word album on the prophets. I will share more about that later. But first I want to feature Adrianna Trevino, who sang her first Introit and Call to Prayer today in the 8:30 service. Here are pictures … Continue reading Church Music — start them young
Electric Guitar at Avondale United Methodist Church
Today's blog is another Sunday music summary. The artist for the today's special number is Michael Card, and the song is actually quite an old one by certain standards. "What Will it Take (To Keep You From Jesus)" was originally released in 1985 as part of Card's Life of Christ Trilogy. The song is written … Continue reading Electric Guitar at Avondale United Methodist Church
A Concert of Sacred Metaphors — Prophets
This fourth song from my 2006 concert is a compilation of references and images of old testament prophets. Michael Card uses those varying images to give us the variety of the prophets, while showing the singular source and core of their message. From a performance standpoint this song is the roughest of the entire concert. … Continue reading A Concert of Sacred Metaphors — Prophets
A Concert of Sacred Metaphors — Fools
Whether you consider this paradox or metaphor, it is one of the word plays -- and play on ideas -- that is one of the things I like best about the works of Michael Card. This third segment of my 2006 concert bridges the space between the Baptism (segment 2) and this song on God's … Continue reading A Concert of Sacred Metaphors — Fools
A Concert of Sacred Metaphors — Water and Stones
As I mentioned on the previous blog in this series, the prelude flows straight into the first song. This one, by Michael Card, is called "The Baptism", and talks about the Baptism of Jesus by John in the Jordan. I love the sense of flowing water you get from the accompaniment. Listen closely and feel … Continue reading A Concert of Sacred Metaphors — Water and Stones
A Concert of Sacred Metaphors — Prelude
It is now over 8 years since I did my one solo concert at a church in a Congregational Church in Wisconsin. I was fortunate enough to have a Kodak camera with decent audio, and filmed the whole thing. So every so often I pull out the video, or the audio clips I ripped from … Continue reading A Concert of Sacred Metaphors — Prelude
At The Rainbow 