Previously: Horizon, Yell I hadn’t heard the song in years. It may even have been decades. But then I ran across it while scrolling on TikTok and instantly remembered how good it was. Not only that, but it immediately engaged whatever part of my brain had been craving such a reminder. Had I been cravingContinue reading “Third Week of Advent: Vibe”
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My Books’ Summer Birthdays
Three of my books have summer birthdays. The first two were “born” the same summer, which is a story that I like to tell. In 2017, I came across a call for book proposals for a new series that would explore theological themes in the song catalogues of popular musicians. I decided to submit aContinue reading “My Books’ Summer Birthdays”
God-Haunted
The band Over the Rhine uses a phrase in the liner notes for their album Ohio that has stuck with me for some time. Co-founder and husband of the spousal duo Linford Detweiler writes of being born in Hartville, Ohio, the small Mennonite town that neighbors my home, and meeting eventual wife and bandmate KarinContinue reading “God-Haunted”
Jeffrey A. Nelson 