Earlier today I watched the Good Friday movie from Mars Hill during it’s live stream for Sydney (you can catch it throughout the day here), and a few things occurred to me.  One of those ideas was to put together a playlist of my favorite Easter songs. Some of these are blatant, some are oblique, some are great songs all-around, some are not, and some might not even reflect the writer’s original intent.  But they do portray different emotions, aspects, and perspectives, and stages of the Easter story.  Enjoy. Cool Hand Luke – “This Is Love” Dana Key – “The [...]

Happy Easter! This is a first person account of what I imagine to be the thoughts going through the mind of Barabbas after being released from jail and watching Jesus take his place and then being executed.  I originally penned the song about 10 years ago but felt it was rather trite and contrived and I never really liked the music.  So last year, I completely rewrote the music rearranged the song. so how did all this come to be this dark cloud that’s hanging over me it wasn’t supposed to be like this i just wanted to make a [...]