Podcast #031 - Good Things in Evangelical Culture

"Surprisingly Good Things From Christian Pop Culture"

Alan and Em talk about some of the surprisingly good products that have come out from Evangelical pop culture over the year. They talk about some of the music, books, and other items that they enjoyed long ago and still think (mostly) hold up.

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Link: The book Leaper, by Geoffrey Wood
Link: The Million Dollar Mysteries, by Mindy Starns Clark
Link: Author Gilbert Morris' Daystar Voyages
Link: Author Stephen R. Lawhead
Link: The Book "Selling Satan"
Link: Radio U
Link: The band Iona
Link: Super House / Flying House
Link: Jars of Clay 
Link: Switchfoot's The Beautiful Letdown 

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Podcast #030 - Congratulations, Timbre

"Congratulations, Timbre "

Alan and Em talk about the music of the harpist Timbre, who they discovered at the Cornerstone and Audiofeed festivals. We talk about her latest album, Sun & Moon, which was recently awarded a prestigious honor by an arm of the United Nations.

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Link: Timbre's Sun & Moon album on Band Camp
Link: Timbre on Twitter

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About Our Background Image

Our background image, which you may not be able to make out very clearly ... is the remnants of a viking funeral.

For most of its almost thirty years, the Cornerstone Festival beckoned our family, and it took us far too long to finally make the pilgrimage. I (Alan) went on my own in 2007, to "check it out" before taking the family in 2010. We had a great time, and were generally planning to go every three years or so as our family vacation. Their motto of "music. art. community. faith." was right up our alley.

We were very disheartened in the early spring of 2012 to hear that that year would be the last year for the festival, especially since we weren't planning on attending. After Emily pointed out the obvious, "We are going to the last Cornerstone," we decided to go to the last Cornerstone.

The last night of the last Cornerstone, a viking funeral was held. There were a few miscues with flaming arrows, but eventually the boat was set aflame in the middle of the lake, and the festival was officially over.

Until the next morning, someone noticed the remnants. The crossbar and the tattered sheet made from some pretty awesome pictures. And some pretty awesome memories.