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Save Me by Ryan Adams from the album: Ashes and Fire (2011)

Something More : On Needing a Savior

“Save Me”, Ryan Adams, Ashes and Fire (2011)

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Who's Gonna Save My Soul by Gnarls Barkley from the album: The Odd Couple (2008)

Something More : On Looking for Salvation

Live, from The Basement (2009)

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27 May 2012

The Rescue, Honore Daumier (1870)

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Heaven and Earth by Blitzen Trapper from the album: Destroyer of the Void (2010)

Something More : On Heaven and Earth

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20 May 2012

Earth and Green, Mark Rothko (1955)

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Voca Nomen Tuum by Eric Wahlforss, Mark Bihler & Bo Kondren from the album: The Ecclesia Project

Something More : On Faith

Hear more of The Ecclesia Project here

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13 MAY 2012

The Apostles’ Creed, Stained Glass Detail (Centreville, IL, 2008)

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6 MAY 2012

The Apostles Creed, European Wool Tapestry (c.1550–1600)

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Creed by Rich Mullins from the album: Songs (1996)

Something More : On True Faith

“Creed”, by Rich Mullins

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29 APRIL 2012

David (At Rest), Lord Frederick Leighton (English, 1865)

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Something More : On David & Absalom

 

When David Heard, by Eric Whitacre (1999)

This piece comes to us complements of Tim D. A moving reflection on David’s loss of his son based on II Samuel 18:33: ”And the king was deeply moved and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. And as he went, he said, ‘O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!’”

“The piece encompasses a broad spectrum of grief: calm despondency, unbridled anguish, sobbing, broken phrases, silence…it’s really pretty incredible.  Make sure you hear it through at least 2:05.  The ‘my son, my son….’ section that starts at 1:00 is awesome - starting with a single voice in the lowest end, the choir splits into 13 voices, with every note in the natural minor scale creating a cluster chord as it builds….”

image : David, Marc Chagall (1956)

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22 APRIL 2012

Shimei Curses David, Caspar Luiken (1672-1708)

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15 APRIL 2012


Absolom Murders Amnon, Gaspare Traversi (Italian, 1752)

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You Got To Reap What You Sow (1929) by Tampa Red Whittaker from the album: Bottleneck Guitar:1928-1937

Something More : On The Sword of the Lord

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Finale, Part III by Gustav Mahler from the album: 2nd Symphony, Resurrection (1895)

Something More : On Resurrection


Partial English translation:

What was created must perish;

What perished, rise again!

Cease from trembling!

Prepare yourself to live!

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