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I just got an email from the Customer Service Department of Amazon.com. It seems they’re concerned about account and need my financial information. I’m a big fan of Amazon and buy lots of books from them, but I must say they need to work on their spelling and grammar. Check out this excerpt from their…

Two days ago, I posted the story of the history of the hymn that forms the musical basis of the soundtrack for the recent film version of True Grit. In short, “Leaning on the Everlasting Arms” was co-written in the late nineteenth century by two friends, Anthony Showalter and Elisha Hoffman. Showalter conceived of the…

As we recall the earthquake that devastated Haiti one year ago, let me point you to two wonderful pieces at Patheos. Kent Annan, who have lived in Haiti and continues to serve, there, has written a profound, heartfelt “Prayer for Haiti.” Galen Dalrymple, a pastor in California. speaks of his experience in Haiti after the…

In yesterday’s post, I gave the back ground to the hymn “Leaning on the Everlasting Arms,” which permeates the soundtrack of the Coen Brothers’ film, True Grit. It is not actually sung until the end of the movie, when a version of the hymn sung by Iris DeMent offers a haunting, touching conclusion to the…
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