Musically Speaking

This episode features John Hodges of the Center for Western Studies in Memphis, TN in a conversation we had recently about music, beauty, and metaphor. John’s insights are well worth your time. He will be here in northeast Louisiana on June 29 for the 5th Annual Bach Lectures leading a live lecture-recital performance of Bach’s Cantata 51.

Find Out More About John’s Work at The Center

John Hodges is a Renaissance Man and leads The Center’s Gap-Year program through the best of western art, literature, and music. Here’s more about what they do there:

WE ARE LIVING ON BORROWED CAPITAL FROM AN EARLIER AGE OF FAITH, AND MANY HISTORIANS AND CULTURAL CRITICS ARE PREDICTING THAT THE WEST AS A CIVILIZATION IS LOST.

While none would want to go back to a world of plagues, feudal warfare, and bad plumbing (which is still the way of life in many other parts of the world), we would like to regain and retain anything that past generations have accomplished that could be called truly timeless, and we want to find ways to apply those ideas to human life in our own day.

Our goal is to be engaged in the art and ideas of Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, and Eliot in order to better engage the art and ideas of (for example) the Marvel Cinematic Universe or the next election cycle. Culture counts, and we are to glorify God with mind and heart as well as soul and strength, which means knowing how to engage with our present culture, and standing on the shoulders of those who have gone before.

If you are interested in the adult seminar being added please email, John Hodges at [email protected].

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This episode features Dr. Scott Aniol of G3 Ministries in a four-minute excerpt from a recent talk on Aesthetics in Christian Education. Dr. Aniol does a magnificent job summarizing the goal of beauty for the Christian. This is well worth your time to listen.

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In this fifth episode of Musically Speaking, we take a listening tour through the rhythm, tune, and text changes that have come to Martin Luther’s famous hymn on Psalm 46. Below are button links to the PDFs mentioned in this special Reformation Day episode.

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As I mentioned a few months back, I have arranged a piece for an honor choir that I conducted back in January. Here’s a recording of that piece, as well as an impromptu recording of my 12th-grade musicianship class.

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In this third episode of Musically Speaking, we throw back to Uri Brito and my interview with Steve Wilkins on Christmas gift-giving. This episode was a fun one to edit with music and audio clips interspersed in between Pastor Wilkins’s discussion on how we should think about Christmas. Hope you enjoy!

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In this episode of Musically Speaking, you can hear a parent talk from Westside Christian Academy in Cleveland, OH. I had the opportunity to lead some folk dancing, speak to parents, and lead a teacher in-service in the fall of 2021.

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My dad’s older brother has been convalescing in and out of hospitals and nursing homes over the past two months after an injury and infection earlier this year. It has been cathartic for me to put together some mix cd’s of what I dubbed “Rodger Richey Radio.” Here’s a sample of what I’ve done for him and even a recording of me singing one of the iconic songs from one of his favorite artists.

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