Patricius of Ireland

St. Patrick’s Day is upon us. It is a day of wearing green and parading the city. But, I would wager that the population…

Consider the Heavens

When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,

the moon and the stars, which you have…

My Jesus I Love Thee

I grew up in a small-town Baptist church. My first experience with singing publicly was in church choir under my father’s…

The Magic of Sharing a Meal

“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” — J.R.R. Tolkien

Thorin Oakenshield was on to something when he spoke these dying words to Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit. There is something magical about…

Elderberry Syrup

We are deep into winter now and though I have just published a book about some positive aspects of this cold season, a big negative still remains, namely, flu. Many of our loved ones have had or currently have the flu. While our family and church community remain in constant prayer for the sick we…

Evening Rhythms

The older I get the more clearly I see the patterns and rhythms of my life. Each recurring season I welcome these patterns back around with open arms. Some seasons of the year are more conducive to creativity than others. Some bring deeper contemplation (For more on our families winter rhythms read…

Break My Fall

I’m starting a new series on the Hill Hårow blog called “Lost Songs.” I wrote or arranged these songs in the past and I never really felt they had a home among the albums. Some of these songs were well produced but just didn’t fit the genre of music I was writing at the time. Some of these songs were…

We the Trainers

Train up a child in the way he should go;
even when he is old he will not depart from it. — Proverbs 22:6

…but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and to be drowned in…

The Explorers

I’ve heard it said (as you probably have too) that space is the final frontier. But is it really?

With the recent discovery of gravitational waves in deep space and last year’s pass by of Pluto in our own cosmic neighborhood, exploration is, once again, in the forefront of our…