Category Archives: Music

Music Mania 2025: 90s / 00s Mash-Up

Here’s another one of Jackson’s performances from last night’s show. He and his friend Addy arranged this mash-up of some favorite songs. I love this!

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Music Mania 2025: Fix You

Tonight Jackson performed at Music Mania. He chose to play and sing an arrangement of Coldplay’s Fix You and he brought down the house. He is accompanied by his good friend Addy on backing vocals. I’m so proud of him!

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Best Albums of 2024

The association between music and memory is strong for me. I can hear a song from years ago — from high school or when the kids were young — and it will immediately take me back. I can remember details … Continue reading

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Christmas Concert Solo

Jackson’s school choir performs a Christmas concert every year. At this year’s show, Jackson had a solo during the song, “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” which happens to be his favorite Christmas song. I am incredibly proud of him … Continue reading

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Philadelphia Trip

When your favorite band and your son’s favorite band go on tour together, you take a road trip — which is what Jackson and I did last week. A couple months back, The War on Drugs and The National announced … Continue reading

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Jackson: Music Mania (10th Grade)

Jackson’s original composition, “Autumnal Nocturne.”

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Knowing Jesus: The Judge of the Living and the Dead

Over the last few weeks, we have looked at a lot of important descriptions of Jesus. But you can’t tell the full story of Jesus without including this one: He is the Judge of the Living and the Dead. I … Continue reading

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Best Books of 2023

Each year, I set myself a goal of reading one book per week. It’s an ambitious goal and I rarely ever hit the mark. This year I’m finishing with a total of 45 books read. But given the hectic pace … Continue reading

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A Weary World Rejoices

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Best Albums of 2023

If you know much about me, you know that I love music. According to Spotify Wrapped, I listened to 1,268 different artists across 80 different genres this year. But this year was a little different than most years. This year … Continue reading

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