by Peter McDowell
Anthony Raneri is not a born-again Christian, but we talked and hung out with him for nearly two hours before his solo acoustic show at the Webster Theatre in Hartford CT May 22. Amongst graffiti-ridden walls of a greenroom, we talked about the weather and musical inspiration and of course their new album, The Walking Wounded.
We were thrilled to find him willing to open up when we asked him about having a relationship with Jesus. He shared genuine questions about faith and God during our time with him. …

It’s been one year since Don LaFontaine’s death.  Although it sounds odd, I remember where I was when I heard the news. I sat on a friend’s couch with my laptop watching YouTube clips of the man himself, completely unaware of his death.  I found my way to his Wikipedia page which stated August 26, 1940 – September 1, 2008. I was chilled. Not only by the sheer irony, but because a man whom I had come to admire as an artist would no longer be gracing the entertainment world …

So you’re driving home from work… It’s been a rough day. Your boss was short with you, you made mistakes, you feel a little under-appreciated… What do you do?
You have a close friend who is doing things and making mistakes, but you’re not sure whether to confront them… whether it’s your place to say something… What do you do?
Unfortunately I often pull out my phone and scroll through my contacts, wondering who I can call to get some encouragement, support, and just someone to listen. I don’t want …

by Peter McDowell
It has been 16 months. Before that time, I would never have imagined that my day-to-day life would involve as many interactions with people from a far away land. A land full of grape vines and honeycomb. A land that somehow became irreversibly imbedded into the streets that I grew up on. It’s not what I had in mind a couple years ago, but this is the way it is.  I kind of like it
Let me start off by saying that I thought my good friend Dan had …