Double Musical Interlude Day (part two) Calmo Sereno e Tranquilo
While a quartet at Fellowship Baptist were singing this song, young people at the Boas Novas Baptist Church in São Luís were offering up this praise (one of my favorites).
When one visits São Luís today, one is confronted with the ruins of what was once a beautiful colonial city. While there are still places that exude old-world charm, much of it has been lost due to the natural increase in population and accompanying urbanization. But this “old tropical city” feel existed well into the…
While in the US last year, we were introduced to this beautiful song. At first we could not find it in Portuguese. Finally we found a version, and last night Itacyara sang it with the music team at the Boas Novas Baptist Church.
As I was at prayer meeting at Fellowship Baptist Church this evening, a couple members of the Ebenezer Congregation sent me these photos. I find it fitting that the first official use of the new building be a prayer meeting, as the very existence of the building is the result of years of prayer on…
If you turn on the Brazilian TV channel Globo this month, chances are good you will see this little musical clip. In fact, so ubiquitous is it that I can’t get it’s lilting, sing-song melody out of my head. In this feel-good, Christmas-y scene, the big-time stars of the various Globo programs are seen as…
Starting a little series featuring songs having to do with trains. Here’s the first one. Bonus: it also glorifies the concept of marital fidelity. Also, I’ve added this informative Venn diagram, free of charge
I have some issues with the movie Rio. I hated the entirely predictable glorification of Carnaval. I did not appreciate the unnecessary paeans to destructive alternate lifestyles. And it really bugged me that the Brazilian hero of the story only found his American female companion beautiful once she was decked out in the outlandish Carnaval…