Reflections from Rick Lord on Leadership, Transformation, and Things That Keep Human Life Distinctively Human
Several months ago, I came across an arrangement of the theme from the film Schindler’s List, the 1993 American epic film about Oskar Schindler, a German businessman who saved the lives of more than a thousand Polish-Jewish refugees during the Holocaust by employing them in his factories. The arrangement is by the renowned Australian guitarist, [...]
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Two of the most prolific and successful recording artists of all time are close friends and are together again. To celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of a venue that calls itself home to such notables as Elton John, The Eagles, and Joni Mitchell. Carole King and James Taylor performed there together in November of 1970 and [...]
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I’m a Patti Griffin fan. I first encountered her passionate and mournful voice when she opened for Shawn Colvin at the 9:30 Club in 1996 during Shawn’s “A Few Small Repairs” tour. The more I listened, and the more live performances I attended, the more her music and commitment touched me and I’ve been an [...]
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Northern Virginia has been blanketed with a quiet and deep snow with some 16 to 20 inches by nightfall. It put me in the mood to work up Vince Guaraldi’s classic, Christmas Time Is Here, from an arrangement by Jason Vieaux. It’s not a flawless performance, but good enough for a snowy day. You can see [...]
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I’ve just returned from the annual Bishop’s Retreat for the Clergy of the Diocese of Virgina at Shrine Mont in Orkney Springs. It was wonderful to take a few days away from the busy routine of parish ministry and give my soul time to catch up with the rest of me. We were blessed [...]
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Has it been a month since I last posted on this blog? Part of the reason is my stealing time to work on several pieces for classical guitar since listening to a new recording by one of my favorite American guitarists, Jason Vieaux. His performance of the Bach Lute Works (BWV 995-998) was released in [...]
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The high point of a sabbatical pilgrimage to Scotland in the summer of 2002, was my stay on the remote and beautiful Hebridean Island, Iona, just off the Western tip of the Ross of Mull. The community St. Columba founded on Iona in AD 563 became the center for an early, northern renaissance in which [...]
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One of the places where I find significant creative and prayerful expression is in my relationship to the classical guitar—and yes, it is a relationship. I’ve been passionate about the guitar since I first laid my hands on my father’s inexpensive “Hijos de Vicente Tatay” Spanish model he brought home after a summer of missionary [...]
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