The banjo, for good reason, is often associated with the resonant rolls and radiant twang of bluegrass legends such as Earl Scruggs, J.D. Crow, and Bela Fleck. But the banjo …
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Take the time to experience and be present during real life
How many insects do you see as you walk from class to class? How many different trees do you notice? Have you seen the flowers growing on the lawn? Have …
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Folk Gems album features modern folk icons and their hits
Woody Guthrie wrote many songs and said many things. The folk hero has been memorialized in his beloved songs and anthems like “This Land is Your Land” and “I Ain’t …
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We must learn to live together despite political division
In December of last year, a Democrat-controlled house voted to impeach President Donald Trump on two articles. Last month, a Republican-controlled house voted to acquit president Trump of all impeachable …
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John Moreland’s new album “LP5” is poetic, vulnerable
When most people think of Oklahoma, they picture flat prairies and dusty, red dirt roads or hear the lonesome cry of a pedal steel guitar in a desperate, drunken outlaw …
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We must release our propensity for violence, choose hope
When I first heard the news that President Trump ordered the killing of Qassem Soleimani only three days into the new year, I did not feel relief that the architect …
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Review: Steel Wheels
We live in a divided society. With so many political, cultural, and religious beliefs lengthening the divides between people, there is a great need for a collaborative communication platform that …
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We Must Live Lives of Peace, not Violence
Violence has ravaged the United States in the past. From popular video games and television shows to our own citizens shooting civilians in public, it is evident that we are …
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Willow Run Harmonizes and Inspires
Common Grounds Coffeehouse was filled with people, the smell of coffee, and music from the Willow Run Band on Friday evening. As the band was balancing their sound minutes before …
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Living Radiantly in a World of Suffering
My senior year of high school I had the opportunity to work at a Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) site in Detroit, Mich. Two years prior, Detroit had experienced flooding that …