Tag Archives: Richard R. Guzman
A Radio Show on the Blues
“SOMETHING OLD, NEW, BORROWED…BLUE” The blues is America’s most fundamental roots music, still not only the bedrock of most of its popular music—rock, jazz, pop, soul, and more—but continuing to exert an even more powerful influence on world music. “Something Old, New, … Continue reading
Cultivating Emptiness
A SHORT MEDITATION ON THE EMMAUS ROAD (Luke 24:13–) Most books on leadership talk about great leaders having a confidence that radiates from an inner stillness and calm—something like: “If you can keep your head about while everybody is losing theirs.” … Continue reading
Bob Dylan’s newest medal
In May (2012) President Obama awarded The Medal of Freedom, our nation’s highest civilian honor, to Bob Dylan. It’s his third, big, White House decoration—President Clinton having named him a Kennedy Center Honoree, and, in 2010, Obama having awarded him the National Medal … Continue reading →