•November 1, 2023•

I’ve learned so much from reading books, but I’ve learned a lot from listening to music, too.

Prince taught me the Lord’s Prayer in his 1993 song “Controversy,” for instance.

I’ve rarely attended a church service that wasn’t a funeral or a wedding, and I’ve been to a lot more funerals than weddings, so I’ve grown accustomed to the rituals of funeral services in many religions.

Back in 1977, when Kansas released its “Point of Know Return” album, I thought it odd that Steve Walsh pronounced “eulogy” as “elegy” in the final verse of the haunting song “Nobody’s Home.”

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