The Flatpicking Pilgrim's Progress
Stories and tales from a guitar-picking writer, theologian, speaker, blogger and entertainer. From small town quirks to the bizarre realities of family, whacky church life and slightly damaged kinfolk, insights from a reluctant son of the South takes you along. Never know where it’ll end up but it’s sure to be worth the trip.
The Flatpicking Pilgrim's Progress
Latest Episodes
Deathbed Blues
The blues can teach us to have a sense of moral seriousness, a steely ethical and spiritual backbone that continues to hope without collapsing into a giddy, almost pre-teen naivete about spiritual matters, in which all is victory, glory, and jo...
Holding On
These little boys were in the daycare that I would go to every now and then; we had a member of the church that ran this little daycare, it was just called Miss Henrietta's. And I went down to Miss Henrietta's one day and the little boys ...
Hard Times
"Son House was a Baptist preacher that lost his way. Fact is, I've been doing these sermons, I've been very disturbed at how many Baptist preachers turned into blues people. Or they were children of Baptist preachers who went bad. I don't know ...
What the Church Can Learn from the Blues--Dr. Beth McGinnis
As a part of the 2009 series at Vestavia Hills Baptist Church, Dr. Beth McGinnis, Assistant Minister of Music at the Church and Professor of Music at Samford University, led a conversation with church members to better understand the connection...