The banjo and upright bass are the butt of countless jokes in the music world - the former for playing a narrow range of styles, propensity to fall out of tune, and lack of dynamic range; the latter ...

THE nerviest, most tenacious movement to emerge from all the bewildering backing and filling in the jazz of the past decade—which includes the birth of hard bop; the rise and fall of the cool school; ...

But the spiritual life has never been a straight line. The saints themselves speak of falling and rising. Saint Paul reminds us, “Let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, ...