Sandra McCracken just released “Songs from the Valley”, an achingly beautiful EP full of what you might expect if you took the songs that she wrote in the last several years just didn’t quite fit in her last two records (both of which you ought to buy). Musically, parts of it feels like some of her earliest work (that’s a good thing). Lyrically, it’s everything I’ve always loved about Sandra and more. She’s also releasing Lenten writings loosely reflecting on each song every week, which are also a real treat.

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Matthew Loftus

Matthew grew up in a family of 15 children and completed his medical training in Baltimore, Maryland. Since 2015, he and his family have lived in East Africa, where he currently teaches and practices Family Medicine at a mission hospital. His work has appeared in outlets such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, The New Atlantis, and Mere Orthodoxy and his first book is forthcoming from InterVarsity Press.

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