Episode 25 - Rob Mathes Part II, “Living and Breathing Music”

How Rob’s song, “Although It Is the Night” was inspired by St. John of The Cross’s poem “Dark Night of the Soul”

Listen to the song of the same name played in its entirety.

Why great music mixes the sacred and the profane, “the gears grinding and the heavens singing.”

How Rob’s train engineer grandfather—a man of deep faith—influenced his life and faith and became the inspiration behind Rob's magnum opus, “Evening Train.”

Understand why Rob feels it’s important to “poke holes” at aspects of Christianity that are seemingly crazy.