September Music News (07)

Several fun things going on musically this month… First, the peace really in Fort Worth last week was fun. A smaller crowd than expected, but many of my peacemaker friends were there…Charles Stovall, Hadi Jawad, Diane Baker and Beatriz Saldivar (who became a good friend at Camp Casey and actually lives in Fort Worth. We […]

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Watch the World Go By. Literally.

File this under: “Cool Things You Can Find on the Web” The clock/counter below comes from this guy. Even though quantum physics tells us that there is no such thing as time, and that there is no such thing as a “steady state,” it’s easy to forget this due to the way we actually experience […]

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American People’s Poll on Iraq

Later today, I will be a part of a large peace rally planned for downtown Fort Worth. It’s called “The American People’s Poll on Iraq,” and is set to be an all day festival featuring music and speakers. I just looked on their website, and it seems Cindy Sheehan may be there, along with other […]

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The Good Samaritan

(The following is an edited version of a sermon givin at Northaven Church on July 15th) “Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?” The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.” Jesus told him, “Go and do […]

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High School Heroes

There is virtually no higher honor for a high school student than meeting the President of the United States. Only a select few kids ever get the chance. And, usually, it’s a high school hero of some distinction: National Spelling Bee Winner, High School Football Champions, Boy Scout Troops. Yesterday afternoon, it was a group […]

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Data Errata

I am proud to say that I made a mistake in this entry from a week ago. Well, technically, it wasn’t really a mistake. It was just information I didn’t know yet. What I didn’t know when I wrote you was that there was an anonymous donor at the Walnut Hill show. He/she (they’re anonymous…) […]

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Digital Download Data

The other day I compiled some data on online digital downloads of my first CD. (I did this last year too…just updating…) This is data from companies that are actually selling my music online right now. I thought you might be interested to see which songs were most popular. I was actually a bit surprised […]

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"Connecting" to Nothing But Nets (thanks, Walnut Hill!)

Connections played another show this past Sunday night. We were at Walnut Hill UMC, as a part of their summer Sunday night series. About 150 folks showed up and it turned out to be yet another great show. The band’s played enough together now that we had a certain…uh…connection with each other that night. It […]

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