Just So We’re Clear…

July 14, 2007.Reading time 3 minutes.

There is a guy who, in the coming weeks, will break one of baseball’s most hallowed records. I wrote about him before in a blog entry you can still find here. The closer we get to the date he will break that record, the less I am paying attention. I am turning off media reports […]

Style vs. Substance

July 14, 2007.Reading time 16 minutes.

For years, we Americans have enjoyed a love-hate relationship with our television news anchors. We trust them to frame the issues of the day and present us with a snapshot of the world as it is. (Or, at least, the world as they see it…) We turn to them again and again in moments of […]

Sequoyah Unplugged: A Songwriter Retreat, August 17-19

July 10, 2007.Reading time 2 minutes.

This announcement is mainly for my songwriting/ performing friends on this list. Feel free to pass this along to anyone who might be interested…. I’m honored to be a part of what we hope will become an annual event at the Mount Sequoyah Retreat Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The event is called “Sequoyah Unplugged: A […]

Connor’s Army

June 24, 2007.Reading time 10 minutes.

Gene Conner is another of my great old friends. I met him at SMU, in the residence halls. He was part of my all-star-RA-staff the last year I was in seminary. In college, Gene was a dance major. He was great dancer. I still remember the afternoon Gene was part of a brownbag series over […]

The Dixie Chicks

June 1, 2007.Reading time 32 minutes.

“I’ve been a long time gone now Maybe someday, someday I’m gonna settle down But I’ve always found my way somehow By taking the long way Taking the long way around” I realize that not everyone is going to agree with this one. But I also realize that for those whom this blog categorywas created […]

May 29

May 30, 2007.Reading time 13 minutes.

Like most dates on the yearly calendar, if you look back through history at May 29 you find a lot of interesting things happened. For example, on this date in 526 Antioch was struck by an earthquake that may have killed as many as 250,000 people. In 1453, Mehmed II conquered Constantinople, effectively ending the […]

Kerrville 2007

May 29, 2007.Reading time 25 minutes.

So, the following are other folk’s Kerr-impressions. Check back often these next two weeks for updates. Here’s the link that will take you to the full page of entries. And when you visit again, be sure and refresh your browser so that you’ll see anything that’s been updated. Day Two Brian “the Breadman” Wolfsohn: We’re […]

Glad for Jerry, Sad for Dallas

May 28, 2007.Reading time 13 minutes.

As news of the Cowboy’s winning bid for the 2011 Super Bowl filtered out this week, I can’t help but feel happy for Jerry Jones, and sad for my city. And I find myself having totally flip-flopped in my view of both Jerry Jones and the new stadium. You gotta give Jerry Jones some credit […]

Out of Place

May 26, 2007.Reading time 3 minutes.

I feel out of place today, even though I’m at home. That’s because for most of the last ten years –mostly during this same weekend– I would not be at home. I would be at the Kerrville Folk Festival. During most of these years, I would have made that long, relaxing drive to Kerrville yesterday […]

The First Mother’s Day

May 14, 2007.Reading time 9 minutes.

Hope you’re having a good Mother’s Day today. Did you know, however, that the very first Mother’s Day in America was not a day for flowers or Hallmark Cards? Did you realize that it was not a day of champagne brunches and long distance phone calls? The very first Mother’s Day in America was an […]