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Bullet dodging, 101.

Monday, January 14th, 2008

Mike Hamilton and I are avid Harley riders, my wife and I had gathered at Michael and Susan’s house one evening for dinner and conversation. Half way through the evening, I realized that Heidi and I had forgotten to give our cat Shadow his shot of insulin. […]

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A little help, please.

Monday, January 14th, 2008

Vote for REV21 video “Pain” at: www.famecast.com
First-time voters need register to log in and vote. It doesn’t take long.
* Type REV21 in the search – hit enter (not “Advanced search”).
* Click on REV21 (next to their photo). Their video will begin playing.
* To VOTE click the blue check mark and […]

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So learning never stops?

Sunday, January 13th, 2008

Rick,
In recent days, we’ve have been discussing releasing the old you and inviting GOD’S view. Sounds like the beginning of a song, Huh? Anyway, I’m coming to realize that the previous fifty years of my life needs to be thrown out. At best, I feel like a first grader trying to learn quantum physics, […]

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Christmas miracles happen… so deal with it!

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

Ricky,
Although you already know of this story, I felt compelled to share this event on the blog. Christmas Eve morning, Approximately 8 A.M. My friend Les Groom stops by the house to drop off a Christmas present of food and a few dollars to keep me going in spite of my plight of not being […]

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Hey Bikers!

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

A few years ago we lead worship at The Lord’s Disciple’s church in Maryville, TN (Just south of Knoxville). This is a full fledged BIKER CHURCH complete with a pastor in riding leathers. And, when I say lead worship, I mean played our full 45 minute rock set… then they held church… for […]

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Merry Christmas vs. Happy Holidays

Monday, December 31st, 2007

The “Merry Christmas vs Happy Holidays” debate.
So many Christians are getting frustrated because
the very mention of Christ, Joseph/Mary, the manger,
etc being pushed out of the public square that
they won’t say any season’s greeting except “Merry
Christmas.” The concern is that if Christ isn’t a part
of the holiday greeting that the secularists have won.
Removing Christ from […]

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The other day I was explaining some of the operations of Slingshot Records to an artist that’s contemplating signing on with us. Below is part of the conversation. And, I’ve attached a trackback article that discusses the current state of the music industry… which is very much
in FLUX!!!
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As an artist (I know because […]

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Job’s cousin… Jim

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007

Let’s see where this goes. I’d like to introduce myself. From now on I will be known as Job’s cousin Jim. Where to begin? How about a guy who loves to give, always tries to have a smile on his face no matter what the situation. Helps his fellow man, allows […]

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Momentary discomfort…

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

What are you going to do? I don’t know…. Circumstances are not what I expected. People are doubting me. Doubting my good intentions. Some accusing me of things that are totally false.
Ever felt like that? Ever had to fight day after day to find ANY joy? Felt like […]

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Dead adult movie stars

Sunday, November 18th, 2007

I was just checking one of the myspace sites that’s a friend of REV21. It’s an X-porn star. Her site is packed with sexual addiction recovery info, articles, links to other porn recovery sites, etc.
One display caught my attention… and brought it all home.
She has a photo slide show created called “In loving […]

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