July 7, 2011
After moving into a new house and adjusting to a new job schedule, I have had time to reflect over the July 4th holiday. Men and women everywhere fought and fight somewhere so we can live the way we want to live. We get in the car of our choice and drive to the church of our choice and worship the god of our choice…all because someone decided to fight to protect what was gained in the 1700’s. Anytime you choose to ignore or deny the fact that there is an enemy, you are overtaken by that enemy. That concept transcends subject boundaries. If you don’t understand that here is an enemy to your marriage, your marriage dies. If you don’t recognize that here is an enemy trying to attack your children, your children become vulnerable to the attacks. It is not the same as being judgmental. It is using judgment and discernment to what is safe for your marriage, your children, and your job among other things that could be under attack like your health. One portion of our country has decided that there is an enemy and if we deny that this is there we will be overtaken by it. Therefore, they sacrifice their lives every day to preserve what we know as free. If I went into detail as to exactly how much they sacrifice, it would astonish you. Suffice it to say that they can never be praised enough for what they do so we get to do what we do. Thank you.
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June 13, 2011
As Father’s day approaches, I feel it necessary to cover two sides of this holiday. The first is for us (men) to understand how important it is to be good fathers. God Himself is a Father. He gave us the example of how to be a father. He decided that in order to adopt all the children in the world, past, present and future, He had to sacrifice the only child He had. That’s being a father; when you lay your life down for others. I was extremely fortunate to have a father that was a walking...
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June 5, 2011
One subject I have learned a lot about is compassion. It is so easy for those of us that “have it together” to look at others and say things like “I’m praying for you” when we really mean “I’m glad I’m not you”. One definition of compassion is the feeling of distress for someone else. This implies that you feel it as if it happened to you. You can’t possibly have compassion for someone that you are looking down upon. This word can be closely linked to words like comrade or...
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May 26, 2011
As the Memorial Day holiday draws near, I firmly believe that it can never overstated the gratitude we have or should have towards our armed forces. I can clearly remember going to a VFW hall in Nashville,TN when I was in high school. We were told before going that we were going to entertain some veterans. Ashamedly, I have to say that at the time that didn’t mean that much to me other than someone was going to listen to our group sing some songs. That particular year, we had worked up popu...
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May 20, 2011
5-19-2011
My Surrender
I have believed for some time that I should be sharing nuggets of wisdom and humor with anyone who cares to hear it. I have had some recent major changes in life as I know it. I recently read a great book, “Angels & Idols: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of a Would-Be Pop Star” (click on the book title to obtain your copy), by my good friend and producer, Regie Hamm. The book began and ended with the same theme; Surrender. So then, as I’m struggling w... Continue reading...
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April 28, 2010
The news on former bass player, Keith Horne, is that he simply wanted to go in a different direction in his life. We are still good friends and love him to death. He is and always will be one of the best musicians this town has ever seen...period!
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