In case anyone has not noticed lately, Christmas is now in full swing. For anyone who has ever been in ministry (and particularly in music ministry) this is the busiest and craziest time of the year… are we overdoing things? I understand it’s a BIG deal to celebrate Christ’s birth… but the first [...]

Check out this really cool little aural exam… it should take you about six minutes… Word of warning - it’s not the easiest thing in the world!
Just FYI… I scored an 86.1% - not completely satisfied with that, but hey… I’m getting older, right?
[tags]music listening, aural, tone, tonedeaf, listening skills[/tags]

I occasionally need a good smile… who doesn’t, right? Well, it had been a very long time since I had CONSISTENTLY gotten a good grin out of a commercial every time I watched it… then came the Jimmy Dean commercials featuring the Sunshine.

These commercials are, in my opinion, some of the most clever ideas [...]

I have finally posted a new song (finding the time to write, rewrite, and then home-record a song in between a job in ministry seems to be tougher than I imagined)! Take a listen and please comment… it’s much more encouraging to know people are reading and listening by reading your comments than to [...]

One week ago, President Bush claimed that he expected Donald Rumsfeld to still be in his position at the end of his presidency in January 2009. He stated that “Both men are doing fantastic jobs and I strongly support them.” Interestingly, he said the same thing about his expectations for Dick Cheney to [...]

One of my favorite shows on NPR is This American Life. Hosted by the nasal-toned yet intriguing Ira Glass (second-cousin of the minimalist composer/film-scorer, Philip Glass… nice guy, by the way), the show is quite different from anything else that I have ever heard on the radio. Well, I have recently had [...]