Before we roast these college cheating scandal parents on the scapegoat-altar of our media culture…
Before we throw too many self-righteous stones…
And even before we get too high and mighty about the privileged and the wealthy and how they…
Before we roast these college cheating scandal parents on the scapegoat-altar of our media culture…
Before we throw too many self-righteous stones…
And even before we get too high and mighty about the privileged and the wealthy and how they…
“Demography is Destiny”
— Auguste Comte
Thursday afternoon a United Methodist clergy colleague called me while I was driving to church. I spend a lot of time in the car these days. We talked for about 25 minutes.
He was…
Read moreFor three years, the United Methodist Church has been engaged in a denomination-wide process of “straightsplaining” to the LGBTQ community.
Actually, you could make a strong case that we’ve been straightsplaining since 1972.
What is “straightsplaining?”
Go ahead, Google it.
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Read moreThe following is a list of pictures of me in my High School and College yearbooks from the 1980s, excluding the standard yearly posed picture…
— Picture of me at a Young Life meeting…
— Picture of me at Key…
“It only takes a spark
To get a fire going
And soon all those around
Can warm up in its glowing
That’s how it is with God’s love
Once you’ve experienced it
You spread His love to ev’ryone
You want…
Here’s video of my set at Uncle Calvin’s last night. There are a few problems. The lighting is weird….I look ghostly.
And my pickup went dead, so we had to switch to a mic, which threw me off a bit…
Read moreSo, I’m a few days late, but here’s a tribute to Dan Fogelberg, in honor of what would have been his 67th Birthday this week. It’s a cover of what became one of my favorite Dan-songs, following our weekend in…
Read moreHere’s a new song from me. Hope you like it.
“The Guilt that We Survive”
It’s the rookie who just made the team
Whose old friends now just watch and dream
It’s the CEO who’s upward bound
With a brother…
So, this happened.
A nice feature on me and my music, in the current issue of the Advocate Magazine. I believe it’s running in both the Lakewood (near home) and Preston Hollow (near church) editions.
Thanks to all the good…
As the last horrible week unfolded, amidst the mass shooting, hurricanes, and the usual daily Tweets, I had the overwhelming urge to play this song. Life is just so heavy right now, and we’re all in such need of hope…
Read moreI’m a day back from the Kerrville Folk Festival now. In previous years, I used to write long entries from the fest. I’d post videos, pics, wax philosophically and theologically about the experience. I would name-drop my songwriter friends, and…
Read moreYesterday, I listened to a new Dan Fogelberg record. A new, old one.
In case you haven’t heard the news, Dan’s concert at Carnegie Hall, from 1979, is being released as a live record. Even better, it’s a solo-live show…
We’re still tabulating expenses and computing exactly how many folks came to Friday night’s big show (We think: 500-600) in Allen. And we’re still figuring out just how much we raised for our beneficiaries.
James Taylor Signs the Guitar
But…
Read moreAs many of you know, Connections started with Dan Fogelberg. At the “core” of what drove us to ever get our crazy band together ten years ago was a chance to play Dan’s music, and to do in a BIG…
Read moreI continue to remember my Dad in all sorts of ways. One way is by pulling out, and finally finishing, this song I started years ago after a visit back to the place my Dad grew up (In Kentucky, just…
Read moreUnreal.
So strange to come home, open up the computer, and see that the Wikipedia entry already says “Glenn Frey…
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