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Another Pilgrimage to the Church of Rock and Roll

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Once you get a taste of heaven, the sweetest flavors on earth will never satisfy again… My first live taste of Foxy Shazam happened to be at the Cincinnati album release concert in January 2012 for The Church of Rock and Roll. But this initiation and reimmersion into the live concert experience was not a high to be sustained [...]

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Remembering Lou Tice 1935-2012

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I lived nearly 29 years of my life with no knowledge of or association with Lou Tice. It was during my personal quarter-life crisis that I first discovered Lou and his organization, The Pacific Institute. A close friend of mine serendipitously happened to connect with an executive from TPI over the phone after an operator [...]

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The Best Friend of Religion… is an Atheist? Chris Stedman

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Somewhere along in the process of losing my own of faith, I experienced a hiccup of hope. Through Zach Lind’s blog, I discovered Samir Selmanovic’s book, It’s Really All About God. While the title didn’t really grab my attention, the subtitle: “Reflections of a Muslim Jewish Atheist Christian” absolutely demanded my further exploration. The book [...]

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Baptized into The Church of Rock & Roll

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Have you ever had a Saturday schedule so empty and lame that you wondered if you could possibly squeeze two naps into it just to spice things up a little bit? I found myself starring right down the barrel of one such Saturday just this past weekend. I get to have my children stay with [...]

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Music of This Moment

Music of This Moment

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You know how there are certain songs in your life that, when you hear them, take you right back to that same glorious or soul-killing moment from your past? Whether its the first couple of bars, or a particularly perfect lyric, the right musical cue can transport you back to yester-year and transform you back [...]

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January 3, 2012

Becoming the person that I want to be makes me person that you don't want to love. But who else can I be but myself?
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