Today – July 25, 2017 – is the final day that I will be in my thirties. At 11:48 PM […]
My Life
TRANSITIONS PART IV – DEMONS IN MY HEAD
In case you haven’t gathered from the title of the last few posts, my life is in a period of […]
TRANSITIONS PART III – SHATTERED PIECES MAKE ART
One day in a galaxy far far away in Ohio, two pastors at two different multi-campus Methodist churches went for […]
TRANSITIONS PART II – RETURNING TO MUSIC MINISTRY
In case you haven’t gathered, the “theme” for this set of posts has to do with recent changes in my […]
TRANSITIONS PART I – MY HEART IS BROKEN
On February 27, 2002, I learned that one moment – no matter how fleeting – is all it takes to […]
THANK YOU
For the past week and a half, I’ve felt a burning need to start blogging again. Just to be clear, […]
PRESIDENT-ELECT WHAT’S-HIS-NAME
I went back and forth about posting this on my website. Politics tend to be a lightning rod, particularly if […]
IMPOSITIONAL CREATIVE PARALYSIS
Note: I originally posted this blog entry seven years ago, on June 2, 2009 on my old blog. I placed […]
THE ARTIST’S CONUNDRUM: THE VALUE OF YOUR WORK
The title says “The Artist’s Conundrum”, but there are definitely other fields that could probably identify with the topic. Teachers, […]
IMPROMPTU DUET WITH LEGEND RAMSEY LEWIS
So… On Friday, October 2, 2015, I got to jam with one of my heroes: legendary pianist Ramsey Lewis. If […]