Vance Rains’ son, John Rains, asked our son, Ben if he wanted to sing in a music video they were going to film this past year. John did an awesome job producing this video. Stick around to the end and see the serendipitous moment when horses wandered into the shot.
Mocappellas at Florida Southern sing Coldplay medley
This morning we woke up to this Youtube video waiting in our inbox. Abby joined the Mocapellas at Florida Southern this past Fall. They are a new and trending a cappella choir on this Lakeland campus. Abby provides the female solo vocals on this harmonic delight. Continue reading → Abby’s creative juices
Our daughter has been working on an original song she could sing and play at the College Conference at Montreat in January. Today is the day before Thanksgiving and we have all gathered in Lake Junaluska for the holiday. I asked Abby to play some of her new songs for me and she played this […] Continue reading → Steady as You Go
Our good friend, Phil Westra, passed away last week from a massive heart attack. We first got to know Phil and Polly and their four children when we served Fulford United Methodist Church in North Miami Beach. He loved to sail, a stiff wind at his back; a purist who refused to put a motor […] Continue reading → Good Friday Prayer at Trinity UMC
Today, United Methodists from across Tallahassee gathered at Trinity United Methodist at noon for Good Friday worship. I was asked to pray the pastoral prayer in the service: Holy God, We are gathered together here as the scattered Wesleyan people from across this southern capital city to sit in the silence of this sanctuary as […] Continue reading → The Creative Genius of Steve Jobs
In May of 1984, I bought my first Macintosh computer. My grandmother had heard of PCs and offered to help me buy one. I went into the store fully expecting that I would walk out with an Apple IIe which had been introduced the year before using big floppy discs. But the Mac had come […] Continue reading → Melodic Memories
One of the great things about this trip was the serendipitous discovery of music around every corner. In pubs, at subway stops, on street corners, in people’s homes we were blessed by a wide variety of music everywhere we went. Our children have introduced us to so much new music over the years which has […] Continue reading → All shades of green
We have been back a week from our vacation to Ireland and Paris, and have many more sights and sounds to share. We will work on those as time allows. One of the striking things about Ireland is how lush and green the countryside is everywhere you go. When we were on the plane flying […] Continue reading → A peek into the Orsay Museum
There is one image from the Orsay museum, which we visited on Thursday afternoon, that Clarke wanted to share. It is by Swiss artist Eugène Burnand, painted at the end of the 19th century. Peter and John are rushing towards the empty tomb on Easter morning. If you click the picture to see an enlargement, notice […] Continue reading → A one-minute tour of the L’Orangerie Museum in Paris
Late Saturday afternoon, the 9th, we headed to the L’Orangerie Museum, located within the grounds of the Tuileries Gardens, and took a tour of the impressionist art. The centerpiece of their collection are the Water Lily paintings by Monet. A large part of the museum comes from the Walter-Guillarme art collection. Also featured in the museum […] Continue reading →