http://celebrategrace.com/blog Blogs of Celebrate Grace Band Members Sun, 23 Dec 2007 03:27:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have always been interested in the work of archeologists and historical researchers into the life of Jesus.  Over two millennia, numerous things have been lost and distorted. Traditions and our own 21st century point of view have distorted what we perceive life was like in 1st century Palestine.  For ... http://celebrategrace.com/blog/?p=16 First my apologies for not having written in two months. During November 2005, our company was still stationed in Liberty Lake.  I was well established on my habit of a daily lunchtime walk.  Out there I used to walk around the block once.  You are probably thinking, "That's not very far."  ... http://celebrategrace.com/blog/?p=15 This song has a long history.  It began back in December 2004.  The band was scheduled to lead worship in February and going through the readings, I saw that the psalm was 96.  Here it is for reference purposes out of the New Revised Edition: 1 O sing to the Lord a ... http://celebrategrace.com/blog/?p=13 There is a traditional Irish song called “The Jug of Punch.”  A search of the internet shows that it has been recorded by no less than 45 different artists.  The version that I am most familiar with is by The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem.  Mostly because that was the ... http://celebrategrace.com/blog/?p=12 This piece has a long history.  Back in the fall of 2004, I was asked to look at writing a piece based on Psalm 146 that would be used during Advent.  Here is the New Revised Edition's translation: 1 Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul! 2 I will praise the ... http://celebrategrace.com/blog/?p=11 Earlier this summer, I received an e-mail from my Naval Academy class regarding my approaching 25th reunion.  Cheryl and I attended our 20th and it was a blast.  Whether we were going to make it to the 25th was another story since we were already going back east to see ... http://celebrategrace.com/blog/?p=10 I have three pieces I’m presently working on: A Christmas song,  “For Those We’ve Left Behind”, and a song of comfort loosely based on the events surrounding my father’s death.  Unfortunately, I don’t like where any of them are going at the moment.  So I pulled out a piece I ... http://celebrategrace.com/blog/?p=9 On Monday, August 20th, Scott sent out a preliminary list of songs for when we lead worship on Sept 16th.  The opening hymn was “Create in Me” which we used to do every week when we lead the 5 PM service.  Now granted this was about four years ago, but ... http://celebrategrace.com/blog/?p=8 This summer has been a very creative period for me.  Despite a two week time frame when I was back East, I have generated no less than seven new pieces of music, one adaptation, and several rewrites of older, rejected pieces.  On Wednesday, August 1st, before our band rehearsal, Scott ... http://celebrategrace.com/blog/?p=7 Sorry, I passed my personal deadline for writing about music every two weeks.  I think the following will explain the lapse.   On Friday, August 3rd, I spoke with my mother and she told me that my Pop wasn’t doing well.  The only problem with that is that she had been telling me ... http://celebrategrace.com/blog/?p=6