Tommy Shaw of Styx
Insanity check
Here is a perfect example of the Word intersecting
with the world.  This is a physical relic with incredible
spiritual heritage and transforming properties.  These
metaphysical planes intersect like the pieces of the
true cross intersect at the center of our soul.
EXITS
exits
Mira Smith   

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Portfolio shots
Melissa Young a.k.a
Miss Lissa

this girl can lay some
blues on ya!

Miss Lissa &
Company from Dayton
Ohio is the real deal

She can do Janis
better than Janis.
it was a very good night ...
in Middletown, Ohio
food ... God's bounty
food ... God's bounty
food ... God's bounty
Long enough

Arroyos & Mesas
As beautiful as they are In their pristine
Emptiness

Cannot fill the canyon of an Empty heart;

The locals even said, "it Will grow
on you"
If you can just sit in one place Long
enough.  Silence howls.

The reality of leaving sinks in like A
Rusty hook

As we contemplate our new High wire act

Net below woven of The most delicate
Threads of reborn faith

Barely visible in the Abyss.  
Gerry, Steve and Tom
Ever watched the movie The Nineth Gate?

Perhaps the most disturbing scene in the movie
takes place when the character played by Johnny
Dep encounters Satan in a reading room, and she
(yes, she) is reading How to Make Friends and
Influence People.

Hmmmm.  So that's how it works?
Is there a God?  You betcha!  
Think this happened by
accident?
Good ribs are no accident either ... the analogy is
clear: move slowly and methodically toward the prize.  
(Randy munchin' on Texas style grub)
Rev. Sean in Cleveland at the RRHOF
Division Bell sculpture from the Floyd.  R&R Hall of Fame was sweet!
It is my firm belief that God, being the author of ALL things, uses all things
as He sees fit to glorify His kingdom.  Many cannot understand this, and
others would question a God who would allow Satan to be the author of lies
... that would technically make God the author of the author of lies.  Almost
true, except the caveat here is that Lucifer also made a choice.  Choice, i.e.
probability, is the one true unknown, and yet the very paradox that makes
God ... well, God!  Without choice grace would be unnecessary.  We would
be little more than robots with flesh painted on for appearances' sake.
sisters
 
Malachi in the wind
Does anyone out there remember Jonathon
Livingston Seagull ... the book?

It was a spiritual quest.  I'm taking it to the next level.
does reality really bite?
Said I'd never do this but, in keeping with my
witness ... here it is!

This is what the BMV would let me have ...
the mind will do the rest.  As always ... once
you think it, it cannot be "unthunk," so to
speak.

Now a decision must be made.
I'm fairly confident that God is a blues
man.  Otherwise life would be easy ...
and blues would be unnecessary ...
but, ya know what?  Of course ...It
don't come easy!

.
gathering spirit stuff
gathering spirit stuff

This page is a response to
God's reminder that we are all
so very complex, and that we
cannot, and should not, dissect
ourselves into predictably
shaped jig saw puzzle pieces
that fit  conveniently into tiny,
safe, compartments.  

We are a wonderful blend of
all that God has to offer
through salvation in Christ.  

Because Satan abuses his
position & authority, and
because we have welcomed
him, does not mean that the
world should be shunned ...
that it should not be embraced
as good and celebrated in all
its splendor.  For this reason I
open my site to all that I am,
and to all that you are, for
better and for worse, in this
world and for all eternity.  

God is good; His creation is
good; there is so much here
for us.  Remember in Genesis
when God said "It is good"? I
believe that it still is.

We were not meant to live in
a vacuum, but to lift Christ up
for all to see in all that we are,
and in all that we live.  
Worship is a lifestyle, not a
weekly appointment.   

Have fun ... love life!
For better    &
for          
worse ...
This scan was made from an original
digital print taken by Barrie Schwortz in
1978 as part of S.T.U.R.P.
I know there is a
God because there is
coffee.  Something
this sweet could not
have self-generated.  
This has purpose:
it is manna for the
java freak!
Rock & Roll ... good? bad? probably indifferent.

The many facets of our life intersect in God.  
There really is not a spiritual and a secular life
per se.  Either you infuse your life with God or
you live without that relationship.  Regardless,
God still exists whether or not you believe in
Him.  He certainly believes in you.
canopy of the heavens
pale sun
fades into
the west like
incense into
the wind.  
only one will
return to
comfort us.
sunset
No sin,

Only the whispering of an Open hand in

A place where the Sun cannot
Shine thru the oil slick of bad Chemistry

Where gray is what Really matters.
www.shroud.com
www.shroud.com

a good man, a faithful man

Jesse watches ... and wonders what
became of the world he grew up in.
Good friends,
excellent food, cool
drinks, riveting
conversation, and
snapping off Steve's
mailbox like a twig.
just
smooth
as silk
ROCK!
Spirit,
fly
away
home
mira
Here we go with Kansas and
Asia pics from the 3rd in
Mason, OH.
Asia ... Steve Howe
from Yes.


John Wetton ... King Crimson
Steve Walsh- lead singer. .. Kansas
Steve Walsh

Richard Williams

Billy Greer
CARL PALMER
from
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
RU Prepared?
Middletown Balloon Launch July 2007
Bad Bunny!!
Our flag guy just kept getting larger, and
the paraglider was smokin'
Rocket Mannnnnnn ...
Geoff Downes from the Buggles
David Ragsdale
Bluegrass in Marion, OH
at the Popcorn Festival
are we
grateful for
our blessing
or just used
to having the
best?
Another cool band that I would consider Christian is Collective Soul.  
This is not about the name, which is significant, but because of Ed
Roland's upbringing as the son of a Pastor ... and the obvious impact
that has had on his song writing.  He unabashedly speaks of heaven,
lacing his lyrics with poignant questions and equally strong statements
about faith & life experience.       (see below)
Lyrics ...

Reunion

Now my curtain has
been drawn
And my heart can go
where my heart does
belong
I'm going home.

December

Why follow me to
higher ground
Lost as you swear I am
Don't throw away your
basic needs
Ambiance and vanity.

Heaven's Already Here

Who's gonna bring me
heaven
when heaven's already
here?

Precious Declaration

I was blind, but
now I see
Salvation
has discovered me.

Crown

Who's gonna be my
savior
Now that I've learned
to believe?

Who's gonna be the
shepherd
To lead this poor boy
back home?
Ed Roland & Collective Soul in
Columbus 2005  @ Lifestyle Pavilion
coll
ect
ive
soul
What is it about music that moves us to tears and to
strength and then to revisit it again and again?  I think it
is the rhythm of the human condition, the beating of the
heart or the innermost connection of a distant drum beat.

God loves music or else it would not exist.  David danced
and sang to the Lord to the distress of his wife and his
community, but worship was first.  His heart was God's.

Then I will hold my head high above my enemies
who surround me.  At His sanctuary I will offer
sacrifices with shouts of joy, singing and praising
the Lord with music.

--Psalm 27:6
I found this little gem
on West I-70 in Ohio
toward Columbus.  
The other 5 were on
another billboard.  

But beware that you
don't confuse
keeping the Law with
the grace of God
through the sacrifice
of Jesus Christ.
I want to say that
this was in 2004 or
2005 at the local
Middfest in
Middletown, OH.  
The group was
regional and went
by the name Royal
Blues at the time.  
They were very
good, and the lead
singer/sax player
had the swagger
to pull it off.  This
one made it into
the contest finals
for photos pulled
from the festival
that weekend.
balloons are enormous ... they get
so small so fast
You'll see other balloon pics scattered around the site if you look
closely.  I may be prolific, but I'm not terribly organized.
How's your soul?  
Checked in with God
lately?  Take a step
in His direction ... you
won't be rejected.  He
will love you, cuz He's
like that!
Livingston Taylor
brother to James
and to Kate ...
and the late Alex.
more R&R stuff from a Gin
Blossoms concert at the Violet
Festival outside of Columbus, Ohio
to ...  well ...whatever.
Air guitar rules!
the first light was God's!
(more below from 2008)
The following were
from the Festival in
Naperville outside of
Chicago the 2nd week
of June 2008
Robin from the Gin Blossoms
Jesse's guitar
More from Miss
Lissa at the
Blues & Bikes
Festival 6/2008
Robin did an acoustic
version of Rocket man
by D. Bowie ... wow!!
REO Speedwagon
at the Darke County
Fairgrounds on August
17th, 2008
Gotta have the Fair King &
Queen.
how did my cat Squirt get
here?  what a dude!
sound check
REO
E
O
God is
here ...
can you
find Him
rockin'
out?

He is the
child
in us.
Excerpt

Clouds long
and low
Crowd
along the
eastern
skyline
Like a side
street full of
two-tone
Cadillacs

Crushed
and on fire.
Do not lose your way and then hope for God’s mercy.  The pain that Israel has experienced is brutal …
partly destined; partly self-inflicted.  They, like so many Gentiles, have rejected salvation in Christ; their
road to heaven is a gauntlet. Trust in Jesus, as that relationship will guide you more certainly than any
prophecy or policy.  In Him is the fulfillment of the Law.