The murky water below churned as the ms Paradise glided through the dark waves. Along the horizon, the sky and water only had one color. Black. It was just after six o’clock in the morning and I was determined to see that orange ball pop over the horizon on Tuesday. Being early in the week,…
The elevator “dinged,” the doors slid open and my sister and I walked into the bustling lobby of our hotel filled with cruise passengers. Lining the walls and keeping a hand on their carry-on bags, people waited for their shuttle to take them to the cruise terminal. If you go on the Singing at Sea…
The Whisnants Homecoming continued Saturday night with more great singing. In addition to the Whisnants, special guests were The Mylon Hayes Family, The Mark Trammell Quartet and Greater Vision. The evening began with The Mylon Hayes Family singing their up-beat, One More Opportunity, from their current CD, Devoted. Since I began writing CD reviews in…
“Turn right onto College Street towards COMMA,” came the voice from my iPhone. While driving through the quaint streets of Morganton, North Carolina, I pondered the things I knew about the COMMA. Home to the Whisnants Homecoming, I had reviewed the Whisnants “Homecoming Live” DVD that was filmed there in 2015 for the Singing News…
After Thanksgiving, a video from the Whisnants began circulating on Facebook telling everyone “how much” the Mark Trammell Quartet love fruit cake; and with their Home For Christmas Tour beginning, they wanted to be sure everyone was encouraged to bring MTQ fruit cake during the tour. Well, when we went to the Home For Christmas…
In October, the Gospel Music Hymn Sing went on tour for the very first time and ended just before Thanksgiving with a special DVD taping at First Baptist of Atlanta, the church Dr. Charles Stanley pastor’s in Georgia. I can’t express how neat it is to be able to say that we not only attended…
Three weeks ago we went to Dallas, Texas for the Grace Revolution Tour. Joseph Prince, a pastor from Singapore who has a world-wide ministry through his television program “Destined to Reign,” released his new book Grace Revolution and was touring in the United States in November. When we heard about the tour, we decided to…
“Where Lutherans meet, Lutherans eat,” said the Pastor. The audience chuckled as he went on to explain that after the concert with Brian Free and Assurance, they would have a meal for everyone who wanted to stay. Squeezed in a pew just a few rows from the front, I couldn’t help but smile. Brian had…
Halloween. It’s been a few years since I’ve been “out and about” on this holiday. I’m not afraid of ghosts or anything, but when people start covering their bushes with white strings and giant purple spiders…well, that’s a little more than I can handle! LOL! However, when there’s a concert with the McKameys, Inspirations and…
Past the cotton fields of Missouri’s bootheel, the natural border of the Mississippi River and into the state of Illinois is the city of Marion. Sitting on the corner of town square is my favorite theater – The Marion Culture and Civic Center. Since 2012, when I first attended the Truthseekers Homecoming, this building and…
