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A Quote to Start Things Off
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"Moments" | Pierce Pettis | "Studio-A: New Music" | WFSU-TV (1983)
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Rock Musicians keep dreaming until Jesus Rocks their world.
Introduction: Vladimir Lebedev is one of my favorite people in the world. I have thought this about him almost since I met him in Khabarovsk, Russia in December of 1992. Vladimir has has worn many hats in the time I've known him. chauffeur, itinerant musician, soldier, interpreter, pastor, international student, father, husband, missionary but with every hat he's always tried to adorn himself with humility, wisdom, grace, and a desire to show God to others.
To that end, I was delighted, but not surprised, when Vladimir shared some thoughts on musicians using their platforms on his Facebook page earlier this week. I am sharing them here with links to some of the songs that he referenced. I'll add some of my thoughts about his musical musings at the end.
Rock musicians keep dreaming. Good intentions. Strong lyrics. Terrific music. Is there a solution to the world’s evils? Can humanity come together to live in peace? Can we stop hypocrisy and greed in the governments to bring wars to an end? Can we finally start caring for one another instead of looking for reasons to separate and hate?
Long ago, John Lennon with his “Imagine.” Freddy Mercury of Queen with his “Show must go on.” Ozzy (Osbourne) with his “Dreamer.” Russian rockers of various types Zemlyane, Kruiz, and Aria with their “songs for peace.” And more recently Udo Dirkschneider with his soul-shattering “One Heart, One Soul.”
This indeed is a passionate call for common sense, for something every human soul feels deep within. But where is it really taking us? Is there something missing in this search? Is it not crying out into a void? It is impossible to, in the words of Bono from U2, "find what we are looking for" without turning to our Creator and Savior who revealed himself to humanity in the person of Jesus the Christ. He has everything that our whole beings are craving for.
Maybe Blacky Lawless of WASP is right when he sings:
Jesus, I need you now
Show me, I'm lost somehow ...
Is there no hope for me?
Oh, somewhere you'll show for me?
Ooh, Lord remember me, take me up tonight
(Golgotha, 2015)
Imagine by John Lennon
Monday, May 19, 2025
Stand-Up and Win - SNL
Saturday, May 10, 2025
Team Saturdazzle: The One With Roasted Hope and the zest of Lemon
Friday, May 9, 2025
Eureka College Commencement Address: President Reagan's Commencement Add...
Sunday, May 4, 2025
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Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Y is for Yankovic Enthusiast
My A to Z Challenge Theme this year is the ABC's of me. Each day in the month of April with the exception of Sundays I will be posting about one aspect of my life that begins with the letter of the day. Today's letter is Y so let's get right to it shall we?
H was for Husband of One Amazing Wife
Thursday, April 17, 2025
M is for Muppet Man

My A to Z Challenge Theme this year is the ABC's of me. Each day in the month of April with the exception of Sundays I will be posting about one aspect of my life that begins with the letter of the day.
It's time for some A to Z catch-up. , I am currently 2 posts behind. The next letter is M so let's get right to it shall we?
H was for Husband of One Amazing Wife
M is for Muppet Man
A Quote To Start Things Off
I only like movies about real things, like the Muppets. - Amy Roller
To say I grew up on the Muppets is not really too much of an exaggeration. I remember watching the first episode of the show when I was in Kindergarten and introduced to Muppets like Oscar the Grouch, Grover, Bert and Ernie, Big Bird, and a reporter by the name of Kermit The Frog. The Muppet Show started when I began Jr. High and the Muppet Movie came out the summer before I started High School. My grandmother took us to see it and it changed my life.
Amy had a similar epiphany with The Muppet movie and even had a stuffed animal Kermit which not only attended our wedding, but sat on the piano for all to see.
The day before our first daughter was born we went and saw the movie Muppets from Space. Not a great movie, but just another example of how I can measure my life by the Muppets. I don't really have much more to add so I'm just going to put this music video of Man or Muppet on to end our time together.
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
J is for Jester

My A to Z Challenge Theme this year is the ABC's of me. Each day in the month of April with the exception of Sundays I will be posting about one aspect of my life that begins with the letter of the day.
It's time for some A to Z catch-up. , I am currently 4 posts behind. The next letter is J so let's get right to it shall we?
H was for Husband of One Amazing Wife
J is for Jester
Saturday, April 5, 2025
Team Saturdazzle: The One Without the Kool Aid

Evangelicalism (/ˌiːvænˈdʒɛlɪkəlɪzəm, ˌɛvæn-, -ən/), evangelical Christianity, or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide, trans-denominational movement within Protestant Christianity that maintains the belief that the essence of the Gospel consists of the doctrine of salvation by grace alone, solely through faith in Jesus's atonement.] Evangelicals believe in the centrality of the conversion or "born again" experience in receiving salvation, in the authority of the Bible as God's revelation to humanity, and in spreading the Christian message.
Wikipedia
I know I wrote more experientially and anecdotally when I wrote about being a Christian on my C post. However if I were to take an academic or explanatory approach it would match pretty close to Wikipedia's entry above. The Wikipedia entry is very similar to the 5 Solas (Latin for alone) the tenet's of the protestant reformation.
They are Grace Alone, Faith Alone, Christ Alone, Glory of God Alone, and Scripture Alone. Evangelicals, in a nutshell, believe in those 5 points and spreading that message as a regular practice of their faith. -
If I had to choose between passions I hope I’d choose the passion mandated in the Bible. Jesus states this passion very succinctly in the book of John ...
12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
John 15:12-13
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
A is for Amateur Parodist

Thursday, March 27, 2025
Baby Yoda and The Music Sub
Midweek Music Break
I said that I would try to get in one more midweek music break before the A - Z challenge starts next month. This is not what I thought I'd be writing about but I'll have to get to those after the challenge.
Today I started my last regular sub-assignment for the school year. The reason why is that I begin a long term assignment the Monday I get back from Spring Break that goes through the end of the year. I popped into Amy's first school in the district today for a 2 day music teacher position. Music classes on our elementary level are part of specials and the student gets 2 30 minute music classes each week. Today I am teach 10 1/2 hour classes and tomorrow I teach 9. At leaast 1/2 of each class the students were given a choice board. which means that on the class smart board are 10-12 choices of short music videos. Each class so far that has had a choice board has chosen this song as one of their selections:
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Equal Groups Multiplication Song | Repeated Addition Using Arrays
Saturday, March 15, 2025
Team Saturdazzle: The One Where I pull something from my draft status and then go from there
One thing I specifically remember from the event that it was in a building that my Orthodontist had been in years before and that the building had one of those old fashioned elevators complete with an elevator operator. Watching that video reminded me of a movie that is currently playing at the theatre I work at. It is called rule breakers based on a true story of Afghanistan girls competing in a FIRST Robotics competition.
Saturday, March 8, 2025
Team Saturdazzle: The One With The Return of Bisquick Man
Monday, March 3, 2025
Cold Topics: President Obama's Message for America's Students
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