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Found this song today, I don’t know anything about the singer, but the song blew me away: https://youtu.be/allxx9EzoxU

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GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame Member, CARMAN, Iconic CCM Trailblazer, Dies at Las Vegas Hospital

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (February 16, 2021) - GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame member, CARMAN, passed away Tuesday, February 16, 2021 at a Las Vegas, Nevada hospital, after fighting a series of complications resulting from surgery to repair a hiatal hernia.

Carman Dominic Licciardello, known to fans worldwide as “Carman,” was 65.

Born January 19, 1956 in Trenton, New Jersey, Carman began his musical career playing drums in his mother’s band at the age of 15. Carman holds the world record for having the largest audience to see a single Christian artist. He set the record for the largest concert at Texas Stadium with more than 71,000 fans and led more than 80,000 fans in worship in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Among his many awards, Carman received the House of Hope of Humanitarian Award for his positive influence in the lives of American youth in 2006, other noted recipients of this award include Ronald & Nancy Reagan and Billy Graham. The Gospel Music Association honored Carman with induction into the GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 2018. Billboard named Carman “Contemporary Christian Artist of the Year” in 1992 and 1995, and in 1993, his album, Addicted to Jesus, earned the distinction of Contemporary Christian Album of the Year. Carman was Grammy-nominated multiple times as the Best Pop Contemporary Gospel Artist. His recording, “A Long Time Ago in a Land Called Bethlehem” was nominated for “Album of the Year” by the Recording Academy in 1986.

In 1985, the release of his first #1 song, "The Champion," solidified his place in music history and defined his soul-winning career as one of endurance, grit, dedication, and pure talent. Anyone who knew Carman knows that he counted only this as his greatest lifetime achievement – winning millions of souls to Christ.

Carman was planning to embark on a 60-city tour later this month.

Interview with Todd Moore – Trinity Debt Management Posted with permission: Todd Moore, Trinity Debt Management Developing a Holiday Budget Consumer Spending and the Holidays (Context of Holiday Spending and Concern with Debts)  National Retail…

Life from the Porch Pew 6/19/2020 My wife and I approached the doors at church (building) ready to go in and worship. Over the past few weeks there had been various notices on the door about how the church (body and building) was handling Covid-19. It’s always good to keep folks informed, but this past Sunday morning there was a new notice on the glass door. [ 557 more words ]
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ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK Life from the Porch Pew 6/19/2020 My wife and I approached the doors at church (building) ready to go in and worship. Over the past few weeks there had been various notices on the door about how th…

I hope at least one of you will read this. It isn’t one of my stories or a funny blog but rather a response of “enough is enough”. I’m told I don’t get it, I’m an old, soon to be 60 years old, white guy and I’m out of touch with our country. Am I? I was passively sitting back and watching the events unfold in our country and thought of how quickly we went from the brink of revival, due to fear of Covid-19, as well as, the loss of liberty to gather together in a building called a church to nearly anarchy. [ 977 more words ]
https://lifefromtheporch.wordpress.com/2020/06/05/black-lives-matter/

Black Lives Matter I hope at least one of you will read this. It isn’t one of my stories or a funny blog but rather a response of “enough is enough”.  I’m told I don’t get it, I’m an old, soon to be 60 years old…

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Be still, two words that have to be the hardest to obey when spoken from parents to children or from one’s spouse at any given time. Just thinking about the words, spoken from my Grandmother in a small Baptist church in Hattiesburg, MS, automatically give me the fidgets. In fact as I key this blog I’m overwhelmed with the desire to move my legs, scratch my nose, adjust my glasses and the list goes on. [ 668 more words ]
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Be Still Be still, two words that have to be the hardest to obey when spoken from parents to children or from one’s spouse at any given time. Just thinking about the words, spoken from my Grandmother in a s…

I have a couple of pair of Bluetooth headphones that are made by the same company but slightly different models. One pair emits a small “beep” as the battery is getting low. The other pair simply says “battery low,” not low battery but “battery low.” It overpowers the other audio that might be coming through the headphones to be sure you hear it’s pronouncement that they are about to stop working. [ 836 more words ]
https://lifefromtheporch.wordpress.com/2020/05/01/battery-low/

Battery Low I have a couple of pair of Bluetooth headphones that are made by the same company but slightly different models. One pair emits a small “beep” as the battery is getting low. The other pair simply s…

April 24, 2020 Hi again, you can tell from the title that I’m not exactly sure how this blog will be perceived by you. After all, I’m not a horticulturalist nor have I stayed in a Holiday Inn Express lately. One should begin to surmise that I shouldn’t have been the one called on to trim (read that as butcher) the two Crepe Myrtles in the back yard that stood guard over the patio. [ 1,260 more word ]
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Chainsaws and Crepe Myrtles or the Murder of the Crepe Myrtles April 24, 2020 Hi again, you can tell from the title that I’m not exactly sure how this blog will be perceived by you. After all, I’m not a horticulturalist nor have I stayed in a Holiday Inn Expre…

After Colette and I were married, I held a wide range of jobs; including, pole man for a two man survey team, manager at a Jr. Food Mart, barrel man at Washington Furniture, a janitor at the old Harrisburg Baptist Church, a yard man at B&B Concrete, a “breadman” then later a route sales supervisor for both Tupelo and Corinth offices for Colonial Bread. [ 916 more words ]
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Struggles of a Christ Follower, Part 2 After Colette and I were married, I held a wide range of jobs; including, pole man for a two man survey team, manager at a Jr. Food Mart, barrel man at Washington Furniture, a janitor at the old Ha…

This is a post that I wrote last year, but the message is still one of Hope.
https://lifefromtheporch.wordpress.com/2020/04/13/hope/

Hope What’s important? What makes it important? One can Google “what’s trending?”, and find that most of what’s trending is silly stuff. Visit You Tube (carefully), and as of noon central on August 20, …

Having worked for afr 20 years, I've listened to a lot of songs and some cover songs. https://lifefromtheporch.wordpress.com/2020/04/13/cover-songs/

Cover Songs For those not familiar with what a “cover song” is, it’s when another artists makes their own version from the original. For the most part I’ve always enjoyed the original song and artist combinati…

I collect coffee cups and here's a quick blog about coffee cups friends have sent me. https://lifefromtheporch.wordpress.com/2020/04/13/coffee-cups/

Coffee Cups Let me start by telling you I collect coffee cups. I have cups ranging from AFR to Waffle House. I’ve got an old Morton Salt cup that my wife found in a local thrift store. I’ll stop at garage sale…

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I'll be posting some more blogs today. I hope you will find them encouraging. https://lifefromtheporch.wordpress.com/2020/04/14/baby-daddies/

Baby Daddies Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve likely heard about the Adrian Peterson story. If Mr. Peterson worked at a fish market or a grocery store, this story wouldn’t be national news. In fac…

April 12, 2020 Please note this isn’t meant to be a poor pitiful me story, but rather an attempt to acknowledge my shortcomings and struggles. I’m hopeful it will help me heal as well as bring hope to fellow Christ followers in their struggles. On a side note I started this on Easter Sunday but it’s taken me a while to finish it. [ 824 more words ]
https://lifefromtheporch.wordpress.com/2020/04/14/struggles-of-a-christ-follower/

Struggles of a Christ Follower April 12, 2020 Please note this isn’t meant to be a poor pitiful me story, but rather an attempt to acknowledge my shortcomings and struggles.  I’m hopeful it will help me heal as well as brin…

https://lifefromtheporch.wordpress.com/2020/04/14/bad-salt/

This is one of my favorite posts from the past year, I hope you enjoy it too.

Bad Salt I’ve heard for years the Scripture that speaks about the salt losing its savor (Matthew 5:13), but I never fully understood it until this week. This is the story of my enlightenment. I enjoy one bo…