My friend, Mike

Have you heard about the beautiful book, “The Amazing Faith of Texas”? It is a book that came out a few years back that I was very, very honored to […]

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My heart hears the world

Tonight was the Free Laurie Freelove benefit. What a lovely tribute! And how awesome to see Corn and Gretchen and Laurie together on stage again. I hope they consider performing […]

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Please support Art and Z from Artz Ribhouse! Awesome people…

Hey Guys, Art and Z need our help. Zee is in the ICU of an area hospital due to health issues. That, along with the downturn in the economy has […]

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My friend, Marty

a few years ago, my friend, marty, mixed a documentary called “Dear Mr. President”. you can see the trailer here: http://www.dearmrpresidentthemovie.com/ if you read the text below the main page […]

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Next on my reading list!

I just finished reading, “Don’t Sleep: There are Snakes!” and I’m almost done reading “New Moon” by Stephanie Meyers. This sounds amazing. I’m a huge fan of Walter Mosely. Anyone […]

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My friend Livvy’s band, AFTERMATH, is so close to winning!

Hey, All! Check this out…my friend, Livvy, one of the Super Pal Universe kids, has her other band, Aftermath, in a really cool race I mentioned here before back in […]

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In Honor of Barack Obama’s message today, I share this story with you!

From ESPN They played the oddest game in high school football history last month down in Grapevine, Texas. It was Grapevine Faith vs. Gainesville State School and everything about it […]

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What a Glorious Feeling! What a Glorious Day!

This, this day of glorious light! For here, today, the change has come No longer waiting for it to begin…it has begun! The face of change The hope of change […]

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Tips from my good friend, Jim Gentile

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Every New Year’s eve, I write down my new resolutions. Next blog, I’ll share mine. But for the moment, here are some great ones from the king of thinking positive, […]

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Millie

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There are people in life who become instant family. Back in my first college days at East Texas State University, I met Alice French while singing in the bathroom of […]

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Why I’m Riding My Bike 50 miles….

For the children I will be riding in honor of all the children I have ever worked with who had AIDS, starting with the first kids I grew to love […]

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Thank You, Jeff!

http://jeffslittleship.blogspot.com/ I am so spoiled. I still can’t believe how thoughtful human beings can be to one another. Let’s all keep the love flowing and stop the negative, the hurtful, […]

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From the Sara Hickman Yahoo chat group…

Hi All… I copied what I wrote this morning to share here. This is Roger Osborn, great guy and family man, not Roger my brain. Just wanted to clarify which […]

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Victor K. Heyman; Defense Official, Businessman and Folk Music Figure

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vic was a great, great fellow and i won’t be the only one who will miss him very much. please pause for a moment today, put on some of your […]

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Driveway Painting Tests Religious Freedom

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this is so amazing and something we all did in my creativity workshop, albeit we didn’t get a FINE for doing so! geesh. During a family ceremony in May, the […]

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Happy New Year! That means YOU…and You….and, hey! You..overthere!

Most of us miss out on life’s big prizes. The Pulitzer. The Nobel. Oscars. Tonys. Emmys. But we’re all eligible for life’s small pleasures. A pat on the back. A […]

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vic heyman

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i am finding myself between smiles of memories and tears of heartloss at the news of vic heyman in the hospital transitioning between the known and the unknown and i […]

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Some fun quotes from Terri and Tricia

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My friends, Tricia and Terri, sent out a newsletter and at the bottom were these great quotes. I thought I would share them with you, too! Now that I’m posting […]

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Happiness and Tears

Tonight, Lance was on the sofa and I was in the kitchen making tea, when to the tune of “Dradle, Dradle, Dradle…I Made You Out of Clay” he burst into […]

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This Story Always Makes Me Cry with Joy and The Miracle of Faith!

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I can think of many times I have prayed for God to help me with something, and then the miracle occurs. I think, at some point, I need to write […]

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West Side Stories Article

Westside Stories by Forrest Preece Sara Hickman For a lot of people, it’s all about the performance. For the Sara Hickmans of the world, it’s about the content. But she […]

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Odetta has passed away, but her voice, songs and committment to civil rights will endure…

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NEW YORK TIMES By TIM WEINER Published: December 3, 2008 Odetta, the singer whose deep voice wove together the strongest songs of American folk music and the civil rights movement, […]

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Dear People of the World…

My friend, Nahid, had recently sent out an email condeming the violence in India…I copied the letter I wrote to her and changed the address to “People of the World” […]

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