My wife, Wendi, and I recently went to The Australian Pink Floyd Show at the Goodyear Theater in Akron, Ohio. The band and the light show were absolutely amazing. Below, you can get a taste of the concert. Until the next full blog post here on Wendi's Weekend Trips & Whatnot, enjoy a little bit of the concert. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCtDQDs7pAg … [Read more...]
Band of Brothers See Dream Theater, Yet Again
Shawn LaDouceur has been a good friend since we met at Daytona Beach Community College, probably in 1988. Though much younger, he has had an impact on me. His influence helped me decide to become a Christian, and he introduced me to my favorite band of all time, Dream Theater. Shawn had been attending Cincinnati Bible College in the 1992-93 academic year, and when he came home in the summer of 1993, one of the first things he did was to play "Pull Me Under" from the first Dream Theater … [Read more...]
Over the Rhine Came to Town, and We Had Church
What more can be said? Over the Rhine came to Wooster, and we had church. Over the Rhine started as a four-member, alternative, indie music group in Cincinnati, and over the past 25 years it has become the husband-and wife duo of Linford Detweiler and Karin Berquist and whoever is touring with them. When they played Wooster United Methodist Church April 20, it was Bradley Meinerding making OtR a trio. This was the first time OtR has been back here since playing The College of Wooster … [Read more...]
Relive Over the Rhine’s Wooster concert
Over the Rhine, Karin Berquist and Linford Detweiler, were joined by Bradley Meinerding Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at Wooster (Ohio) United Methodist Church for the Music and Market concert series. If you missed the concert, you can sort of see it here in this collection of YouTube videos. If you did see the concert, then you can relive it. Here is the setlist. … [Read more...]
Living Without Regrets
In the past couple of weeks, I have been made aware of my own immortality. We are all fragile human beings with no say on when we will be done with our time on earth. This is the reason a relationship with Jesus Christ is so important. But that isn't what I want to share today. A couple of years ago a friend of Bobby's died suddenly. He got sick one day and within a week he had died. At that time, Bobby and I were talking about how quick life can change. From that conversation I wrote the … [Read more...]