Young Goodman
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Young Goodman, one of San Diego’s newest emerging four-piece alternative rock bands, is blowing out the club scene with its heavy riffs, driving beats, and lyrics that linger with you beyond their shows. Over the past three years, YG’s Midwestern roots have been firmly transplanted into the SoCal sound scene and now their labor is starting to bear fruit.
The violin is really emotional to me and when I saw Alicia Previn play, it moved me. But I had no idea of her back-story—that her father was Andre Previn, and that he had furnished her with the finest tutors since the age of seven. That she played with the London Symphony Orchestra Chorus while stil... MORE>>
People that meet Mark Foreman are always surprised to discover that this backyard philosopher, socially conscious individual, surfer dude is, in fact, a pastor. I’m not sure if this is a compliment to Mark or a dis to pastors in general. Mark reaches beyond the pulpit into the heart of the matter, w... MORE>>
Where I live, in Southern California, shelter is not absolutely necessary to support life. The temperature is rarely over 80 or under 50, it rains a dozen times a year, and the public restrooms are nicer than the luxury apartments in other parts of the world. Some of those other places are so cold tha... MORE>>
I don’t know what a best-selling author is supposed to look like, but Lee Strobel isn’t it. He looks too young, too joyful, too humble, too sober. Yet, I am assured through his testimony that if I had met him when he was the legal editor for the Chicago Tribune, he would have been less humble, les... MORE>>
It was as if everything had a point, and it was up to me to get my Burning Bush decoder ring and figure out the specific hidden message God had for me. I don't do that anymore. I just look for signs of his presence, because I know they are there. He doesn't hide. I am just blind.
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On July 2, 1948, Harvey and Lavina Hoekstra, along with their young family, sailed for remote regions of Africa, with the intent of spreading the Gospel. They arrived in Cairo just in time to experience the city being bombed by Israeli planes. That was the beginning of a lifetime of meaningful adventu... MORE>>
High Desert Church is located where the name implies, in the high desert, in a tumbleweed connection Southern California town called Victorville. Actually, that’s how I had imagined the town, but it too has benefited and suffered from a uniformity that has spread across this nation and beyond, leadi... MORE>>
Growing-up in urban America with documented learning disabilities, self-esteem issues compounded by debilitating stuttering, and enough anger to fuel several school suspensions—the statistics indicate success on any level would be hard to come by. However, for Shawn Harper, giving into the statistic... MORE>>
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