Come this Friday, I will be leaving my job with The Salvation Army in Melbourne, Australia, where I have been working as a contemporary music consultant. The job has been challenging, the cultural learning curve steep and, overall, the experience extremely humbling. I would never complain about being able to make music for a living, but if I am honest I was unprepared in moving down under for how much I would miss everything and everyone I left behind. The flip-side is that I have made some amazing new friends and experienced life from a completely different point of view. I left one English-speaking country for another English-speaking country, unaware of just how different the two experiences would be. (more…)
April 10, 2012
The road ahead
Posted by Phil in Family, Music and tagged as family, plans for the future, the future
April 7, 2012
The glory of love
If you were a teen or pre-teen living in the Western world in the 1980s or early 90s, it is unlikely you were able to escape the hit-love-ballad-making-machine that was the band Chicago. After lead singer Peter Cetera left the band in 1986, his first #1 single was a song called “Glory of Love”. (more…)
Posted by Phil in Devotional, Theology and tagged as Christ in you, Easter, glory, glory of love, Good Friday, John 17, love, Matt Papa, nature of God, Paul Baloche, the same love
April 2, 2012
Autism Awareness
April 2nd, is World Autism Awareness Day. In fact, April is Autism Awareness Month. You’ll notice I have a banner in the upper-right-hand corner of my website. It is a personal cause for me, but first here are a few facts about autism…
Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are a group of developmental disabilities that can cause significant social, communication and behavioral challenges. Autism is five times more prevalent in boys than in girls and does not seem to be a respecter of race, ethnicity or socioeconomic status. A recent study shows that about 1 in 88 children in America has been identified with an ASD. That number is significantly higher than a 2002 study which estimated 1 in 150 children. There is much debate over whether the rise is due to an increase in prevalence, improvement in diagnosis, or both. Most people diagnosed with autism live with it their entire lives. No conclusive research has determined its cause, but most scientists agree it is somewhat genetic. (more…)
Posted by Phil in Culture, Current Events and tagged as asd, autism, cdc, healing, miraculous, world autism awareness day
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