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  David Bailey May 2, 2011 at 3:49pm

  Thanks for sharing your songs Dan about Terri. She is missed greatly.

  Your page is wonderful and inspiring, Go's best to you.
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  Richard A. Lane October 29, 2009 at 5:25pm

  Dan'l Boone Haas, been thinking of you as of late. Look to get up your way soon.
  Full bore sales now in Delaware/Maryland /Pa.
  Be talkin' with ya soon.
  Richard

  http://Pa.Be/
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  Lonnell Johnson October 29, 2009 at 5:24pm

  Dan,
  I tried earlier this evening to “chat” with you when I noted that you and I were both on line simultaneously. I started to converse with you, but I didn’t get a response. I’m trying to leave a comment for you via your page. I wanted to let you know that I just posted a blog called “To the Rescue” in which I also incorporated some YouTube videos. I see that you are an old hand at it, but this is new endeavor for me. I have been able to use them at the end of some of my articles on Examiner.com. Check out the following which have music at the end:
  
  http://www.examiner.com/x-20264-Columbus-Christian-Spirituality-Exa...
  
  This article is the basis for the blog which I just posted. Other articles with music include
  
  http://www.examiner.com/x-20264-Columbus-Christian-Spirituality-Exa...
  
  http://www.examiner.com/x-20264-Columbus-Christian-Spirituality-Exa...
  
  http://www.examiner.com/x-20264-Columbus-Christian-Spirituality-Exa...
  
  http://www.examiner.com/x-20264-Columbus-Christian-Spirituality-Exa...
  
  http://www.examiner.com/x-20264-Columbus-Christian-Spirituality-Exa...
  
  As I am writing these comments to you, I see how I could publish an article on my love for music which I have commented on previously and make reference to this articles which is what it is recommended that I do with each new article that I publish.
  
  Getting back to the purpose of these comments: Take a look at “To the Rescue” the blog that I recently posted. I have incorporated a number of music videos along with commentary and poetry. The original blog included some additional material as well as music videos, including Fontella Bass’ “Rescue Me” and the inimitable Sam and Dave, singing “Hold on! I’m coming”, a version of which you sent me in one of your sample collections of music that you put together for my “spiritual enrichment and enjoyment.” I also had two versions of “I Know Whom I Have Believed.” All of that was too much for one blog, so I concluded it where I did. I thought you might like to know that there was more to come, but I decided not to go “another further, my Brother.”
  
  Take a look and listen at the blog “Rescue Me” and let me know what you think. Also take a look at the articles I’ve posted with music on Examiner.com. What thinkest thou?
  
  It is always a blessing to correspond with you, my musical friend. By the way, I recently taught a humanities course which was actually a film studies class at the University of Phoenix, Columbus Campus, and I shared excerpts from the program that I presented at Shippensburg University when you came over and we met face to face after 25 years or so following our first meeting. I played your rendition of “No Mo Blues,” complete with the closing door. Your song never fails to lift my spirits and make me smile the widest grin as the door closes at the end. What a song!
  
  I got to go, Bro. Just know that I continue to thank God that our lives have intertwined in such a marvelous musical manner.
  
  Always in His Service,
  
  Lonnell
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  Lonnell Johnson August 30, 2009 at 1:49pm

  Dan,
  
  Here is a quick note to keep in touch. A couple of weeks ago, I noticed that Johnnie Ruiz had started a blog on the passing of the renowned guitarist, Les Paul, who passed away at 94. I commented regarding how much one of his songs had meant to me over the years. At the time I was (and continue to be) a writer Examiner.com, an Internet publication, as Christian Spirituality Examiner for Columbus. Since that time I have published a number of articles, including "Les Paul Passes: the World Is Still Waiting. . . " There is a YouTube video of Les Paul and Mary Ford performing "The World is Waiting for the Sunrise." I really think you would appreciate the commentary and the performance. Here is the website:
  
  http://www.examiner.com/x-20264-Columbus-Christian-Spirituality-Exa...
  
  Check it out and let me know what you think. Pass on the word.
  
  Keep plucking away, good friend,
  
  
  Lonnell
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  Lonnell Johnson August 11, 2009 at 7:34am

  Good Brother,
  
  Thanks for your brief comments. It is always a joy to hear from you. I am delighted to know that you are enjoying Stone upon Stone. I look forward to hearing your interpretation of Psalm 23. You know, of course, how much the Psalms mean to me. Today during my time of reflection on my ordination, I recited the First Psalm, the first passage ever committed to memory when I was in the 6th grade and the 27th Psalm, which has long been my favorite, having also committed that to memory a few years later.
  
  I also appreciate your comments regarding ordination as a “special sacrament.” You went on to say that it was “a point where we commence ministry.” Your comment brought to mind that ordination could be considered a kind of “rite of passage” which commences a new period of service expressed in Ephesians 4:11-13 which I also read this morning:
  This is the rendering in the Amplified Bible:
  
  11And His gifts were [varied; He Himself appointed and gave men to us] some to be apostles (special messengers), some prophets (inspired preachers and expounders), some evangelists (preachers of the Gospel, traveling missionaries), some pastors (shepherds of His flock) and teachers.
  
  12His intention was the perfecting and the full equipping of the saints (His consecrated people), [that they should do] the work of ministering toward building up Christ's body (the church),
  
  13[That it might develop] until we all attain oneness in the faith and in the comprehension of the [[a]full and accurate] knowledge of the Son of God, that [we might arrive] at really mature manhood (the completeness of personality which is nothing less than the standard height of Christ's own perfection), the measure of the stature of the fullness of the Christ and the completeness found in Him.
  
  Each rite of passage we go through brings us to a higher level of maturity, ultimately approaching “a perfect man, a measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.” The unfolding phase of metamorphosis, of course, is the ultimate transformation from egg to larva to pupa to adult, the magnificent iridescent butterfly that captivates our attention as it emerges from the chrysalis. Each year at the Franklin Park Conservatory here in Columbus, there is a special exhibit called “Butterflies and Blooms” where you can observe this process and enjoy the colorful display of butterflies from across the world as they float through the varied green terrain. I identify with the butterfly in one of the stanzas from “Waiting in Gilgal” which comes to mind at this point.
  
  Waiting in Gilgal. . .
  
  To be raised from the tomb, released from the cocoon;
  Exhausted, I yearn to escape and touch the sky,
  be freed from these quarters of the butterfly,
  Where to be transformed at last can come none too soon.
  
  Your comments are stimulating as usual, and I always appreciate your insight.I am especially appreciative of your comments with reference to my ministry as a teacher, one who in the words of Henry Van Dyke, “. . . teaches because he loves the teacher's task, and finds his richest prize in eyes that open and in minds that ask.” That’s certainly descriptive of me, my friend.
  
  I cherish our friendship as “fellow laborers” and “shipmates on His Majesty's Fellowship”. Indeed, we are enjoying the journey. Thanks again for the kind words.
  
  Bless,
  
  
  
  Lonnell
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  Lonnell Johnson August 10, 2009 at 6:06pm

  Dan,
  
  Today is the 35th anniversary of my ordination, and I have a special compilation on my Way Corps webpage. Check out the blog "Celebrate with Me."
  
  For all of us, the journey continues. Celebrate with me on my journey.
  
  God bless,
  
  Lonnell Delete Comment
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  Vini Roccosalvo August 6, 2009 at 3:36am

  Hey Dan
  Wow, what an interesting time we've had, right? Those are some beautiful kids all around on your slide show. You have definitely been blessed in that arena, my friend. Glad to see you're doing well and enjoying life.
  
  Don't worry, I still have some glitter between my toes.
  
  Great hearing from you.
  
  Vini
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  Lonnell Johnson April 15, 2009 at 8:01am

  Dan,
  
  Thanks so much for posting the video on my site. I listened to it again, and just couldn't hold back the tears. Oh, the power, the passion of music--the universal connection so magnificently demonstrated by the video. To me, it was a marvelous glimpse of heaven when with these words from my heart I will attempt to convey in some way my gratitude to God for music and so much more:
  
  
  Thank You for the Music
  
  "All deep things are song. It seems somehow the very central
  essence of us, song; as if all the rest were
  but wrappages and hulls!"
  ~Thomas Carlyle
  
  
  
  Day by day melodies overflow and flood my soul
  With lyrics to the touch heart as you inspire them.
  I compose a reprise to play until the day
  I sing my new song in the New Jerusalem
  When all the chords of heaven and earth crescendo
  In praise before the glory of the Lamb of God.
  I shall stand before you and with my eyes I shall see
  The jeweled walls of heaven and the streets of gold
  And the Holy City descending as a bride,
  Adorned in royal splendor to meet her bridegroom.
  I shall celebrate your grace at the wedding feast
  And worship freely in your resplendent presence
  As I join in chorus with the host of heaven
  To thank you for the music and the gift of song.
  
  
  
  
  Thanks Dan, for being you and all that you do.
  
  
  Lonnell
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  Lonnell Johnson April 13, 2009 at 6:12pm

  Dan, My Man, My Main Man, Dan, the Music Man,
  
  A friend just sent me this link to a wonderful rendition of "Stand by Me." As I listened, tears came to my eyes, and your face came to mind, as one who would appreciate this musical endeavor. In the same way that you would share a newfound dessert with a special friend, I trust that this will be a blessing to you.
  
  I also posted the link on the "Curtain Calls" webpage as well.
  
  
  Your friend and brother,
  
  Lonnell
  
  
  
  Below is a link to one of the best pieces of sound engineering work I think I have ever seen. It is a composite audio/video of song whereby additional tracks were laid in by different singers and musicians from different places around the world. The finished product is tremendous!
  
  
  
  The song itself is that classic standard "Stand By Me" originally released in 1955 by The Staple Singers and released again in 1961 by the Drifters. This composite version is a real toe tapper, so turn up the speaker volume and click here:
  
  
  
  http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2539741
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  Tom Carroll March 21, 2009 at 1:58pm

  Hi Dan,
  It's been forever since I came on this site... Yes, I remember those days too. I have some old photos at a Rock of Ages to where a bunch of Suffolk County beliers showed up at the gazebo. I'll have to scan the photos and post them on the site. Too bad we didn't have digital back then. I'll let you know when I post them.
  God Bless you.