Hi folks! I really appreciate the feedback you've given on ways to make this community better. As you know, I'll be traveling a lot in the next month and a half, and we will still have The Journey, along with some special stuff, and hopefully one or two live streams from Rome or Assisi.
Then, starting in July, I'm going to do a two month weekly series of posts, probably every Wednesday, but they won't be live, so you can watch them whenever - they are short videos I made for a course on the Church in the middle ages, and they feature medieval music (chant) matched with visual images of the art from the same time period. It's fun to put together what medieval Christians were hearing AND seeing in the art from the same time.
Then in the fall, I will begin the series on "Meet The Fathers" (and Mothers) of the Church that was suggested by one of our own.
So... lots of great stuff coming, and as always most of the content here on locals will not be posted publicly on YouTube, so it's just for y'all.
But speaking of YouTube, please keep sharing my YouTube videos on your social media - that helps a lot - thanks! - JP
This was for March 24th, recorded for the Ascension App
Thanks for your patience - here is our next installment of The Journey - it's session # 96, but I'm also calling it PART 1 of a "miniseries" on John chapter 6.
Whoever watches it first, please let me know if it looks good or if there are any problems with it - I get through the first two sections of the text on the feeding of the 5,000.
Enjoy!
I mentioned in The Journey that I wrote a song based on Isaiah 2, which is one of my favorite OT passages:
In days to come, the mountain of the Lord’s house
shall be established as the highest mountain, and raised above the hills.
All nations shall stream toward it. Many peoples shall come and say:
“Come, let us go up to the Lord’s mountain, to the house of the God of Jacob, That he may instruct us in his ways, and we may walk in his paths.” For from Zion shall go forth instruction, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
He shall judge between the nations, and set terms for many peoples.
They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; One nation shall not raise the sword against another, nor shall they train for war again. House of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the Lord!
I hope you like the song!
As I'm going through all my belongings as part of our move, I have come across some audio CDs of my old music, from when I had my band, Remember Rome - if any of you still have a CD player, and you would like me to send you some of what I have, send me the address to send them to at this email address: [email protected]
Some of these CDs are in their original cases, and some were demo samples, but either way, it's all original music written by me, and performed by me and my band back in the late 90s and early 2000s.
I'll be happy to find a good home for these CDs in case you might enjoy them, and because you all have been supporting me (and I haven't produced much content in the last month or so) I'll send you one or more CDs for free. Just give me an address.
Thanks!
Here's the link to the new edition of my Rome book on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Rome-Second-Pilgrims-Guide-Eternal/dp/B0F8TGTWZX
