I recently finished reading a book called "The Rock That Is Higher" by author Madeleine L'Engele, the sub-title of the book is "Story As Truth". I may be repeating myself but for the past few months, perhaps even longer I am becoming or rather becoming re-aware of the concept of great storytelling as a way of communicating truth. Reading people such as George MacDonald, JRR Tolkien, CS Lewis, Stephen Lawhead, Jeffrey Overstreet and most recently Matthew Dickerson has reinvigorated my mind as to the necessity of great storytelling. Now just what does that have to do with producing a twice a week radio show. To me it means everything. It would be oh so simple to just crank out a top twenty countdown program but them I would sound like every other countdown show on the air. My desire is not to do that, I want to create a sonic tapestry that will not only make people stop and think about what they are hearing but will also touch them at the very core of their being. Let me say that you will never ever hear an edited song on my radio program. If an artist feels that it takes twenty or twenty five minutes to tell the story that is on his or her heart, then I have an obligation to that artist to play his or her thoughts in their fullest and not rip it apart. And anyway at my age it gives me time to make a bathroom run. A few years ago the band Glass Hammer released an album entitled "Perilous". It was one sixty plus minute tune, now I didn't play it every show but when it was played it was done in whole and not ripped apart into an edited version. My new years resolution for 2016 is to play nothing but the best music I can offer to my listeners, no brag, just fact!!! Judging from the albums that I have received in the past few weeks 2016 is going to be a banner year for "Rock N Soul Gospel" Check it out!!!