SteelerDirtFreak :: 21st Century Missional Redneck Geek   A reformational renaissance redneck who likes football, dirt car racing, and photography tries to figure out what it means to follow after the path of Jesus in this post-Christian world we find ourselves in.

The music and ministry of Larry Norman was used mightily by the Lord to reach me and help guide me out of a very dark place many years ago. Today, Larry’s health problems came to an end and he is home with Jesus and doing some serious singing and praising.

Read more about Larry Norman here

And then make sure you watch this video:

I’ll be posting several installments on this, as our Christmas was one of the coolest we have had in a long time.

To put it short and sweet - Deb and I drove to Texas (near Houston) to surprise my Mom for Christmas. She had no idea we were coming and on Christmas morning we showed up on her door step. Yeah, the surprise was excellent! My step-father helped co-ordinate everything and it was probably the perfect Christmas surprise.

But the surprise wasn’t over yet. The day after Christmas my brother and his oldest daughter came down from Chicago. Deb and I picked them up after their flight got in, and when we went back to Mom’s, she was once again surprised speechless!

Over the next few days I’ll be posting photos and stories of our trip.

But for tonight, I’m going to post this youtube video of a 1958 “one-hit wonder” called “Little Space Girl” sung by Jesse Lee Turner. “Why”, you might ask? Because while we were down there, Jesse Lee Turner came over to my Mom’s house and we all had dinner with him. (More on that later) For now, here’s Jesse Lee Turner…

Sometimes even a redneck rocker needs to just mellow out and enjoy good soothing tunes. Dan Fogelberg was one of my top choices for such occasions and back when I was doing the wedding DJ thing, this song was always one of the most requested.

Back in the day, these four groups/artists were very influential in guiding me out of a very dark place. They gave me something to hold on to and provided a light to lead me to the path…

All four of these CD’s are worth listening to and would make great stocking stuffers…