Category: misc

Them Boys from Belton

Flyleaf, a heavy rock quintet from Belton is about to release their national debut album and will begin touring with POD and others this fall.

Pat Seals, bass player, is a former student from UMHB and his dad is an art professor there.

They must have voted for Pedro. Now all their wildest dreams can come true.

Christian music

A friend forward this to me…

It was sent to KLTY FM in Dallas after an exchange between two DJ’s this morning on the radio.

KLTY – this morning, around 8am, the pair of DJ’s had a very disturbing exchange. After playing the remake of “Pride (in the name of love)” by Delirious?, originally written by U2, one DJ asked, “Was that U2?” to which the other responded, “No, that was Delirious?. We only play the good stuff, we don’t play no trash.” This particular DJ then repeated similar statements.
Now, first of all, my memory is not perfect so I do not consider these direct quotes – but I do consider them the direct “gist” of the statements. Second, the DJ’s names’ are not important, but YOURS is, and so is our Lord’s. Regardless of who said this, it is deeply concerning for me as both a Christian and one who appreciates the tremendous impact that U2 has made for the Kingdom of God. Allowing this slander (literally) on the air poses KLTY as self-righteous, and Christians as war-mongers of culture. This adulterates the image of our Lord. Third, if by chance they were “just joking,” then I would encourage such antics off the air, not on the air.
To make a statement like this, on the air, betrays a tragic misunderstanding of U2, specifically, and good music, in general. U2 have made tremendous contributions to the church, and it serves us well to encourage them, and to welcome them to Dallas when they play on Oct 29. They are our brothers, not the enemy.
This is grievous, and sadly irresponsible.
Please, please…let us watch our words carefully.

I still find it interesting when people decide what’s Christian music and what’s not by the person singing it.
U2 received no recognition after their All That You Can’t Leave Behind Album — until a “Christian” band decided to record it (on the same album that Delirious?’s Pride version was recorded on). Once they recorded it, U2 was nominated at the Dove awards for song writer of the year.
And Los Lonely Boys received no recognition for their song Heaven until Salvador recorded a version of it, and now its on Christian stations everywhere.
It’s all so goofy.

Monday Night

It’s 1:19 a.m. CST Tuesday Sept. 27.

My friends B and Sarah were expecting their baby Sydney to be born today, but the doctors said “It wasn’t time.”

I believe they’re planning to go back on Wednesday and they may induce labor, but I’m not sure on all that.

I just returned from Waco with my boys. We had floor tickets to the WWE Raw taping. Not a bad way to watch wrestling at all. It was amusing because three of the men who wrestled tonight have wrestled my friend, Tim Storm, at some point in their career. One of them Russel Simpson, A.K.A. Psycho Simpson, wrestled four of the guys in our group. Not bad.

At dinner aftewards Rob mentioned that he’s been seriously considering going full-time with the CWF. I think it’s a dream everyone’s had since the ministry began in 2000, but everyone’s always hoped that someone with loads of money would come along and drop a load of cash in our hands to let us do it.

We half-joked about the idea this weekend, while in North Carolina, and I thought I was the only one thinking it could be a possibility, but apparently God was laying the idea on Rob’s heart as well.

We discussed the idea somewhat and everyone was in agreement that it is what we want to do, but now it comes down to if its in agreement with what God wants us to do.

So please pray for us as we seek God’s will at this crossroads in our lives and ministry.

We plan to pray about the idea and then schedule a brainstorming meeting sometime in the near future. So again, please support us in prayer and ask God for guidance.

Well, I have a weird headache, that is likly just from the loud music and pyros at the show tonight. I also have three loads of clothes laying on my bed, so rather than just pushing them off onto the floor, I think I’ll just crash right here on my couch.

Take care — and may the peace of God be with you all.

Selling online subscriptions

This is from the Texas Press Association:

Fed up with poor delivery by the United States Postal Service and frustrated with giving away content for free, many community newspapers are adding fee-based electronic-versions to their Web sites.
Nearly 20 percent of the 262 online paid newspapers in Texas have implemented either subscriber e-versions or user registration to gain access to online content.

Now, the Evening Star is a free paper- as is. I think it would be pretty hard to sell online subscriptions to locals, considering they can get the news for free in their yard and on the racks around town.

Belton’s Quincy Daniels

Quincy Daniels in a UMHB Crusader uniform | Photo from UMHB.edu

From the AP:

Good as Belton’s Quincy Daniels has become, he’ll never be Ramonce Taylor.
Which is entirely intentional.
After rushing for 515 yards and nine touchdowns in just two games, Daniels understands why so many reflexively link him to his predecessor. Especially since it was only two season ago that Taylor – now a prominent tailback and kick returner for Texas – carried Belton to the playoffs with similarly staggering numbers.

UPDATE: Quincy went on to play college ball for UMHB. Taylor played a year at the University of Texas and scored a touchdown in the National Championship game his freshman year. Over the summer Taylor was accused of drug abuse and was suspended from the team.

Quincy is about to begin his final season of football at UMHB as he starts on his Masters degree…

Jon Wallin – SID
2/8/2010 9:34:15 AM

Belton, TX – University of Mary Hardin-Baylor running back Quincy Daniels will return for another season with the Cru football team in 2010 the senior from Belton announced on Friday. Daniels will graduate in May, but he has one more year of eligibility remaining after receiving a medical hardship after a knee injury cost him the final 12 games of the 2008 season. Daniels will enroll in graduate school at UMHB and begin work on his Master’s Degree this fall and return for one more season with the Cru.

“In my mind, I was feeling like I was done with football,” Daniels said. “But I thought about it and prayed about and then it became an easy decision. I am at peace with this decision and God has provided for me to continue my education.”

Daniels rushed for 982 yards and 14 touchdowns last season despite missing two full games. He also caught five passes for 78 yards and earned First Team American Southwest Conference All-Conference honors and was a D3football.com Second Team All-South Region selection. Daniels is a three-time ASC Academic All-Conference pick and earned a spot on the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VI First Team.

“He’s the best recruit we’ve gotten all year,” Cru head coach Pete Fredenburg said. “I wanted him to get away from football for a while and really have time to think about his decision and that’s just what he did. He has a great opportunity to continue his education and earn his Master’s Degree and that is just going to help him be more successful in life.”

Daniels has 2,769 career rushing yards and he ranks fourth on the UMHB all-time list in that category. He has 36 rushing touchdowns in his career and is only five rushing TD’s away from tying the UMHB and ASC record of 41 set by Jarvis Thrasher. Daniels also has a receiving touchdown and a kickoff return for a score in his career and he has rolled up 3,259 all-purpose yards.

The Cru went 10-2 last season and earned a share of a fifth straight ASC Championship. UMHB advanced to the NCAA Division III National Championships for the sixth straight season before falling to Linfield College in the Second Round. The Cru has posted a 49-9 overall record in Daniels’ four years on campus, winning four ASC titles and advancing to a pair of National Semifinal games in that time.