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For those who may not yet be aware, I’ve been working for the last nine months on a new book about my wife’s recent pregnancy called  PULLING THE GOALIE: MY LESSON IN HOW BABIES ARE MADE…AGAIN. I’ve decided to create some audio files of the first few chapters, and I recently recorded and mixed chapter one. To download the first audio chapter of PULLING THE GOALIE for free, CLICK HERE. Unfortunately, the file is too big to fit on my... Read more

I’m not the kind of guy who experiences God in any mysterious way on a regular basis. I tend to play my faith a little closer to the vest. But once in a while something happens that’s simply hard to explain.   I have a close friend, who I’ll call Randall, who I’ve known since college. Randall is smart, funny, much more outgoing than I, and he was well-connected enough back then to get me into the local bars when... Read more

In case you are interested, I wanted to let you know that my book, LOST: A Search for Meaning, is now available as a Kindle edition on Amazon. For those who may be unfamiliar, Kindle is an e-book system, where you can download the entire book to a portable reader, not unlike MP3s for music, but you still can read it just like a book. This is often a less expensive way to get books, and it also saves trees,... Read more

A November retrospective This year’s ballot should have come with a disclaimer that no one with heart conditions, a propensity for fainting or other weaknesses of disposition should attempt to fill out the three-page behemoth without supervision. Republican Secretary of State Mike Coffman certainly seems to get it though. By trying to block the involvement of thousands of newly registered voters – most of whom are registered as Democrats – les than ninety days out from perhaps the biggest election... Read more

Well, I keep playing, and for osme inexplicable reason, they keep inviting me back. Come down to the Downtown Bar (1st and Main streets) in Pueblo tomorrow night, Tuesday, November 25th for a free show. I’ll play mostly originals and a handful of familiar covers starting at 8:30 or so, and going until 10:30-ish, or until everyone gets tired of listening, whichever comes first. Come chill at the grooviest venue in town and enjoy a mid-week respite before the holiday... Read more

If you’d like to check out a recent radio show where I read a couple of my spoken word pieces, follow this link: http://www.internetvoicesradio.com/Happening.htm Then scroll down to the audio streams of shows and click on the one titled, “November 11 30 Minute Poetry with Dianne Tegarten.” Groovy is as groovy does. Snaps for spoken word, yo. Peace, Christian Read more

How Karl Rove Changed Faith-Based Politics With the growing diversification of our North American population, nearly any way you slice it, previously coveted blocs of voters are becoming increasingly fragmented. There’s no longer such a thing as winning “the black vote,” or “the female vote.” Even as we become increasingly complex in our ethnic makeup, so are the nuances of belief and values within demographic groups. It’s a topical conversation around many tables these days to suppose when the Republican... Read more

Every month in PULP, the alt-monthly publication for which I serve as an editor, I run a Q & A column called “Faith 2.0.” The idea is that people can submit questions about faith, religion and theology, and I’ll at least make an attempt to produce an answer. Following are the questions and my responses for the November issue: Faith 2.0   What’s the difference between an atheist and an agnostic? Though they’re often grouped together, sometimes collectively called “skeptics,”... Read more

If you’re in the Co. Springs / Pueblo area, come on down Saturday night to the Downtown Bar at First and Main streets in Pueblo. It’s a great small venue, and I’ll be doing the first headlining gig I’ve played on a weekend in some time. There will be a warm-up act around 9, and I’ll play around 10 until 11:30 or so. Come hang out, have a tasty beverage and enjoy some groovy tunes. Here’s a link to a... Read more