Catherine and I recently attended a special prescreening of a new film, which we highly recommend. Produced by the MGM subsidiary that released the successful movie, "Courageous", a while back, OctoberBaby highlights the sanctity of human life and the value of forgiveness. Check out the trailer and other stuff on their website:
http://OctoberBabyMovie.net
We have released our new Heartbeat music CD and have placed this song and video images onto youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/angelsinoureyesmusic
The CD was premiered in Manteca, California, Catherine's hometown at a fundraising banquet for the Manteca Right to Life Pregnancy Resource Center to obtain ultrasound capability. Because we could not attend, she wrote the following statement to be read at the event.
"In 2007, Raymond Silvia and I performed at the statewide Right to Life Conference in Wilsonville (near Portland), Oregon. It was there that I first saw the tiny feet pins. It struck my heart that those were my baby's tiny feet at the age of 11 weeks when I had my abortion in 1977. Nothing like those pins or ultrasounds were available to me then. If ultrasounds had been available to show the life developing inside me, there was no way I could have done it. I kept telling myself, "If only I had known!" The abortion clinic was so matter of fact. They tell you it's [...]
We have found that our song, "Heartbeat", from the Singing with the Angels CD, has saved the lives of unborn babies. Under the guidance of the directors of two pregnancy resource centers, we are releasing a new version of this song as a single in October. Moreover, you can now listen to or even download the song for free in the Our Music section of this website!
Our newest vocal music CD is due to be released in August. It is a nice mix of retro rock, country, folk, and smooth jazz. "On a Journey" includes songs about the interior and exterior personal journeys that we take through life. The musical arrangements are sometimes more ornate and orchestral than in our previous vocal CDs.
As we drove into Hillsboro today, I was amazed at all the beautiful plants in full and I mean full bloom! Lilacs, rhodies, azaleas, dogwoods. Do the plants know something we don't? I couldn't help but think they were all giving their full glory to God. Now this is mine and Harmonica Ray's take on animals. We feel that they will be our companions in heaven. Or maybe they go to an animal heaven. In Genesis God looked at everything and said it was very good, so why would he want to waste these critters? God made the critters before he made mankind, Genesis 1:24-25. In Isaiah 65 on the day of the Lord the wolf and the lamb will feed together. Another aside about our animal friends that God gave us. We have been told by a friend who distributes our CDs on the coast of Oregon that they are very healing to people and to their pets. We were surprised to hear that the Galilee CD we gave to our wonderful lawn guy (who we will miss because he is retiring) is listened to intently by his cat. He [...]
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