Their latest release from April 2013 is called “They’re Playing My Song” and in the CD credits all of them gave credit to Jesus Christ first and foremost. Several gospel cuts from that project were added to the Front Porch line up as well as past gospel releases from Joe Mullins and the Radio Ramblers.

Joe was kind enough to call into the station this week and share more about his music. We recorded the conversation and will bring it to you on this Sunday’s program (5.05.13). I hope you will join us!

Just some quick facts about Joe — he is a 25-year radio veteran, the Radio Ramblers was started in 2006, and their new radio release “Some Kind of War” is receiving rave reviews! We will discuss all that with Joe this Sunday, and we’ll take a listen to “Some Kind of War” — a fantastic song about the struggles we all face that people may not realize.

See you on the Front Porch this Sunday from 6:30-8:30 PM EDT!

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Listen to the Front Porch Podcast here:

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We hope you enjoy this performance! Video will be posted later this week, so check back later.

 The very first song we played on Front Porch Bluegrass Revival was “God’s Front Porch” by Lou Reid and Carolina. The song contemplates the thought that heavenly mansions will have front porches very much like those we are familear with now. I like that thought.

Recently, my wife and I made a trip to Dillard, Georgia and snapped the above photo on the porch of the Dillard House restaurant. What a great place to spend an evening enjoying God’s scenery! If this is what we have to look forward to in heaven I’m glad I signed up. (As if spending eternity with Jesus isn’t reason enough).

Front Porch Bluegrass Revival is more than the music. For me it’s been a fun time to visit with the listeners and learn about bluegrass groups that they enjoy and even add them to the playlist. It also gives me a foot in the door to speak with bluegrass groups I come across at various bluegrass festivals around the NewLife FM area.

If you haven’t been to a bluegrass festival, I encourage you to find one near you and go! They can be tons of fun for the whole family. So, again thank you to each and everyone for helping to make this program fun, exciting, and successful for the past 2 years and looking forward to many more!

For this live event, we will be video streaming the performance on our website. Folks will be able to click the video player and watch a live feed from the studio.

Also coming up this weekend (March 24th) we will be playing brand new music from the Marksmen Quartet off of their new 2012 album — This is my crowd. Also we will be playing some new gospel tunes from a new group called American Drive.

Y’all stop by the Front Porch this Sunday from 6:30-8:30 pm!

You can find out more about this local group when you visit them online @ www.bonnieridgebluegrass.weebly.com. And stay tuned for some exciting news! In the near future we will set a date for Bonnie Ridge to join us live on the Front Porch! Bonnie Ridge Bluegrass will perform 3-4 gospel songs for us live in the studio during that appearance.

We are still working out the details, but we hope to have a date set soon. When we do, we’ll let you know and we hope you’ll tell your friends too!

 Big Mama Lump had patches of fur that were pulled out, a rib poking through near her front legs and several other battle scars. She must have staggered onto the front porch in the middle of the night and that is where she would stay for the next several months as she healed. My daughters immediately fell in love with this ugly beast and I had no choice but to adopt it into the family.

“Don’t be afraid of those who want to kill your body; they cannot touch your soul. Fear only God, who can destroy both soul and body in hell. What is the price of two sparrows—one copper coin? But not a single sparrow can fall to the ground without your Father knowing it. And the very hairs on your head are all numbered. So don’t be afraid; you are more valuable to God than a whole flock of sparrows.  –Matthew 10:28-31

Now I know Jesus was talking about sparrows in those verses, but I don’t think it’s much of stretch to think that God also pays attention to cats. He must pay attention to cats, because it was an absolute miracle that this cat recovered. I never took the cat to the vet because I see no use in paying for animal health-care when I can barely afford my own. Low and behold the cat began to regain it’s strength, her wounds healed and her fur grew back. To look at her today, you would never have imagined the mess she was back then.

 It wasn’t long after that, that Big Mama Lump lived up to her name sake and had two kittens on our front porch. Ollie and Mia — as they were affectionately named by my girls. Only Ollie survived and still lives on our front porch with Big Mama Lump.

One of the lessons that Big Mama Lump taught me stems back to the verses in Matthew 10:28-31. We are more valuable than the animals, yet God provides for them. He provided my front porch for Big Mama Lump when she needed a place to recover from the battles of the world. And I can’t help but imagine that He’ll provide for us a “front porch of shelter” for each of us when we need one.

About one year ago our studios began filling with smoke. The fire wasn’t in our building — it was directly across the street from us at Safe house coffee. The acrid smoke was being blown over to our building and distributed through our ventilation. I was forced to leave the studio and join dozens as they watched the fire consume the building.

Fast forward one year, and through the out pouring of support from the community the coffee was able to rebuild the original location. The Friday after Valentine’s day they held their reopening party complete with a live local bluegrass band! Watch the video below to see my daughters enjoying the music…and if you are in Griffin, be sure to get yourself a cup of coffee from Safe house coffee.

Coffee and Bluegrass