When Drag Racing Met Country Music -- Craig with Terri Lynn Schmidt.
Craig von Buseck: Let’s go back to the beginning. You were originally from Dallas, but you came to Nashville to pursue a career in singing. Terri Lynn Schmidt: That’s right – in fact it was right here at Opryland USA. CVB: So, tell me about the early success you had here in Nashville. Terri: I performed in a show called Country Music USA. With Nashville being the heart of country music, our show was hired to perform for large industrial conventions that were held here at the
Cape Henry and the Spiritual Roots of a Nation
It was a warm, clear day in April, 1607, as an Anglican priest named Robert Hunt led a group of English colonists up a windswept dune to where they had erected a rough-hewn cross, carried over from England. The sound of the pounding surf contrasted with the high-pitched calls of the seagulls overhead as the walked through the sands of what they named Cape Henry – after the son of their King James. Lifting his eyes toward heaven, Hunt led them in a providential prayer that wou
Pay-ers, Pray-ers, and Play-ers
There was a time in Christianity when there was a clear divide between the professional clergy and the laity -- the priests and the people. The prevailing paradigm was that the people gave their money in the offering on Sunday, and then the talented and God-ordained ministers did the work of preaching the Gospel. Of course, this idea was utterly unbiblical. The New Testament makes it clear that we are all ministers before God: But you are a chosen generation, a royal priestho
