by Joe | Dec 13, 2019 | Personal Blog, Song Shares
Last weekend was a special one for our family with our son’s baptism at St. Augustine’s. Family and friends welcomed him into the Church, and we had a big party afterwards, with food of which we’re still trying to finish. So, I wasn’t on the...
by Joe | Dec 2, 2019 | Music Ministry, Personal Blog, Song Shares
Today’s the first sunday of Advent. Light the advent candle one. Eleanor’s old enough this year that she’s excited for opening doors to the Advent calendars (one biblical, one chocolate) and asking about the candles being lit. Pretty cool. Anyways,...
by Joe | Jan 17, 2018 | Music Ministry, Personal Blog
Hi! I was just thinking it’d been a little awhile since I shared some thoughts here. Seeing how most of my musical attention is focused on music ministry at my parish of St. Augustine’s, I thought I’d start a series of short reflections on related...
by Joe | Nov 3, 2017 | Personal Blog
See Joe Smile is taking on a whole new look this month. This year marks the first time I will be officially participating in Movember. The requirement to get started is a clean, shaven face. I haven’t shaved my entire face once this decade. There was a short...
by Joe | Aug 29, 2017 | Band News, History, Personal Blog
When Thom said he’d like to celebrate his 30th birthday with a concert, it made sense that we would reunite the full band lineup to play. 30’s a big milestone and deserves some fanfare, and that’s exactly what we provided. It also turned out to be a...
by Joe | Jun 6, 2017 | Album Reviews, Personal Blog
In the early 2000’s, before blogs, Facebook and Instagram became the most important means of personal online expression, there were free websites that would allow a person to make their own website. As long as you knew some basic html, you could work with the...
