tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55900392009-06-22T22:40:49.595-05:00Glenn's Blog- For CURRENT Blogs Please go to www.glennkaiser.comGlenn Kaiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13630890076117149607gkaiser@jpusa.orgBlogger241125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590039.post-84905425474769496912009-06-22T22:37:00.001-05:002009-06-22T22:40:44.582-05:00Glenn Kaiser's Cornerstone 2009 ScheduleTUES. JUNE 31Glenn Kaiser Band Gallery Stage Tuesday 8:35 PM to 9:30 PMTHU. JULY 2Glenn Kaiser & Friends (Acoustic to Electric) P12/Grrr Stage Thursday 10:35 PM to 11:30 PMFRI. JULY 3-Leadership Forum: Friday, noon – 1PM, X4-Short History of the Blues: Friday, 2-3 PM, tent X4-Afterglow Leadership Gathering- Friday, 5PM, X4 (bring yer dinner, informal Glenn Kaiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13630890076117149607gkaiser@jpusa.orgtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590039.post-20061384124617121052009-06-14T15:22:00.002-05:002009-06-14T15:41:26.213-05:00WENDI & I, SHOWS, Etc..We had an EXCELLENT time of celebrating our 37th anniversary together at Cornerstone Farm (it's getting green, beautiful out there, grass mown, birds and fish moving and flowers blooming for the 26th annual Cornerstone Festival coming very soon now) this past week.GKB did a Pekin, IL Assembly of God show right before Wendi and I continued on to C. Farm that night. The time Glenn Kaiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13630890076117149607gkaiser@jpusa.orgtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590039.post-27878126947845096762009-06-03T23:22:00.001-05:002009-06-03T23:25:06.448-05:00GKB SPRING TOUR BLOGAs I've said many times before, meeting solid followers of Jesus in every rural area, small town, large city and in every sort of local church is just so cool!This GKB tour took us from Michigan to Pennsylvania, into New York state and back to Illinois. In each and every stop we had sweet local people putting on the shows/services, kind and receptive audiences and great chats Glenn Kaiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13630890076117149607gkaiser@jpusa.orgtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590039.post-52412663087820789802009-05-26T14:46:00.003-05:002009-05-26T14:55:01.213-05:00Calgary & GKB TourEnjoyed a truly -great- weekend in Calgary, Alberta Canada! Pastor Don and his sweet wife, well, all the pastors and staff at Victory Outreach Center and Victory East Side were just gems and a pleasure to serve with for the weekend.Guitar Church brought me up (see http://www.guitarchurch.com) and Tom and crew were wonderful... saw a lot of folks at all stages of guitar-playing Glenn Kaiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13630890076117149607gkaiser@jpusa.orgtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590039.post-11708323479818567742009-05-03T11:52:00.002-05:002009-05-03T12:05:18.157-05:00PROJECT 12 OUTREACH/TOUR, GKB TOUR, NEW GUITARSo we're about to head for Baton Rouge, New Orleans and then up to Doniphan, MO to do Project 12 band concerts, working on house repairs and such from the hurricanes and then visit our friends at the old lodge JPUSA built in MO. many years ago. Thanks for prayers for safety and God's Spirit to move in each place. You can keep up (pics and blogging Glenn Kaiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13630890076117149607gkaiser@jpusa.orgtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590039.post-49294856330536390072009-04-22T10:49:00.000-05:002009-04-22T10:52:26.395-05:00THE U.S. A CHRISTIAN NATION?With all due respect to Dutch Sheets' recent comments re. President Obama (both of whom I appreciate and am commanded to love and pray for by the way) my response to worries about the slippery slope of government moving us away from being a "Christian nation" is simple: no political leader or group of them somehow causes a nation to be or cease being a truly Glenn Kaiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13630890076117149607gkaiser@jpusa.orgtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590039.post-90182100012174983402009-04-10T13:50:00.000-05:002009-04-10T13:51:16.187-05:00GOOD FRIDAYWhat a day. What a sad, tragic but wonderful day. For Jesus to know me as I am and still love me, sacrifice Himself for me is just plain amazing.And thank God it didn't remain Friday but finally Sunday came around!We know a number of things from the scriptural account of Jesus' death and resurrection- two of them are that the sky was pitch-black dark and in full storm mode at high noonGlenn Kaiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13630890076117149607gkaiser@jpusa.orgtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590039.post-33827107189639183382009-04-03T14:55:00.003-05:002009-04-03T15:05:35.203-05:00MISC. UPDATE STUFF- April 2009Just about off to Waupaca, Wisconsin with Wendi (lots of W's there!) for concert, church services and speaking. Then comes Easter, one of the two most important times of the year for all who follow Jesus. Deep, very deep and wonderful times for us.More touring is on the horizon, you can check the Shows section as there will be updates along and along.Project 12 Glenn Kaiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13630890076117149607gkaiser@jpusa.orgtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590039.post-66730852897973429552009-03-10T21:17:00.002-05:002009-03-10T21:23:54.933-05:00NEW GRANDSON!Wendi and I were blessed for a 3rd time this a.m. -we have 2 incredible grandsons... and here is the newest! His name is Noble, and he, his Mom and Dad are all fine, the entire family rejoicing. God has blessed us again and we are deeply thankful to Him. -GlennGlenn Kaiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13630890076117149607gkaiser@jpusa.orgtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590039.post-55621654207738487242009-03-04T19:49:00.002-06:002009-03-04T19:53:43.565-06:00THE GIFT OF SILENCEWhen I was in my teens and even earlier I loved radios. I always had a few of them, AM and eventually FM as well as shortwave. Well, truth is I still love 'em.I always loved hearing other people's views from overseas and always listened to music then. Like many boomers I listened to music almost non-stop on a little transistor radio that was small enough to put under my pillow Glenn Kaiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13630890076117149607gkaiser@jpusa.orgtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590039.post-1823046914016828802009-03-02T18:13:00.001-06:002009-03-02T18:14:46.751-06:00ANOTHER VID From TORONTO Show...Please scroll down for my comments earlier today about this past weekend and another video in Facebook... but here's yet another one a bro. did and put up on YouTube. Greetings!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mRzb6Gk72s-GlennGlenn Kaiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13630890076117149607gkaiser@jpusa.orgtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590039.post-20528922313902343922009-03-02T13:45:00.002-06:002009-03-02T13:53:08.835-06:00TORONTO, P12 MESSAGEBack home in Chicago. Nothing like sleeping in your own bed :)Thanks for prayers and kind emails, etc.: the TO show with Daniel Band was a blast! Benefited an African missionary, met lots of old and some new friends, Wendi joined me for a couple REZ unplugged tunes (she sure sang/looked purty :) I brought some acoustic blues and it was -excellent- to hear DB rock the joint. Glenn Kaiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13630890076117149607gkaiser@jpusa.orgtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590039.post-36210776034781120452009-02-26T15:10:00.002-06:002009-02-26T15:20:24.455-06:00Feb. 26, '09 UPDATE**Toronto Show**Tomorrow Wendi and I fly to Toronto for a show on Saturday with Daniel Band. You can find the info. here in the Shows section if you're interested. I'll do acoustic blues, Wendi will join me for a couple REZ unplugged songs, DB will do a rockin' set, I'll speak. Home Sun. night.**Webwork**I'm sllllowly working on doing another website but it's totally going slowGlenn Kaiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13630890076117149607gkaiser@jpusa.orgtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590039.post-7225923435782527382009-02-21T01:22:00.003-06:002009-02-21T12:47:44.279-06:00MIND THE ECHOThree short stories and a point:When I was young my guitar-slinger cousin and I were in and out of bands together. It's been a long time so I can't remember if he was offered an endorsement deal or had just bought a huge guitar amplifier, but in any case,he had a monster of an amp and wanted me to help him try it out.He lived in the country and had almost no neighbors. Across the Glenn Kaiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13630890076117149607gkaiser@jpusa.orgtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590039.post-55453677279646767852009-02-18T14:59:00.002-06:002009-02-18T15:06:58.434-06:00GLENN'S FEB. 18, '09 RADIO INTERVIEW AVAILABLE(Mike Rimmer, Tony Cummings at Cross Rhythms Radio, U.K.)Available as per the message below if you missed it live. I just received this info. from the kind CR crew:" Great interview Glenn. It will be on www.crossrhythms.co.uk/listenagain from tomorrow (February 20) Just select 'Rimmerama' for the 18th of February and highlights of the interview will Glenn Kaiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13630890076117149607gkaiser@jpusa.orgtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590039.post-78285857910334834882009-02-18T12:27:00.002-06:002009-02-18T12:29:17.583-06:00U.K./International Radio Interview TodayMike Rimmer and Tony Cummings will be interviewing Glenn about REZ, etc., today at 13:15 (that's 1:15pm Chicago time) on Cross Rhythms Radio. Here's the link if you're interested-http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/radio/Blessings, -GlennGlenn Kaiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13630890076117149607gkaiser@jpusa.orgtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590039.post-65895908744848785972009-02-11T16:27:00.002-06:002009-02-11T16:53:31.585-06:00MISC. STUFFBeen thinking & praying about a number of things of late.CORNERSTONE FESTIVAL- Re. my teaching there this coming summer. I've a few changes/ideas I'm working through and chatting with some folks I trust to help me hear the Lord. I'll post on this soon as we get clarity.Re. music at the Fest, at present it looks like GKB will do set focusing largely on our latest Octane cd, and myself Glenn Kaiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13630890076117149607gkaiser@jpusa.orgtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590039.post-5320856126820167472009-02-06T11:43:00.001-06:002009-02-06T11:45:58.107-06:00COOL NEW MUSIC BLENDSometimes you just gotta groove... loving my friend Brian Grover's meld of blues with central Asian music, live show from Jan. '09 at JPUSA's Garden Room Coffeehouse. Hope you enjoy cuz I sure am!http://www.uskhoomeizhi.org/khoomei/Khadag-Blue/Glenn Kaiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13630890076117149607gkaiser@jpusa.orgtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590039.post-74291753983555660562009-02-04T03:43:00.002-06:002009-02-04T04:00:10.255-06:00EV. COVENANT MIDWINTER MEETING THOUGHTSThis week several of our pastors at JPUSA (myself included) are attending Midwinter meetings that happen annually for our denomination, The Evangelical Covenant Church. It's always a blast to see old friends and make news ones, the teaching and ministry times are often quite deep and challenging, but one of the best parts for me is the continual openness of Glenn Kaiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13630890076117149607gkaiser@jpusa.orgtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590039.post-13914854023525054482009-01-30T18:28:00.002-06:002009-01-30T18:31:23.931-06:00BREAK TIMEA little break for Wendi and myself over Super Bowl weekend... at Cornerstone Farm where the snow and ice and beautiful sun glows! Tomorrow I'll be in the woods a bit and more photos for us. Rest is good... God calls us to it and what a tonic the outdoors is! Grace to you :)-GlennGlenn Kaiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13630890076117149607gkaiser@jpusa.orgtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590039.post-4336280457588567962009-01-19T22:59:00.004-06:002009-01-19T23:50:09.325-06:00LOTS OF STUFFCOMPUTING-So... been enjoying computing more and more. Playing with a load of fresh Linux operating system distros, mostly live ones (boot the cd, play around, boot out and return to your original OS...) In my case, mostly it's DSL Linux on my old junker laptop, which I'm typing on right now. At work, I have a version of PC/OS Linux from last year... a re-do of Ubuntu with a few Glenn Kaiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13630890076117149607gkaiser@jpusa.orgtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590039.post-90406341198453080152009-01-13T16:28:00.002-06:002009-01-13T16:31:29.383-06:00Just Published some 2008 Pics (and perhaps the earliest REZ pub. photo ever) on my Facebook page...Working on some fresh content here... we'll see what I can get done this week. Praying and planning and responding to tour requests as well... thanks for your prayers :)-GlennGlenn Kaiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13630890076117149607gkaiser@jpusa.orgtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590039.post-12134639352647487052008-12-30T21:28:00.002-06:002008-12-30T21:41:48.303-06:00CHRISTMAS VACATION JOURNAL"All Over The Place" writing here-So I don't usually just write, blog as such. And I will rarely write as much as I'm about to here... so you have been warned! I figure if people really cared about things that matter, a lot of the following wouldn't- so why write and publish it? Then again, you may want to get to know me better so here's some journal entry rap for you. Glenn Kaiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13630890076117149607gkaiser@jpusa.orgtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590039.post-58573367423386472192008-12-27T16:13:00.002-06:002008-12-27T16:21:31.341-06:00POST CHRISTMAS / PRE NEW YEARSHA... so we had deep and wonderful Christmas services here in Chicago, both with JPUSA and with our family/extended family. The grandkids were amazing, really fun to watch and I got loads of pics.Wendi and I had and are having a great time both visiting, resting, and today I got a couple of her gifts hung up (created some wall-hangers for our tray tables). Tomorrow Glenn Kaiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13630890076117149607gkaiser@jpusa.orgtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590039.post-38837649657983120882008-12-23T14:50:00.000-06:002008-12-23T14:51:34.615-06:00MERRY CHRISTmas Everyone! Love in Jesus, -GlennGlenn Kaiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13630890076117149607gkaiser@jpusa.org