Dead men can jump: shooting for the wrong team
When I was in 7th grade I played basketball for the Buena Vista Demons. One time I got confused. It may have been after half-time and we may have just …
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Review of the Allens’ CD
We had a great trip to Texas. I saw bayous for the first time, we both munched out first fried fish tail, Ellie had her first swim (not in a …
Trouble Won’t Go
This video has lived on Youtube for a while but I’m retroactively posting it here a year later. Video from the house concert featuring us, Ben and Robin Pasley (Enter the …
“Summer” video
Thanks to Michael Dalton for the footage and Tony and Christee V. for hosting the house concert in Woodland Park where this song was captured!
“Too Proud” video with Aaron Strumpel
Recorded at Bongo Billy’s Salida Cafe on March 22, 2008, “Too Proud” was written from Psalm 81 by Aaron and the Thorntons. When we read the words, we thought about …
The snow, “The Silence,” coming home, and growing old
[audio:http://www.theblackthornproject.com/audio/Episode2-SilenceComeHome.mp3] On a snowy day we are reminded of a favorite poem after getting an email from the East coast involving a wedding. Laurie gives a reading of Wendell Berry …
Peru slideshow
>>CLICK ABOVE TO VIEW MY PERU SLIDESHOW<< I was amazed in Peru. To know beautiful people like Narciso, Pepe, Mariela, Juan, Lindorf, Rut, Mike, Chenoa, Lee, Dori, and the rest …
“Hide Myself in You” – Fourth Circle video
Here’s the Enter the Worship Circle video “Hide Myself in You.” The song was written by Aaron Strumpel and Ben Pasley, featuring Laurie (obviously) on vocals. There was a real …
“Trouble Won’t Go” – live video from the session
Here it is, a sneak peak at one of the songs we wrote for Enter the Worship Circle: Fourth Circle on which we are featured artists. Get ready! It’s due …
Welcome to our new blog
This is the place you can look now to find all of our news, poems, pontifications, blurbs, nick nacks, etc. We’ve implemented the blog so we can include media and …