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JFH Former Staff: Mark Rice

  • Name: Mark Rice
  • Former Role(s) At JfH: Review Writer / Podcast Co-host
  • Pets: Ruby the Hungarian Viszla
  • Car: One that gets me from Point A to Point B
  • Education: BS in Mathematics Education
  • Hobbies: Music, Movies, History, Theology, Competitive Sprinting, Physical Activity, Relaxing, Amassing Useless Trivia
  • Pet Peeves: Ever since becoming a teacher, my biggest pet peeve is excuses
  • Thing you MUST Know: Always be really nice to your teachers. They have it harder than you will ever know...
  • Guilty Pleasures: Being nostalgic (usually in the form of animation geared for much younger audiences than my current self)
  • Favorite Sports: Track & Field
  • Favorite TV Shows: "Classic" cartoons or 90's cartoons...
  • Favorite Movie: All-Time = Wall-E. I'm an avid movie watcher, but I greatly prefer movies that have survived the test of time... and Pixar movies...
  • Favorite Actors: All-Time = Jimmy Stewart. Next 5: Humphry Bogart, Cary Grant, Clint Eastwood, Tom Hanks, Charlton Heston
  • Favorite Actresses: All-Time = Audrey Hepburn, Next 5: Ingrid Bergman, Sandra Bullock, Grace Kelly, Katharine Hepburn, Meryl Streep
  • Favorite Books: The 66 that guide my life,The Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce, To Kill A Mockingbird and the Redwall series
  • Favorite Cartoon Characters: Bugs Bunny, Donald Duck, The Warner Brothers (& The Warner Sister), Pinky & The Brain, Tigger, and the Peanuts gang
  • Favorite Bands: All-Time = Steven Curtis Chapman. The rest are here
  • Favorite Live Shows: Is it blasphemous for a music critic to never attend concerts?
  • Favorite Animal: Meerkats (this would definitely be my choice for an exotic pet)
  • Favorite Food: Honeycrisp Apple
  • Favorite Fast Food: I've never seen food race before, so I honestly can't say...
  • Favorite Breakfast Cereal: Honey Nut Cheerios
  • Favorite Drink: Without water, I'd be dead.
  • Favorite Candy: Nerds
  • Little-Known Super Power: An inordinate ability to learn trivia

 


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Music Out This Week


This Friday, August 28
ALBUMS
Anthem Edition Something's Goin' On - EP [Sonlite]
Bill B. Niche [Syntax]
DOE Shiloh [Provident/Sony]
Every Moment Holy: Prayer Songs, 2026 Q3 Anchoring the Heart in Hope (independent)
Noah Paul Harrison Do Not Go Gentle (Live) [Bethel]
I.A.N. I AM NEW [Syntax]
Prevailer Convalescent [Rottweiler]
John Van Deusen As Long As I Am In The Tent of This Body I Will Make A Joyful Noise Pt. 2 [Anotherland]

SINGLES
Elan Brio Made For More - Single [Polished Arrow]
Tim Hughes Make A Way (Live) - Single [Integrity]
Katy Weirich & Jake MacAdam Holy Ground - Single (independent)
Tae Lamar So Alive - Single [Polished Arrow]
John Long Trust In Him - Single (independent)
Adam Michael Pass the Parcel - Single (independent)
m1L, MotionPlus, Alias Molombo Made For More - Single [Polished Arrow]
Mountain People Worship No Lover Like Jesus - Single (independent)
Lexly Nirvana True Story (ft. VerbPro 12:4) - Single [Syntax]
John Pape The Road - Single (independent)
Leslie Perez Waiting For - Single [Gotee]
Matthew Plante KEEP FOCUS! - Single [Dream]
Simply Worship & Sam Daniel Lamb of God - Single (independent)
Ryan Stevenson Eye of the Storm (Anniversary Edition) - Single [Gotee]

Next Wednesday, September 2
SINGLES
Alex Henry Foster Siren's Call - Single [Hopeful Tragedy]

Next Friday, September 4
ALBUMS
Zahna Break or Breakthrough [XOVR]

SINGLES
Beach Chapel Cardiff - Single (independent)
Chandler Letner At a Bar - Single [Dream]
Matthew Plante FAVOUR! - Single [Dream]
Jon Reddick Tell Somebody - Single [Gotee]
Magdalene Rose Do You Want to Be Free? - Single [RockFest]
V1 Worship Still Worthy - Single [Dream]
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