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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 Thursday, May 28, 2026
SINGLES
Stryper I'm Alright, (I'm Okay) - Single [Frontiers]

This Friday, May 29, 2026
ALBUMS
Benjamin William Hastings x Aodhán King Happy To Be Here [Anotherland/Capitol CMG]
Dojo Saints Dojo Saints (independent)
Every Moment Holy: Prayer Songs 2026 Q2 (independent)
Heartbound Lamentations (independent)
Narnia X [Sound Pollution]
Skye Peterson Through Line (independent)
Mike Rogers Mike Rogers [Gaither]
Tenroc God Is A Person [Provident]
Various Artists Rock, Paper, Scissors, METAL: Vol. 4 [JFH Music]
Various Artists To Hell with the Devil - A 40th Anniversary Salute [Roxx]

SINGLES
Abandoned Pools Einstein's Space and Van Gogh's Sky - Single (independent)
Lady Audri IOU - Single [Syntax]
Bill B. The usual - Single [Syntax]
Dex the nerd who loves Jesus Battlefront (Spiritual War) - Single [Syntax]
Gracie Binion & John Wilds Show Me Your Face - Single [BEC]
KNGDM REVIVAL Psalm 44 - Single [Dream]
Hillside Recording Every Morning - Single [Ocean House]
Vic Lucas Joy is Coming - Single [Syntax]
Northview Worship Wildly Faithful - Single [BEC]
Matthew Plante Like You Do - Single [Dream]
Jenna Raine What Would I Say? - Single [Warner]
Saints in Exile Need an Escape - Single [Syntax]
Jordan St. Cyr Every Reason To Bellieve - Single [BEC]

VINYL
Newsboys Take Me To Your Leader (30th Anniversary Edition) [Red] [Girder]

Next Tuesday, June 2, 2026
ALBUMS
John Joseph James God of the Second Chance (independent)

Next Wednesday, June 3, 2026
SINGLES
Life.Church Switch Hunger - Single [Ocean House]

Next Friday, June 5, 2026
ALBUMS
John Allan Live from Anaheim - EP [Centricity]
August Burns Red Season of Surrender [Fearless]
Zach Williams Revival Nights at Red Rocks [Provident]

SINGLES
CAIN Living Water - Single [Provident]
The Emerging Sound, People & Songs Stand on Your Promise - Single [People & Songs]
John Long, Jake MacAdam Jesus is Better - Single [Ocean House]
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