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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, July 24
ALBUMS
Leanna Crawford Thank God [Provident]
Charles Wesley Godwin Christian Name [Big Loud]
eddieM UnReleased - EP [Syntax]
Ezra Worship Initiative Great and Glorious God EP [NCS]
The Inspirations Songs For Our American Culture [Horizon]
Madison Street Worship Who Is Like The Lord [Pure Mosaic]
Josh Snodgrass Acoustic Worship (independent)
Tyraels Ascension Grave Seeker [Rottweiler]
Jean Watson When I Was Fearless (independent)

SINGLES
ANTHNY Prepare Me - Single [SONY/Provident]
Bill B. Here & Home (ft. Davion Morye) - Single [Syntax]
Joe L Barnes Road Less Traveled (feat. Seph Schlueter) - Single [SONY/Provident]
Beach Chapel Give You The World - Single (independent)
LamonTT Blackshire WORLD CUP - Single [Syntax]
CalledOut Music What A Life - Single [Integrity]
Chris Caro BRICK! - Single [Syntax]
Franni Cash The Real Thing - Single [Capitol CMG]
dex the nerd who loves Jesus Dance Like David (ft. Drea LP) - Single [Syntax]
DOE High Praise - Single [SONY/Provident]
Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors, Ellie Holcomb, NEEDTOBREATHE Promised Land - Single [Magnolia]
Noah Paul Harrison The Lifter Of My Head (Live) [feat. Aubree Archibeck] - Single [Bethel]
Koryn Hawthorne His Favorite - Single [Motown Gospel]
Mat Kearney Fall On Me - Single (independent)
The Kingdom Heirs Jesus Never Met A Sinner (That He Couldn't Save) - Single [Sonlite]
Elle Limebear Give Me Joy - Single [Decca]
Autumn Nelon I'll Find You - Single [Gaither]
Lloyd Nicks Paper-Maché - Single [Wings]
Andy Riemersma Holding Me Down - Single [Dream]
Troy Patterson The Nikes (ft. Mont Pringle) - Single [Syntax]
Troy Patterson Blood & Crypt (ft. Semaj Spitz) - Single [Syntax]
Sabyn Worthy (feat. Callie Twisselman) - Single [Owepar]
Sam's The Hero In the Absence of Applause - Single [Small Step]
Sleeping At Last Echo - Single (independent)
Mackenna Swann Surrender - Single [Rixon]
Tru-Serva and OneStepMoore Don't Knock It (feat. De La Cruz & Xay Hill) - Single (independent)
Colton Vance Feeling Okay - Single (independent)
Joel Vaughn Like God Does - Single (independent)
Tauren Wells What A Miracle Feels Like (Live) [feat. Naomi Raine] - Single [Capitol CMG]
Phil Wickham Everyday Hallelujah - Single [Fair Trade]

Next Friday, July 31
ALBUMS
Pat Barrett, Worship Together Burn in Us [Capitol CMG]
Joseph Habedank The Worship Album [Gaither]
Sower Contrast (independent)
Starflyer 59 Disappointed EP [Velvet Blue]

SINGLES
Hillside Recording Come Back Home - Single (independent)
KNGDM REVIVAL OPEN MY EYES - Single [Dream]
We Are Messengers Room For You - Single [Wings]

VINYL
IONA IONA vinyl box set Vinyl (independent)
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