Old school rap from Peace and Justice Support Network of Mennonite Church USA en-us http://peace.mennolink.org/cgi-bin/blog/6.cgi Fri, 19 Oct 2007 15:51:39 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Whether it was by God’s grace or sheer luck, I ended up playing drums in the U.S. Army Soldier Show based at Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Georgia. It was an interesting place to be as a conscientious objector, but also to be touring our musical shows in http://peace.mennolink.org/cgi-bin/blog/6.cgi?view=6 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:03:00 GMT http://peace.mennolink.org/cgi-bin/blog/6.cgi?view=6 I often wonder about what we call “God’s grace.” Was it grace that allowed me to get a conscientious objector status when I was drafted into the Army in 1969? Was it grace that kept me for going to Vietnam when I graduated from Advanced Individual Tr http://peace.mennolink.org/cgi-bin/blog/6.cgi?view=5 Thu, 31 May 2007 13:52:00 GMT http://peace.mennolink.org/cgi-bin/blog/6.cgi?view=5 Being in the U.S. Army was a strange place for me to be as a young person from 1969-1971. I completed 6 weeks of basic training at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas and continued there in AIT (Advanced Individual Training). For 12 weeks I was trai http://peace.mennolink.org/cgi-bin/blog/6.cgi?view=4 Tue, 3 Apr 2007 06:34:00 GMT http://peace.mennolink.org/cgi-bin/blog/6.cgi?view=4 I was drafted into the U.S. Army when I was 20 years old in 1969. I had been living the lifestyle of a hippie rock musician and artist in L.A. I knew that I would be ridiculed for my long hair when I was processed in at Fort Ord, California, so I go http://peace.mennolink.org/cgi-bin/blog/6.cgi?view=3 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 17:02:00 GMT http://peace.mennolink.org/cgi-bin/blog/6.cgi?view=3 Yeah, that’s me, a long-haired hippie, playing drums in L.A. at 19 years old. It was 1968 (almost 40 years ago! Man, I’m getting’ old) and I was groovin’ and trippin’ out to the music (to hear samples of my group Beauregard Ajax CD Deaf Priscilla (s http://peace.mennolink.org/cgi-bin/blog/6.cgi?view=2 Sat, 24 Feb 2007 14:45:00 GMT http://peace.mennolink.org/cgi-bin/blog/6.cgi?view=2