Perhaps I have heard his music but can't place him.  I am going to look for 
his music first chance I get.

Virgie and lady Hoshi
doing business at

www.vunderwood.ktostemtech.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "B Dunse" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 10:53 AM
Subject: Re: What a Rich example


> Virgie,
>
> Yep seemed like a real nice guy. No doubt you've heard his music performed 
> by others. Such songs as Step By Step, My Deliverer, Awesome God, etc.
>
> Brad
>
>
> on 03:27 AM 7/2/2007, VIRGIE UNDERWOOD said:
>
> Hi Brad,
> Thanks for sharing this information with us.  When I get a chance I will 
> look for his music.  He must have been a wonderful person.
>
> Virgie and lady Hoshi
> doing business at
>
> www.vunderwood.ktostemtech.com
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad D" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 4:43 PM
> Subject: What a Rich example
>
>
> I was just scanning through songs randomly and ran across Rich Mullins 
> song
> entitled Boy Like Me Man Like You. What an honest look at Christ from a
> human side... I just love that song. Anyway, I got to thinking about Rich.
> I was just a baby Christian when he was  killed back in 97. I remember
> feeling such a loss, and I  don't even think  I had one of his CDs then,
> but  his sincerety just proceeded his music. In our recent talk on things,
> and how we ought not seek treasure or things in this world, I read this
> article with genuine envy of this man. I've read this before but it still
> speaks so loud to me. Here's a bit on Rich. I wish I would have had the
> opportunity to sit and talk with Rich. I don't know of one Christian
> artist/writer today who lives as such... some I know have places in
> Franklin TN, a fancy higher end of Nashville area, quite a different look
> than Rich's.  The lyrics he sung he took serious for his life. He
> definitely lived the Matthew scripture I posted the other day. Here is the
> text...
>
> The following is taken from an interview of Rich Mullins by Brian Quincy
> Newcomb of CCM Magazine in June of 1992. Ironically, the words to his 
> favorite
> songs say that he wants to "go out like Elijah."
> RM: My favorite song that I've ever written is "Elijah." It was like
> another breakthrough. I wrote it around the time when John Lennon was 
> shot.
> He was
> a big hero of mine, and my great-grandma died about the same time. I began
> thinking about the influence both of those people had on my life, and they 
> were
> dead. These two people would never know the impact they had on me; John
> Lennon I'm sure wouldn't care to know, but my great-grandma, I never got 
> to
> tell
> her. But then I realized I don't have to tell her. She didn't do what she
> did to have some kind of an impact on me, she did what she did because 
> that's
> who she was.
> And I'm going to be dead someday too. That's the first song where I forced
> myself to dig under a lot of the cliches of the Christian faith. I wrote a 
> song
> that said, "You know, someday I'm going to die, and I wanna die good."
> Prior to that I would have tended to write, "Someday I'm going to die and 
> I
> will
> be resurrected," which I also believe.
> Just as Rich talked about the impact of people on his life during that
> interview, hundreds of people today tell how much Rich meant to them:
> Artist Michael W. Smith speaks about his beloved friend: "[His] life and
> music impacted me more than anyone I know," said Smith. "He had the 
> ability to
> take the mundane and make it majestic. Nobody on this planet wrote songs
> like he did, and I feel we've lost one of the only true poets of our 
> industry.
> I love Rich Mullins...and no one will ever know how much I'll miss him."
> Bob Thornton (KTLI Wichita): "Rich used to come into the station quite a
> bit. He had friends who worked here and all of us knew him, so he would 
> drop in
> when he was in town. He would just walk in the lobby and call out to any
> staff that was around, 'Who wants to go to lunch? I haven't got any 
> money!'
> That
> was Rich. He never had any money...
> As I got to know him over the years, it was because he literally gave
> everything away. He really didn't have anything. I've spoken with the lady
> who was
> house-sitting his Navajo reservation home. She went over on Sunday [after
> the accident], and she said 'There's nothing here.' Rich just didn't 
> collect
> things. A few musical instruments, a jacket...
> So, Rich was just really about giving himself 100% of the time and even
> when it came down to something simple like, 'I haven't got any money for
> lunch,'
> it was probably because he had given everything he had to somebody that 
> had
> needed it the day before.
> Rich was passionate about living life to full and enjoying all of God's
> blessings. In several of his writings, he has encouraged readers to take
> the time
> in life to enjoy even the little things, because, everything is from God,
> whether big or small.
> "Like Thoreau, I love to suck the marrow out of the bones of life," Rich
> Mullins has said. "People want to know God's will for them. In one of his 
> most
> explicit statements on the subject, Christ said, 'I come that you might
> have life and have it abundantly.' One day it won't make any difference 
> how
> many
> albums I sold, but I will give account of my life to God. What I think
> He'll be most pleased with is to see that we truly lived, that we were the
> person
> He created us to be."
>
> On September 19, 1997, Rich Mullins met face to face with the "Awesome 
> God"
> he was so desperatly in love with. He was killed in an automobile accident 
> on
> his way to a benefit concert in Kansas. Although Rich Mullins is gone, his
> music and legacy of compassion and service to others lives on today.
>
> Rich Mullins was born on October 21, 1955 in Richmond, Indiana. He began
> playing the piano at age four and gradually became proficient on guitar 
> and
> hammered
> dulcimer, as well. Mullins sang in his high school choir and then went on
> to attend Cincinatti Bible College. While going to college, he worked in 
> the
> youth ministry at a local church. Rich was "discovered" in the summer of
> 1981 when he was touring with Zion Ministries, a group that toured the 
> country
> and led praise & worship meetings at many retreats. Amy Grant began
> recording some of his songs, including "Sing Your Praise to the Lord."
>
> PHOTOS/richmullins-america
>
> Rich released his first solo album, titled Rich Mullins, through Reunion
> Records in 1986. From there he released eight more albums before his 
> death.
> During
> his life, Mullins was nominated for twelve Dove awards. His most famous
> songs include "Awesome God," which in 1989 was voted one of the top three 
> songs
> of the decade by the Christian Research Report, and "Sometimes By Step", 
> in
> addition to eight other number one songs.
>
> Rich Mullins is known for his beautiful lyrics and emotion-filled music,
> but to many people, he was so much more than that. He was a man with a 
> deep
> commitment
> to Christ and a heart for God's people. In 1995, after completing his
> degree, Rich pursued one of his greatest dreams and moved to Tse Bonito,
> New Mexico
> to teach music to children on Indian Reservations. He desperatly wanted to
> bring them the gospel of Christ through music and art and drama. Although 
> he
> was only able to do this for two years, his dream of showing compassion to
> the Navajo nation lives on today. His family and friends founded The 
> Legacy
> Of A Kid Brother Of St. Frank, which has full-time missionaries, interns,
> and volunteers serving the Native American youth.
>
> PHOTOS/richmullins-songs
>
> Since his death in 1997, three (3) more albums have been released by
> Reunion Records:
>
> 1) The Jesus Record - In loving tribute, this double CD features a
> remastered demo tape of 10 songs Rich recorded just days before his tragic
> death. It
> also includes performances of those songs by Rich's Ragamuffin Band,
> Michael W. Smith, Amy Grant, Phil Keaggy, and more.
> www.christianitytoday.com/music
>
>
> 2) Songs 2
>
> Delve deeper into Rich's impressive catalog of songs. This best-of
> collection gives greater insight into the theology of a man whose love for
> Christ was
> boundless. Includes "Where You Are," "The Just Shall Live," "Growing
> Young," "Brother's Keeper," and more. www.christianitytoday.com/music
>
> 3) Rich Mullins: Here in America
>
> After over two years of compiling and assembling a diverse collection of
> rare audio and video masters, Rich Mullins: Here In America came into
> being. Featuring
> a 60-minute audio CD and a full-length DVD, Here In America is a virtual
> scrapbook of sights and sounds that take you beyond the music and into the
> heart
> of one of Christian music's most interesting and intriguing artists.
>
> "Although he died at a relatively young age, Rich Mullins left behind an
> incredible legacy in music. But, more than just music, Rich also left us a 
> vast
> treasury of homespun wisdom culled from the scriptures and a lifelong
> pursuit of God." notes Dean Diehl, sr. vice president/general manager,
> Reunion Records.
> "Here In America preserves both the words and the songs of a man I believe
> was in many ways a prophet for our times."
>
> The audio portion includes live recordings taped between 1984 and 1987,
> during the early days of Rich's career. A highlight of the audio includes
> Rich teaching
> a crowd "Awesome God" for the first time, written just a few days prior.
> Here In America includes original BMG song demos such as "The Lord's
> Prayer" and
> "Never Heard the Music," both of which have never been released and a live
> version of "None Are Stronger," which has not been released before either.
> www.christianitytoday.com/music
>
>
> PHOTOS/richmullins-windsofheaven
>
> Albums:
>
> Here in America (2003)
> Songs 2 (1999)
> The Jesus Record (1998)
> Canticle of the Plains (1997)
> Songs (1996)
> Brother's Keeper (1995)
> A Liturgy, a Legacy, and a Ragamuffin Band (1993)
> The World as Best as I Remember It, Vol. 2 (1992)
> The World as Best as I Remember It, Vol. 1 (1991)
> Never Picture Perfect (1989)
> Winds of Heaven . Stuff of Earth (1988)
> Pictures in the Sky (1987)
> Rich Mullins (1986)