Today, Freddie Hubbard passed. About 2 years ago, I got the change to hang out with Slide Hampton for a few days and he had told me at the time tha the had been trying to convince Mr. Hubbard to pick back up with his routine and to start playing again. There had been some recent articles about him playing at a few clubs and I selfishly had been hoping that we would hear another recording but alas, it never happened. He will be missed. Here are the NY Times and LA Times Obituaries.

So Bonnie and I flew into Detroit in a blizzard on Friday. Apparently, snow is not a problem for planes, only thunderstorms are. This would have a nice bit of info to know before they flew us in in one. Upon landing at 12:30 we called my parents who we thought we on their way to pick us up, only to learn that they had turned back after 30 min on the road. Luckily my brother Nick and his girlfriend were stuck about 45 min away and they were able to pick us up. Only it took them about double the time. Here are some pictures of what greeted and of the ensuing blizzard that followed. Oh and by the way, we have 3 more storms coming in the next 5 days, all of them just like this one. WOOT!!!

© Bonnie Van Voorst www.bonnievanvoorst.com

© Bonnie Van Voorst www.bonnievanvoorst.com

My Buddy Tim, a pastor up in Surfside SC, just posted this on his blog. I had to re-post it here! Thanks again Tim!

“The Gospel is Sacrosanct: The Scripture Rainbow

When Christoph Römhild, a Lutheran pastor in Hamburg, Germany, sent Carnegie Mellon Ph.D. student Chris Harrison a list of 63,779 cross-references between the Bible’s 1,189 chapters, the two became enthralled with elegantly showing the interconnected nature of Scripture. Each bar along the horizontal axis represents a chapter, with the length determined by the number of verses. (Books alternate in color between white and light gray.) Colors represent the distance between references. Graphic by Chris Harrison, Carnegie Mellon University.

A friend of mine, and fellow pastor, Mark Upton says, “This visual representation of just how interconnected the Bible is (is just one more) reason I believe in the Divine Inspiration of Scripture. No conspiracy of man made teachings could actually be this tight and coherent.”

The Gospel is indeed Sacrosanct.

By the way…take note that the strand coming down right in the middle is the longest chapter in the Bible - Psalm 119 - which extols the riches of the Word of God.

My comment:

“Tim, this is so incredible. A visual representation is always helpful for me but it also shows the orchestration that is God and that permeates all of his creation. It’s inspiring beyond all other things for a musician to see something so perfect and so rich like this being that this is what I try to do with melodies, ideas, and harmony on a daily basis with music. Thanks so much man!”