Comments on: A conversation with Larry Norman and a note on his passing… http://www.dougmurren.com/2008/05/14/a-conversation-with-larry-norman-and-a-note-on-his-passing/ Thoughts from the pen of Doug Murren Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:54:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Deacon & Usher http://www.dougmurren.com/2008/05/14/a-conversation-with-larry-norman-and-a-note-on-his-passing/#comment-30633 Thu, 29 May 2008 09:49:32 +0000 http://www.dougmurren.com/2008/05/14/a-conversation-with-larry-norman-and-a-note-on-his-passing/#comment-30633 I met Larry when he played his annual concert at his home church in San Bernardino He may have been a contrarian, but as you say, we need more of them in our present state Deacon & Usher deaconandusher.wordpress.com I met Larry when he played his annual concert at his home church in San Bernardino

He may have been a contrarian, but as you say, we need more of them in our present state

Deacon & Usher

deaconandusher.wordpress.com

]]> by: Kevin Bell http://www.dougmurren.com/2008/05/14/a-conversation-with-larry-norman-and-a-note-on-his-passing/#comment-25074 Fri, 16 May 2008 14:06:38 +0000 http://www.dougmurren.com/2008/05/14/a-conversation-with-larry-norman-and-a-note-on-his-passing/#comment-25074 I too covered Larry Norman songs and still do from time to time. I called him the "father of Christian Rock" long before it became a vogue term. Though I never met him personally, one thing that Larry taught me about Christians is our tendency to forget whose shoulders we stand on to achieve our own ends. Hardly a person who is somehow involved in "Christian music ministry" has ever heard or even acknowledges the sacrifice payed by those who led the way. Randy Matthews (another foundational Jesus rocker) lamented on loosing teeth to malnutrition while looking for venues to play and minister long before there was a Contemporary Christian Music scene. It probably means more to me because I too was given the left foot of fellowship from my long time church and the next one after that for following in the footsteps and performing music that was mild by our standards today. Still, no one with a guitar strapped to their chest can tell me who Larry was, or Mustard Seed Faith or Honeytree. There are people who paid a price for what we take for granted and no one remembers. I am glad I never knew the obnoxious Larry, though I have connections in the music world who did. Randy Stonehill will hardly even admit today that it was Larry who led him to Christ. His impact is far deeper than just what he personally did. That should be a lesson to us all. Sorry for the rant... I heard about Larry's passing the day it happened, grieved, and then mentally hung his picture right there next to Keith Green and Rich Mullins. See you brothers on the other side; hopefully not too soon! Blessings Kevin I too covered Larry Norman songs and still do from time to time. I called him the “father of Christian Rock” long before it became a vogue term. Though I never met him personally, one thing that Larry taught me about Christians is our tendency to forget whose shoulders we stand on to achieve our own ends. Hardly a person who is somehow involved in “Christian music ministry” has ever heard or even acknowledges the sacrifice payed by those who led the way. Randy Matthews (another foundational Jesus rocker) lamented on loosing teeth to malnutrition while looking for venues to play and minister long before there was a Contemporary Christian Music scene.

It probably means more to me because I too was given the left foot of fellowship from my long time church and the next one after that for following in the footsteps and performing music that was mild by our standards today. Still, no one with a guitar strapped to their chest can tell me who Larry was, or Mustard Seed Faith or Honeytree. There are people who paid a price for what we take for granted and no one remembers.

I am glad I never knew the obnoxious Larry, though I have connections in the music world who did. Randy Stonehill will hardly even admit today that it was Larry who led him to Christ. His impact is far deeper than just what he personally did. That should be a lesson to us all.

Sorry for the rant… I heard about Larry’s passing the day it happened, grieved, and then mentally hung his picture right there next to Keith Green and Rich Mullins. See you brothers on the other side; hopefully not too soon!

Blessings
Kevin

]]> by: Pastor Jimmie http://www.dougmurren.com/2008/05/14/a-conversation-with-larry-norman-and-a-note-on-his-passing/#comment-24737 Wed, 14 May 2008 20:28:34 +0000 http://www.dougmurren.com/2008/05/14/a-conversation-with-larry-norman-and-a-note-on-his-passing/#comment-24737 It was not always a great pleasure to know Larry; like his life, the highs were very high and the lows tragically low. I knew a young man who was working for Larry in Salem who often referred to him as a prophet. In getting to know him I saw that that description might have been accurate. He left a legacy for sure; like a lot of prophets he left a lot of debris in his wake. I'm going to miss him anyway. It was a privilege and I'll keep the memories. It was not always a great pleasure to know Larry; like his life, the highs were very high and the lows tragically low. I knew a young man who was working for Larry in Salem who often referred to him as a prophet. In getting to know him I saw that that description might have been accurate.

He left a legacy for sure; like a lot of prophets he left a lot of debris in his wake. I’m going to miss him anyway. It was a privilege and I’ll keep the memories.

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