Larry Van Pelt (9:28:38 AM): hi ho stevereno
Doug Van Pelt (9:29:12 AM): hello
DVP: I thought for my blog today we could interview each other. Whattya think?
LVP: okay
LVP: I'll start with a question --- what is the overall theme of the coming issue of HM?
DVP: Good question. HM in general does not have an overall theme, as we feature articles on bands with albums coming out at the time. What's fun, though, is after an issue is put together, I'll see a "theme" or common thread woven into several different articles. They're unrelated on paper, but sometimes it's as if God is saying similar things through a bunch of different people.
LVP: Does each issue of HM generally have an overriding theme?
DVP: No. We choose bands to cover/interview based on the fact that they have an album coming out. Various writers will interview the different artists and they get turned into me later. Often times I do, and that's been very exciting to see -- because it's something I haven't orchestrated.
DVP: I haven't reached that "llooking back" stage with this next issue yet...
LVP: that's cool -- so you find God's handiwork in the overall work.
That's kind of like my drawing -- I rarely see the "finished" product until the drawing is 'finished'
DVP: Drawings? What drawings are you refering to? How did you get started with those?
LVP: Like the drawing of the weightlifter -- I didn't realize the slight bump in the Jesus image was actually a gritting of the teeth.
LVP: I meant the slight bump in his cheeks
DVP: That's interesting. You have a goal in mind, but the final product can be different than the original "image" in your mind's eye...huh?
LVP: The story of my drawing is on the web sight
LVP: Jesus-With You Always
DVP: I've been there. Hasn't that site rec'd over a million hits or something like that?
LVP: Over 2 million now ... And from all continents (except no responses from Antartica yet)
LVP: Just got an e-mail from India this morning
LVP: The most interesting responses ( I get an e-mail for about every 1000 hits on the site) are from Muslim countries, where the Christians are obviously under difficult stresses.
DVP: That's neat. I'm at the end of the book of Genesis on this blog/devotional right now. What thoughts do you have when you get to the end of this book?
LVP: Genesis is quoted by Jesus more than any other book of the O.T. -- so it really is a foundational book for us
DVP: What are one or two (or three) reasons that make you believe in a "young earth?"
LVP: After many years of study my credo has become: The Bible is Trustworthy" There has been considerable research in the past several years which confirms that premise. Research in nearly all scientific fields has placed considerable doubt on the old age concept. Like the recent RATE study which found helium in "old" rocks where it couldn't possibly exist for milleniums and carbon 14 (which can remain intact for only thousands of years) was found in diamonds! And the studies which show that a world wide flood (Noah) better explains the geology and fossil record
DVP: Wow. What do you think of the recent "Global Warming" scare?
LVP: I'm wary when politicians wrap their causes in 'scientific opinions" -- and basically that's what we have here -- opinions.
DVP: I guess it's time for you to accompany my mom to get her x-rays. Try not to make her laugh too much ... it doesn't make her ribs feel too good. Any last questions for me?
LVP: No questions -- just a recommendation that you stop hugging your mother so tightly until her rib injury heals.
DVP: Okay. Have a blessed day. Thanks for being a part of the rich legacy of Christ's family by influencing your children to follow Him.
Posted by Doug Van Pelt at March 21, 2007 10:21 AM