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Spoken Word Praise

About Me

Spoken Word Praise was officially started in Los Angeles, California in September of 2003 as a poetry ministry. Currently, we tour all over the United States performing original poetry at schools, coffee shops, churches, bars, retirement homes, living rooms, sidewalks, parking lots, camps, retreats, rallies and occasionally on the phone.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 29/05/2005
Band Website: spokenwordpraise.com
Band Members: a poet, the blue ink pen and two mead notebooks.
Influences: Shel Silverstein, Edgar Guest, Helen Steiner Rice, Philip Yancey, Max Lucado, C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkein, J.K. Rowling, Bob the Tomato, Larry the Cucumber, Mr. Lunt, Jr. Asparagus, Grits, KJ 52, Mars Ill, Ill Harmonics, LPG, Sup the Chemist, LA Symphony, Future Shock, Pigeon John, John Reuben, Bobby McFerrin, Acappella, AVB, Take 6, Rockapella, Joe Tomlinson, Eva Tomlinson, Craig Eckstein, Jesus Christ
Sounds Like: Judah Israel, Acoustic Spoken Groove and Bradley Hathaway but not exactly.
Record Label: Spoken Word Praise
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The Energy of Four Brothers

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Posted by on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 18:17:00 GMT

Blog

Hey!  Check out the weekly poem in a new place!  Starting in January, it will replace the weekly poem email!  www.spokenwordpraise.blogspot.com   Jason
Posted by on Sat, 25 Nov 2006 13:42:00 GMT

My New Website!

Dude!  Y'all!  I am so excited!  My new website is up and running!  Check it out!   www.spokenwordpraise.com   Jason
Posted by on Sun, 07 May 2006 12:37:00 GMT

Memphis, Lewisville and Tulsa

What a week I've just had!  On Saturday, March 18, 2006 I took off to Memphis, Tennessee.  That night I stayed with the ever awesome Jon and Miriam Wrye who I hadn't seen in 3 years!  W...
Posted by on Mon, 27 Mar 2006 16:30:00 GMT

Tulsa

Hey!  I didn't think I was going but I'm going!  Come and see me at the same booth with Salient and Shades of Green!  Yeah!   Jason
Posted by on Sat, 18 Mar 2006 09:27:00 GMT

I'm so embarrassed!

To everyone who got weird email yesterday from Spoken Word Praise: I am so sorry!  In the year and a half this has been going out nothing like this has ever happened.  If the problem hadn't ...
Posted by on Wed, 15 Mar 2006 07:52:00 GMT

Salient Rocks

On Thursday night I was priveleged to be able to see a rocking set of one of my favorite bands, Salient, at The End in Nashville, Tennessee!  I can't wait 'til their new LP comes out 'cause the E...
Posted by on Sat, 11 Mar 2006 07:39:00 GMT

Victory In Jesus

More and more I've been thinking about the fact that victory is not something I earn on a moment by moment basis.  Victory is something I reveal on a moment by moment basis.  It's like a hav...
Posted by on Sat, 04 Mar 2006 09:55:00 GMT

New pics and Music

Hey everybody!  Check out the photography by Allen Clark!  Google his name and he'll come up!  The new poem mp3's are off the new cd, Go Down Fighting, coming out in April!  Mark D...
Posted by on Sat, 25 Feb 2006 09:31:00 GMT

Celebrity Endorsement

Last Thursday night I got to go with my wife, her parents and her aunts to see Casting Crowns and Nichole Nordeman!  What a night!  I was already crying in Nichole's set and Casting Crowns o...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Feb 2006 14:31:00 GMT