12 Years Ago: RIP Rich Mullins

19Sep/090

12 Years Ago: RIP Rich Mullins

Even in the depths of my time away from the church, one man's music sticks out in my memory as having always been there. I was exposed to Rich Mullins' music by a friend on camp staff at Camp Sunnen. I left camp that summer with a cassette tape he had given me, and his music and piano playing still influence my music.

Twelve years ago, Mr. Mullins was taken from our world sooner than many would have wished. I used to like to tell myself that heaven needed his music more than we did.

Almost everything he made from the sale of his music, beyond a small salary, was directed by him back into the work of Christian ministries.

Here's a clip from a song that just happened to come into my mind just this last Tuesday night during Adoration before the Blessed Sacrament. I had forgotten about this being the anniversary of his death, but this song entered my head and I sang it Tuesday night:

Here are a couple more:

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Michael loves his God, wife, 3 sons, family & friends, reading, music, & his garden. He's a music director at Holy Family Catholic Church. By day, he is a Sr. Consultant at Omniture, an Adobe company.

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