Hey good people of the blog. I wanted to share with the millions of you that read this blog religiously every single day the song that I wrote for The Mentoring Project that I got to perform out in Portland this past weekend. Hope you like it and if not…don’t tell me, I am kinda sensitive!

I am now in the middle of Oregon’s wine country and boy is it a tasty country. Last night I had the great opportunity to perform a short set and the song I wrote for The Mentoring Project (TMP) in downtown Portland. The night was perfect until Don Miller called me up COMPLETELY UNEXPEDTEDLY to share “My story” and connection to fatherlessness and TMP. After I was finished I was grateful to share my story and humbled by the opportunity.

chris

Hey friends, well the Mrs. And I are off to Oregon today. I was contacted by the Belmont Foundation a few months ago (mentoring program created by Donald Miller) and was asked if I would write a song to help promote the organization. After I wrote the song they invited me out to perform at an
event they are doing to kick off promotion of The Mentoring Project.

So, tomorrow night I will be hanging in Portland with Donald Miller and the rest of the gang. I am looking forward to it and will keep you all updated on how it goes!

chris

Hey everyone, I hate to throw my celebrity weight around to promote my own causes but I recently came across a new artist that I just had to share with you. I know that posting this blog to the thousands and thousands… and thousands of connersvine.com readers will instantly launch this guy to Rock Star status and international fame but I think its time for the world to know about him. With great power comes great responsibility.

His name is Mike Smith. I told him he should lengthen in to Michael Smith and maybe even use his middle initial “W” (since it’s worked so well for the current President). Also, it kinda has that Johnny Cougar Mellencamp feel. Smitty, as I like to call him, has that retro 80’s feel to his music which
is so hot right now. Bands like the Killers have tried to imitate his “old-school” synthesizer sound.

The picture above is of his new album. I love his “vintage” look in the cover shot, he is such a risk taker with those colors and shoulder pads.

P.S. Holding the hat across his chest was my idea!

chris

Welcome to the first round of “GUESS THAT DISEASE”!!!

As many of you know already I (Chris) have been struggling with some health issues over the past few weeks. I have spoken to a few different doctors, taken multiple blood tests and have spent countless hours on WebMD and Wikipedia (the latter being the most credible source). Still, no definitive answers of what’s going on with me. So, here is my idea…I am creating a contest I cleverly will refer to as “Guess That Disease”! Below I will list my symptoms and you the reader has the opportunity to guess what’s wrong. I don’t really have any great gifts but I will give an autographed CD to whoever guesses correctly.

Of course I will need to figure out what that is as well.  I will fairly go ahead and let you know what I know for sure it isn’t. I am sure that there are thousands of die hard Connersvine fans that already have a lot of money on this but if you guessed Hepatitis…Ohhh, sorry you are wrong!

Here are the symptoms:
Fatigue
Low Grade Fever
Dizziness
Sharp pain below the Sternum
Liver Enzymes are High
Occasional Back Pain
…bad bathroom experiences (I am just going to leave it at that)
Joint Pain
Uh, I think that’s it…

Let the games begin!
chris