Wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas! I am also thinking about the Harold Ober family. Harold died Christmas Eve at 8:04 pm. I’m kind of jealous because he actually gets to see Jesus face to face while the rest of us are stuck looking at plastic Baby Jesus’ with light bulbs stuck in its back ...

Modern Day Satire’s freshman release ASTRUM MOS VEHO VOS DOMUM is a innovative and creative arrival from a young Iowa band. My first exposure to this band actually goes back a few years to Northview Middle School. At that time, current MDS lead singer Ryan Lombard was playing in a band made up of 3 of m...

After about 5 years of not owning my own drumset because of space in our condo and just having access to a decent one at church, I own a Taye StudioBirch drumset. The color is a natural to black burst and I’m telling she is a beauty. Not only does she look good, the sound is A-MAZING!! Maybe it’s ...

Well after about 5 years of not owning a drumset, I have ventured into a new world. My first drums were a Cosmic Percussion set that really were great as a beginning set but recent I have gotten an itch to join a band and start playing shows. So…I have worked an agreement with my wife to purchase myself...

Welcome to the new JustinVanRheenen.com. I am trying to get a different look and feel to this site. Also going to be using this as a medium for my drum students and music expeditions. Look back over the next 10 years for new features and stuff… AKPC_IDS += "256,";Popularity: 1% [?]Share/Save

John 1:1-18 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.2 He was in the beginning with God.3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men.5 The light shines in the darkness, and th...

Update from Lake Ann Camp 2009. AKPC_IDS += "242,";Popularity: 1% [?]Share/Save

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Alex and Brett Harris, twin brothers of Joshua Harris (I Kissed Dating Goodbye), pastor of Covenant Life Church (formerly pastored by C.J. Mahaney [The Cross Centered Life]), have called for a REBELUTION! They write: “Most people don’t expect you to understand what we’re going to tell you in...

Well here is my second shot at laying some drums behind some music. Vocals/Acoustic- Arthur Pope Bass- Shawn Wilson Electric- Justin Cato Drums- Justin Van Rheenen site Listen to the 1st, My Cry here Click the play button…please…    Lies of Our Fathers [3:10m]: Play Now | Play in Popup...

Well here is my first shot at laying some drums behind some music. About a month ago a guy started following me on Twitter. I checkout his site and found that he records just acoustic guitar with vocals. So naturally as a drummer his music sounded really bare. I sent him a message through his site to see if I...

Justin Wise, Immersion Director at Hope Lutheran Church in West Des Moines has posted a Christian response to yesterday’s Iowa Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage ban. I think this is a great response and where I am at with this right now. As time moves on, I know that God is going to help me unde...

The David Crowder* Band has started tracking for a new album. I am super pumped. Why? 1. Because I am huge Crowder fan. 2. They say on their myspace page, “I think its going to be pretty great. We are still sort of on the front end of things, but I firmly believe, in my heart of hearts, that this is one...

The Whoredom of Israel Have you ever been called a whore? I know I haven’t. I can’t even recall myself even calling someone a whore. I have heard other people call somebody else a whore. The word itself just has such a horrible connotation anyway! You might as well call someone a bitch and get it ...

Thursday afternoon, one our senior’s past away after an accident at work. Here is the email from our Pastor on the situation: Yesterday we lost one of our most saintly members Cliff Mast. Cliff died in a work-related accident late yesterday afternoon. His three daughters Debbie, Carol and Cindy are in ...

I was just reading boygeniusreport.com and saw that Pandora for Blackberry was released this morning. Check out the article here! One thing that they didn’t say was what phones are being allowed to use it. Here is a list: Bold (AT&T) Curve 8310 (AT&T) Curve 8320 (AT&T) Curve 8330 (Veriz...

@ahhyeah posted this on Twitter and it got me thinking. How much of a box do we have God in? And where has our traditions come from? Would you be comfortable going to a church like this? And if not, why? AKPC_IDS += "178,";Popularity: 1% [?]Share/Save

Wednesday night I closed the lid to my Macbook, left the church and headed home. Never did I think that when I got home and opened the lid was it going to freeze up and I was going to have to hard restart it. But that’s what happened. I have done this before and it always restarts, except this time. I ...

I wonder what is going to come about in 2009. There’s a few things I am interested in. I found out at the beginning of December that my job at the school will not be there for the next year. The Ankeny School District is restructuring some things for the next year and me and my other associate coworker...

Have you seen these books yet? I am currently reading “On Who is God?” These are short books (around 90 pages) and they will be covering a series of topics. Check them out and let me know what you think? AKPC_IDS += "137,";Popularity: 1% [?]Share/Save