Hello and welcome back to the "Church of Christ Celebrities" blog for our second consecutive two-parter! Last time out, we focused primarily on the world of country music, exploring the religious affiliations of country singers Waylon Jennings and Holly Dunn. Today, we'll stay within the music world but move to the genre of rock, investigating … Continue reading 57. Roy Orbison (1936-1988) and Drew Copeland (1968-)
56. Waylon Jennings (1937-2002) and Holly Dunn (1957-2016)
Welcome to a two-for-one special today, as we focus on a couple of country musicians with possible connections to Churches of Christ who have not yet appeared on this blog. (There are still a few out there!) As noted in a recent Christian Chronicle article, there are a large number of country musicians with ties … Continue reading 56. Waylon Jennings (1937-2002) and Holly Dunn (1957-2016)
55. Frances McDormand (1957-)
Welcome back for the March 2021 entry here at "Church of Christ Celebrities"! After trips to the courtroom and the concert hall, we now move to the silver and small screens to spotlight the religious connections of noted actress Frances McDormand (1957-), who was suggested to me as a potential blog topic several months back … Continue reading 55. Frances McDormand (1957-)
54. Tré Cool (1972-)
Hello and welcome to our second entry of 2021 here at the "Church of Christ Celebrities" blog! In case you missed the previous entry on Clarence Darrow, you can find it here. Readers might also be interested in last month's entry on my other blog, which dips into some territory quite similar to what you … Continue reading 54. Tré Cool (1972-)
53. Clarence Darrow (1857-1938)
Hello and welcome back to the "Church of Christ Celebrities" blog for our first post of the new year! Since the blog returned in September 2020, we've featured entries on Hugh Hefner, Lark Mason, Claude Jarman, and Bobby Riggs, spanning a rather wide array of professions and fields. (If you haven't yet checked those posts … Continue reading 53. Clarence Darrow (1857-1938)
52. Bobby Riggs (1918-1995)
As always, hello and welcome back on this third Thursday of the month for our newest installment of the "Church of Christ Celebrities" blog! Since the blog's return back in September, we've gone to the worlds of, err, magazine publishing, antiques appraising, and child acting, and today's post takes into yet another field altogether. Bobby … Continue reading 52. Bobby Riggs (1918-1995)
51. Claude Jarman Jr. (1934-)
Welcome back for the November 2020 installment at the Church of Christ Celebrities blog! This is our third entry since the blog returned in September; the first two posts brought us to the worlds of antique appraising and, err, magazine publishing. Today's entry, in turn, takes us to the theater and more specifically to the … Continue reading 51. Claude Jarman Jr. (1934-)
50. Lark E. Mason Jr. (1954-)
Once again, welcome back for an entry with a nice round number--fifty!--here at the "Church of Christ Celebrities" blog. A month ago, I brought the blog back with a post examining a rumored link between Hugh Hefner and Barton W. Stone. While that link itself was a bust, it was still a productive inquiry all … Continue reading 50. Lark E. Mason Jr. (1954-)
49. Return to Blogging + Hugh Hefner (1926-2017)
Readers, hello and welcome back to the "Church of Christ Celebrities" blog! Quite a bit has happened since my last post back in December 2019, so before I get into today's content, let me first update you on life and my tentative blogging schedule going forward. As many of you know, I recently went through … Continue reading 49. Return to Blogging + Hugh Hefner (1926-2017)
48. Daniel Johnston (1961-2019)
This is it--the final post here at the "Church of Christ Celebrities" blog! While I have admittedly hit the pause button on the project before, I really do intend for this to be the concluding entry--and I think today's topic of conversation, suggested to me by a friend and reader of the blog, is a … Continue reading 48. Daniel Johnston (1961-2019)
