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Mark Rice


  • Name: Mark Rice
  • Role At JfH: Review Writer / Podcast Co-host
  • Birthday: The Third Day of the Ninth Month in the Ninety-First Year of the Twentieth Century Anno Domini
  • Age: I have enough confidence in your mathematical abilities that you can calculate for yourself if you so desire...
  • E-mail: Staff Contact Form
  • Pets: Ruby the Hungarian Viszla
  • Car: One that gets me from Point A to Point B
  • Education: BS in Mathematics Education
  • Hobbies: Music, Movies, History, Theology, Competitive Sprinting, Physical Activity, Relaxing, Amassing Useless Trivia
  • Pet Peeves: Ever since becoming a teacher, my biggest pet peeve is excuses
  • Thing you MUST Know: Always be really nice to your teachers. They have it harder than you will ever know...
  • Guilty Pleasures: Being nostalgic (usually in the form of animation geared for much younger audiences than my current self)
  • Favorite Sports: Track & Field
  • Favorite TV Shows: "Classic" cartoons or 90's cartoons...
  • Favorite Movie: All-Time = Wall-E. I'm an avid movie watcher, but I greatly prefer movies that have survived the test of time... and Pixar movies...
  • Favorite Actors: All-Time = Jimmy Stewart. Next 5: Humphry Bogart, Cary Grant, Clint Eastwood, Tom Hanks, Charlton Heston
  • Favorite Actresses: All-Time = Audrey Hepburn, Next 5: Ingrid Bergman, Sandra Bullock, Grace Kelly, Katharine Hepburn, Meryl Streep
  • Favorite Books: The 66 that guide my life,The Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce, To Kill A Mockingbird and the Redwall series
  • Favorite Cartoon Characters: Bugs Bunny, Donald Duck, The Warner Brothers (& The Warner Sister), Pinky & The Brain, Tigger, and the Peanuts gang
  • Favorite Bands: All-Time = Steven Curtis Chapman. The rest are here
  • Favorite Live Shows: Is it blasphemous for a music critic to never attend concerts?
  • Favorite Animal: Meerkats (this would definitely be my choice for an exotic pet)
  • Favorite Food: Honeycrisp Apple
  • Favorite Fast Food: I've never seen food race before, so I honestly can't say...
  • Favorite Breakfast Cereal: Honey Nut Cheerios
  • Favorite Drink: Without water, I'd be dead.
  • Favorite Candy: Nerds
  • Little-Known Super Power: An inordinate ability to learn trivia

     

    Mark's Album Reviews
    John Reuben
    Reubonic
    Hip-hop
    4/5
    Chris Sligh
    Mighty Roar / Healing Flood
    Worship / Pop
    3.5/5
    Kerrie Roberts
    Boundless
    Worship / Pop
    2.5/5
    The Digital Age
    Galaxies
    Worship / Pop
    3/5
    Theocracy
    Ghost Ship
    Progressive Power Metal
    5/5
    Remedy Drive
    Hope's Not Giving Up
    Hip Hop
    3.5/5
    Heath McNease
    Who Knows? Who Cares?
    Pop / Rock / Re-imagined
    4.5/5
    Skillet
    Unleashed
    Rock
    3.5/5
    Hillary Scott
    Love Remains
    Acoustic / Country / Pop
    4.5/5
    Adam Young
    RMS Titanic
    Soundtrack
    4/5
    Steven Curtis Chapman
    Worship and Believe
    Worship
    3/5
    Michael W. Smith
    Hymns II: Shine On Us
    Hymns / Worship
    4.5/5
    The Ember Days
    Valitus
    Indie / Alternative / Worship
    4.5/5
    Natalie Grant
    Be One
    Contemporary / Pop
    2.5/5
    Sara Groves
    Floodplain
    Folk / Pop / Acoustic
    4/5
    Andrew Peterson
    The Burning Edge of Dawn
    Folk / Folk Pop
    4.5/5
    Tree63
    Land
    Pop / Rock
    4/5
    The City Harmonic
    We Are
    Melodic Rock / Worship
    3.5/5

     


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    This Thursday, July 25, 2024
    SINGLES
    Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors Burn (feat. Ellie Holcomb) - Single [Tone Tree]

    This Friday, July 26, 2024
    ALBUMS
    Pat Barrett Happily Hidden [Capitol CMG]
    Before There Was Rosalyn Hypocrites EP [The Charon Collective]
    Bloodlines Holiness Cries EP [Facedown]
    The Collingsworth Family Classics & Hymns [Gaither]
    Dex the Nerd Who Loves Jesus Pixelated Virtues Online - EP (independent)
    Danny Gokey Sound of Heaven [Sparrow]
    The Hillbilly Thomists Marigold (independent)
    Kestrel Vessel EP (independent)
    Ken Tamplin Stand Up And Shout (4 CD Box Set) [Girder]
    Swingin Hammers Blood in the Sand EP (independent)
    Thrive Worship Praises & Prayers [Integrity]
    Tyraels Ascension Hell Walker [Rottweiler]
    Phil Wickham The Jesus Way Collection - EP [Fair Trade]
    Thousand Foot Krutch The End Is Where We Begin (Reignited) [The Fuel]
    Young Noah A Positive Sign EP (independent)

    SINGLES
    2 Minute Minor & Dave LeBlanc Golden Calf - Single (independent)
    Tina Boonstra Can People Ever Really Change? (at Old Chapel) - Single [7Core]
    Chad Cory Love Forward - Single [DREAM]
    Dreamers Make A Move - Single [DREAM]
    Fit For A King TECHNIUM - Single [Solid State]
    Keith & Kristyn Getty Scarlet Thread (feat. Zach Williams) - Single [Getty]
    Good Weather Forecast Let's Build A House (feat. Real Life Guys) - Single [DREAM]
    Heal the Hurt RUIN - Single (independent)
    Hyper Fenton Show Me What You’re Working With feat. Peabod - Single (independent)
    Lauren, Amber & Kenna Every Praise - Single [Horizon]
    Claire Leslie Original - Single [Capitol CMG]
    Mission House Faith More Precious Than Gold, Everything In Your Hands + Suscipe - Triple Single [Integrity]
    MotionPlus Kings Grace - Single (independent)
    OM53 Letting Go of Yesterday - Single (independent)
    The Riverside Blade of the King’s Tongue - Single (independent)
    Sean Rodriguez Jesus Will - Single [WieRok]
    Sidewalk Prophets Come To Jesus - Single [Curb]
    Souljornerz The Lamb - Single [Polished Arrow]
    The Spirituals Be Thou My Vision - Single [Integrity]
    Uche Agu, Revival Today Worship The Whole Earth Will See (A.K.A America Will See) - Single [DREAM]
    Verses Philippians 2:5-11 (feat. The Sing Team) - Single (independent)
    Village KNG Turn'E Up (ft. Monty G) - Single [Soldier Sound]
    We Are Messengers God Be The Glory (Remix) [feat. KB] - Single [Curb]

    VINYL
    Disciple By God Vinyl [Girder]
    Disciple What Was I Thinking? Vinyl [Girder]
    Element 101 Stereo Girl Vinyl [Burnt Toast Vinyl]

    Next Friday, August 2, 2024
    ALBUMS
    Anberlin Vega [Equal Vision]
    Brandon Heath The Ache [Centricity]
    Chandler Moore Live in Los Angeles [Tribl]
    Rock Springs Worship Hymns Vol. 2 [StowTown]

    SINGLES
    AWZY Shadow - Single [DREAM]
    FYR FYTR, Make Sure I Took the World on My Shoulders - Single (independent)
    Mainstream Worship, Melanie Rivera Praise You - Single [DREAM]
    Ian Yates My World Is On Fire - Single [7Core]

    VINYL
    Anberlin Vega [Equal Vision]



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