The Creator Podcast Drew Forster
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The intersection between The Creator and creatives across the spectrum. Co-hosts Drew Forster and Captain Darell Houseton. One of us is bald.
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S3E21 God is the Author—Jesus Theater 22
Every year, Katie Luse writes a fresh script to introduce children to Jesus at summer camps all over the northeastern U.S. This year, the show is themed around God as the Author. Hear what inspired Katie to follow this structure to tell the Gospel story this summer. Darell and Drew start things off talking about how different the "Bedsheet Jesus" productions they witnessed at camp were from today's polished theatrical presentation. Jesus Theater draws on popular music to connect children to the story of Christ and requires only simple costumes, props and set design.
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S3E20 Bill Rollins Teaching Music to Music Therapy
Our platform glitched on Darell’s recording for the first 25 minutes with no backup. You miss out on his story about Bill teaching him to play a brass instrument, while he was Bill’s pastor at the Boston Kroc Center, and a hilarious recent story about a 12-year-old girl's opinion of Darell's skill playing a horn.
2:00 When did someone first put an instrument in your hands?
9 years old started on baritone, brother (8) started on cornet. They were both taught by Brigadier DaCosta.
6:00 Bill was introduced to Christ and music at the same time.
11:00 Bill received discipleship as well as musical training through The Salvation Army. He talks about key mentors that he had in his life, namely Lt. Colonel William Harvey, Colonel H. Douglas Lowman, Captain (now Commissioner) Jim Knaggs, Corps Sergeant Major Edward Gooding, who some call the Black William Booth
16:00 “My father has never been a part of my life.” -Bill
18:00 Drew and Bill share a heritage of alcoholism and addiction in their families.
22:00 Darell joins the podcast to talk about seeing Darell mentor others and the male mentors he encountered in his journey.
25:00 Bill & Valencia’s move to Boston
30:30 Bill’s second career in music therapy.
32:00 Bill felt he needed more professional education to augment the spiritual authority and wisdom he had.
34:00 How Bill personally felt ministered to, by music, in powerful Spirit-led music.
41:00 Darell asks Bill about his passions outside of music
43:00 “This is what God meant for me. Performing has never been a high passion, it’s always been teaching.”
44:45 Bill talks about who had a passion for music in his family.
46:00 The Pulse
What are you watching?
Stranger Things
Bill’s second cousin, Spike Jordan, had a film debut at this year's Tribeca Film Festival,.
Game Change Game is about the NBA season in the bubble, dealing with COVID and then the racial unrest following the killing of George Floyd.
Listening to
Bill Jessica Williams - Jazz pianist
Drew Reclaimed podcast – ABC News about Emmitt Till and Mamie Till-Mobley
Darell Batman Unburied
Reading
Bill Act Like Men by James McDonald
Battle Cry: Waging and Winning the War Within by Jason Wilson
Drew Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker – 12 children, six of them had schizophrenia
Darell Incident reports – Looking for a book on evangelism for an upcoming evangelism
Turning Everyday Conversations into Gospel Conversations by Jimmy Scroggins, Steve Wright, Bennett Leslee
God saying
Bill Trust my wisdom and my permissive will for some of the challenges you have to go through.
Drew Strategic investments
Darell Justice and mercy
Creating
Darell Night lights and a war hammer
Bill Editing and organizing an elder client’s music for publishing
Drew Sydney’s graduation slideshow -
S3E19 Riley Forster—Live from I-95
On what turned out to be an 11-hour road trip from Boston to DC, Riley and Drew cover a wide range of topics—mechanical engineering, musical theater and her hopes of a career in themed entertainment. Drew tries out his Mr. T impersonation.
Reading
R Eye of the World – Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan
D The Highway Quartet by CJ Box
Listening
R Abba
D Godfellas pod
Watching
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S3E18 Outdoorsy Worship
Brittany Parks discovered her love for the outdoors in Flemington, NJ. Then John Copeland inspired her to pick up a guitar. Today, she is a singer/songwriter/worship leader who loves to inspire others to get outside and increase representation of women of color within guitar worship leading circles. We talked wedge monitors vs. in-ears. This is can't miss stuff. She leads with Unbound, with her ride or die friends, Alexa and Emily, and on her own. You'll have to listen to the episode to find out which situation she likes most.
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S3E17 The Godfellas Crossover—Jesus Christ Superstar
In this special crossover episode, Drew is the guest on the Godfellas Podcast with Zach and Hannah Smith and Mitch Duperree. Godfellas breaks down Christian media from McGee & Me to Veggie Tales to the Last Temptation of Christ. In this episode, we deep dive on the 1973 film version of Jesus Christ Superstar. We had a blast and think you will too!
If you like what you hear, check out Godfellas wherever you get your podcasts or https://reelboyspodcasts.com/godfellas -
S3E16 A Capella Aliens with Hazzan Steven Walvick
Drew's college buddy and fellow member of Out of the Blue talks about his journey as a Cantor and future Rabbi. Hazzan Steven Walvick talks about his role with his congregation at the East Northport Jewish Center.
This episode, The Pulse gets pretty wild. Enjoy the ride!