Mosie Lister had the good fortune of growing up in a musical home. Very early in life it was evident that he was going to be a man of music. Yet, there was little indication in those early years that he was grow up to be one of the most influential men of Southern Gospel Music
Most all beginning singers are lax in their pronunciation of words when singing. Sometimes it is caused by just plain laziness, and other times it is the outgrowth of colloquialism . That means that we sometimes pronounce words like they are pronounced where we live
Why do I write the things I do? Why am I continually discussing things that, in my view, are wrong about Southern Gospel Music onsidering the fact that I am inherently a positive person? The answer is simple. I honestly believe, with all my heart, that I can make a difference
Many of my close friends know one of my closest mentors was Tiny "Tip Toe Thru the Tulips" Tim. In 1985 he walked into a radio station I worked in at WHKY in Hickory,NC and offered me a job. I turned him down and continued my spiral into drug addiction and depression
I was listening to a new Southern Gospel song on the radio the other day, and I had to shake my head in disbelief. Another well known major label artist has released a brand new song with the same old cliches we've been hearing for years
The older I am, the more I realize my profound reliance on God and His mercy! It is amazing how the younger version of Beverly often felt self reliant and maybe even aspired to be more self sufficient
Mosie Lister once said, "I sweat blood over most of the songs I write. I work hard at making them what I think they ought to be.” Yet, Mosie admits that there are rare exceptions when the songs almost seem to write themselves
According to God’s Word, we are presently no longer slaves to sin and Satan. We are now “more than conquerors through Jesus Christ.” The only way you can be under the devil’s control is if you allow yourself to be under his control
I’m seeing a different kind of “Yours, Mine & Ours”. Couples are drawing very distinct boundary lines within the life that they share. They say they love one another, and yet husbands and wives have begun living completely separate lives
The truth is that you can’t make a career out of headlines. At some point in time I will have to step up to the plate and actually hit the ball…and keep hitting the ball… in order to keep my job in the Big Leagues
The next generation is a viable and important thing but it is not independent of the current generation. In fact, the next generation is a functional and important part of this generation. No generation is exclusive to itself
I know what it is to try to sing through allergies. These problems and the problem of the huge flu outbreak across the country have many singers reaching for the flu medicines and allergy pills to keep from sounding like frogs
