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
