August 18, 2000       #2 Welcome to our SECOND newsletter...right on time! "Gee whiz, Beav, with this kind of consistency who knows what other triumphs the future may hold?" NEW WEBPAGE The big news here is that our new website is online. You will find us at www.leedomann.com. Wow. It must be real. The letters of the address just turned blue after I typed it. Reminds me of the sardonic comment by Lee's fellow pastor/songwriter/singer/troubadour, Ed Kilbourne, in South Carolina: "I have a website, therefore I am." Anyway, "therefore" you will be able to do a variety of things you couldn't do online before -- such as order the c.d's, cassettes and the Howard Gray video/curriculum. Hint, hint. Sorry, no cups or tee-shirts yet. JUST KIDDING!! Speaking of Howard, Lee spoke with him yesterday and he's feeling better. He has an air conditioner now and can breathe a little easier at night. He suffers from continued complications of cancer, emphysyma, and asthma. He still appreciates your prayers. We have a link on the the webpage called "The Howard Gray Story." It currently is under construction, but will be complete within a week or so. LEE IN FALL ISSUE OF "ALIVE NOW" Lee has a piece published in the September/October issue of ALIVE NOW (bi-monthly publication of The Upper Room). The article is entitled, "Unfinished Business." Lee shares the difficulty he experienced in finding the spiritual and emotional resources to purchase a grave marker for his father after his dad's death in 1989. LEE'S MUSICAL ITINERARY THROUGH SEPTEMBER: (UMC is abbreviation for United Methodist Church) Aug. 19 -- Mountain View UMC, Mountain View, MO 417-934-2155 6:30 pm Aug. 20 -- Forsyth UMC, Forsyth, MO 417-546-5618 8:30/10:30 am and 2:00 pm concert Theodosia UMC, Theodosia, MO 417-273-4312 7:00 pm concert Aug. 27 -- First UMC, Hartselle, AL 256-773-6952 8:30/11:00 am and 6:00 pm concert Sept. 14 - Lee appears on WSM-AM Radio, Nashville. Heard live on www.wsmonline.com midnite to 2:00 am, CST (Thurs. into Fri.) Sept. 17 - Maroa UMC, Maroa, IL 217-794-2209 am worship services Sept. 17 - Roanoke UMC, Roanoke, IL 309-923-7037 pm concert Sept. 23 - Messiah UMC, Springfield, VA 703-569-9862 5:30 worship service Sept. 24 - Messiah UMC, Springfield, VA .......... 8:15, 9:30, 11:00 worship services Sept. 24 - St. Matthew's UMC, Bowie, MD pm concert THIS MONTH'S READING Norma: HENRY MILLER ON WRITING, by Henry Miller THE UNDERTAKING, by Thomas Lynch Lynch is a funeral director, who pays homage to life with compasion for the living, the dying, and the dead. Henry Miller, a writer once banned from print in the U.S., expounds in his own way on the "field of the cloth of gold" that is "brief, ordinary life." Lee: THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, Vol. I, by Edward Gibbon BIG SUR AND THE ORANGES OF HIERONYMOUS BOSCH, by Henry Miller Lee, like Norma, is smitten by the brilliance of Henry Miller. He was a twentieth century Ecclesiastes. In BIG SUR... he relates his experience as a resident of this wonderful part of the world along the coast between Los Angeles and San Francisco. It's a commentary on the life and values of the '40's and '50's in U.S. culture. Miller was an influence on Jack Kerouc, Ken Kesey, and other writers of the "beat generation." THE DECLINE AND FALL.... is surprisingly humorous, as Gibbon, the great 18th century English historian, traces the dynamics of the Roman Empire with wit and insight (insight...ha, is THAT an understatement, or what?) FAVORITE QUOTE OF THE MONTH: "Men are from earth. Women are from earth. Deal with it." Thanks for reading this epistle. Keep in touch, friends.