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John Voelz::::04.20.68. 5'9". 3 kids. 1 wife. Jesus lover. Tamed rebel. Bit of Catholic envy. Artist. Songwriter. Painter. Musician. Pastor. Aggravator. Gigs::::I am the Coriolis:Experience at Westwinds Church www.westwinds.org in the bright lights/ big city of Jackson Michigan. At Westwinds, we value imagination, permission, authenticity and community. What that boils down to in my area of focus is a lot of creativity, a lot of risk, a lot of fun, a lot of artistic expression, and a lot of passion::::I am also the Owner and Producer of Popnovella www.popnovella.com. Popnovella is the home of the Five Minute Thought Grenade--Creative films primarily for use in churches and teaching venues::::I am a songwriter and musician. I have recorded 7 albums to date--the latest came out in December '07--live from Westwinds::::I blog here at www.johnvoelzblog.blogspot.com. Faves, raves, obsessions:::The Beatles; single malt scotch; my iPod; mac; Starbucks; Lost; Foo Fighters; reading; hanging, movies; asking people questions; laughing; concerts; cowboy shirts; jeans; flip-flops; Johnny Depp; U2; people watching; Portland; Jeep; poetry; Nashville; buffalo wings; art; design; blogs; sushi; free stuff, cooking; black and white photos; songwriting; Kravitz; Panera; NYC; road games; oil paint; gourmet food; stenciling/tagging; turtles; Jonatha Brooke; alphabetizing my CD’s; Jeep; Sufjan Stevens; iced coffee; painting; traveling; Diet Mountain Dew; cre:ate; SNL; Rolling Stone (magazine); Chicago; sand dunes; Rolling Stones (band); kids laughing in their sleep; Family Guy; my ride-a-mower; wine; curry; my walk-in closet; Sheryl Crow; Radiohead; VH1; Gibson; Sacramento Kings; pfr; Fountains of Wayne; cheese; SpongeBob; Weight Watchers; art museums; King’s X; M. Night; sleeveless t’s; Head and Shoulders; Tom Petty; Sonicare; doing stuff with my wife and kids! No thanks:::twangy country music; slacks/ties; paperwork; telemarketers; plumbing; CD’s out of their cases; spam (email); spam (mystery meat); extremely hot or cold weather; uni-brows; dumb t-shirts/stickers that say cutesy stuff like; “Lord’s Gym”; lame marquees outside of churches that say pithy grabbers like, “Hot Outside? This Church is Prayer Conditioned;" church labels (emerging, emergent, postmodern, seeker, gen-x, buster, boomer, gen-next, contemporary, and the likes). Education::::I am a graduate of Multnomah Bible College and Seminary in Portland, Oregon and my degrees are in Theology and Public Address (Communication).