Out of the mouths of babes and convicted felons

A couple of little funny tidbits that I heard in the last several weeks. Both were from the road.

1. We were leaving a church not long ago after singing at a homecoming when my 12 year old son, Ben said he was going to invent a new Baptist flag. I asked him what the flag would have on it. He responded very seriously, "A giant fried chicken leg"
(Homecoming: a service celebrating the anniversary of the establishment of a church where there is great preaching and singing. Afterwards you go and eat yourselves into oblivion due to the great cooks they have in most churches).

2. We were singing at an unusual church not long ago. The church was started by a pastor with great insight and courage. It consists of mostly recovering drug addicts, single parents, paroled convicted felons, etc. We attended a Sunday School class before the service. The pastor lead the class and started with scripture and then turned it over to those attending for comment. One black man wanted to talk about the upcoming presidential election. He started out by saying he was a convicted felon so he had lost his right to vote forever. He added that this didn't bother him too much this year because there was no one to vote for. He also added, "Me being a black man, I would love to see a black man become president. But, if I could vote, I would not vote for Obama Bin Laden"

The Davis Trio

The Davis Trio is the southern gospel group I sing with. It consists of me, my brother (personal spell checker and tenor), and my dad. Me and my brother are the leaders of the group and we let my dad think he is (I can only say that because he is computer illiterate, Bless his heart). We do approx. 70 concerts per year, have 4 CDs out, and will start recording our latest tomorrow. We are weekend warriors. We work full-time jobs through the week and sing 1-3 times per weekend. Gospel music is our calling. God has really used us as His instrument over the years. He has blessed us in so many ways.
Check out our group and soon to be re-constructed website at
The Davis Trio. com

Over time, when I run out of things to write about, this will probably turn into a total Davis Trio blog about our life on the road every weekend.