Comments on: Listening Party: Rich Mullins

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By: Lori

Lori — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 21:06:15 +0000

I too remember exactly what I was doing and where I was when I heard the news of Rich’s death. I’ll never forget it. The radio played his music all day long. It wasn’t until his death that I looked at his life. He was an instrument God used to make me commit my life to Christ. I think God made me look into Rich’s life to see how a man of today can live for God and still be accepted by so many people, and ultimately some of these people want the confidence, knowledge, and control that Rich had that can only come from the relationship he had with Christ Jesus. Rich’s relationship with Jesus was his life and is what made him who he was. Yes, Rich was different. But I’d love to be his kind of different! There are so many of his songs that mean so much to me. One of my favorites is ‘The Love Of God’. How true and clear a description of God’s love-’The reckless raging fury that they call the love of God.’ Rich was a great poet, songwriter, musician, but he was a man who knew God. After 13 years without him, he is still missed.

By: Carolyn

Carolyn — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 01:00:56 +0000

Enjoyed this blog. The Color Green is my favorite all time song. I don’t ever get tired of it.

By: melanie

melanie — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:44:25 +0000

I went to a Rich Mullins concert having no idea who he was. As I sat and chatted with friends while waiting for the concert to begin, a man with bare feet and wet hair came out on stage and began setting up equipment. I’d assumed he was a roadie.

A few minutes later, he sat down at the piano without a word of introduction and just began to play. I was mesmerized. No polish or shine, just a plain, yet extrodinarily gifted man deeply in love with Jesus.

By: John Pattison

John Pattison — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:35:20 +0000

The collection of columns Rich wrote for Release magazine has been published twice. The first was in a collection called “Home.” This is version I have, but it is now out of print. The second time it was published in a collection called “The World as I Remember It: Through the Eyes of a Ragamuffin.” My understanding is that the content of both books is the same, but the second book includes pictures of Rich taken by Ben Pearson, a brilliant photographer and cinematographer – and one of the filmmakers behind the “Blue Like Jazz” movie.

By: Nathan Bubna

Nathan Bubna — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:25:20 +0000

Wow, has it been twelve years already? I remember where i was when i heard, the weather that day and everything. Mother Theresa and Princess Di died around the same time, but it was Rich’s death that hurt me. His lyrics have shaped my faith (and thus my life) like no other artist before or since, though Andrew Peterson is really working hard to compete there.

Do you have any more info on when that book of his columns is going to come out? I totally want that.

By: James

James — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:22:15 +0000

Sadly, I am one of those who is only familiar with 3 or 4 songs. But that’s because I don’t listen to Christian music in general; nothing about Mullins in particular turned me off.
Still, I have grown to appreciate his walk with Christ in recent years as I have read more about him. You have summed it up nicely above in the “abandon” paragraph.

I just wanted to add that that Frances Chan talks about RM a little in Crazy Love, and all I can say to that is “wow!”

Someone needs to make a movie about the life of Rich Mullins.

By: John Pattison

John Pattison — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:50:15 +0000

My last comment was really bad writing – tenses all over the place. I’m sorry about that.

By: John Pattison

John Pattison — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:49:00 +0000

Mark,

I have read his columns. The collection I have included some quotes from Rich as well as some factoids. Two things that stand out for me from this extra stuff is a quote from Rich where he says that he has a reputation for being outdoorsy but that he didn’t even know how to make a fire. Second, Rich said his favorite book was G.K. Chesterton’s “Orthodoxy.” I went out and bought the book and it went on to become one of my own favorites.