Nobody knows the impact of the seeds we plant.  But we know that perseverance indicates that the seeds planted were probably good ones for the most part.  The Brethren began as a group of guys who met in Campus Crusade for Christ meetings at U of Oregon in the late 80's and 1990 when the band formed.  Sax player James Jones joined up after their first big gig and added a maturity to the group, along with drummer Alfredo Pinto.  Everyone else in the band would be regarded as a baby Christian, and there was a freshness about their music, and just being around them that was like a fresh breath of air to me and others.
    Click to hear the sound of the Brethren on the song "I am not a stranger".  o=o
 Here are the Brethren performing on the 4th of July over Oaks Park in Portland, OR.  As night settle in, it looked more like  this.   Here are some  portraits taken before that gig, which was carried out two years, and by me the following year as I recall.  The band decided to try a new drummer, then another at the very end of their existence in 1992.  Karl quit and was replaced by James the sax player on bass.  But eventually several members, now graduating, decided it was best to call it quits.  Each member and close associate except Pinto and myself have become married.  Each one has a ministry where they are at, and the legend continues in Christ Jesus.
    Click  here to see photos of the tape covers, and one of their outdoor stage gigs for the city of Springfield, and the studio in it's early stages with Doug Oleson sitting at my keyboard talking to sound engineer Dave Dwyer.  Doug was like a piece of a puzzle that just needed to be there sometimes.   After all, who else could get massive lines of people singing "happy birthday" to someone... OVER and OVER again throughout the day at Disneyland, when it isn't their birthday for 3 months!!???  So many fond memories.