About

Fog Cutter | Headache Eliminator | Value Amplifier

Welcome to what clangs around in my head. As a thinker, communicator, and teacher, not all my thoughts and reflections have a platform of expression. This is a place to get them into the light of day where they can become uncluttered, critiqued, and developed into useful ideas.  Some might find the topics here a little eclectic for their tastes. Others might think, “Finally hope! I am not the only one who thinks in such a crazed manner.”  Whatever my thoughts, I will strive to write with a tone of love and respect, even when critiquing,  so that I don’t become another cymbal clanging out meaningless communication in an already noisy world (I Corinthians 13) . Here is a bit more about some things that make my neurons fire more rapidly . . .

Favorites in no particular order

authors who paint with words: Anne Lamont and Colum McCann

soul feeding authors: Thomas Watson and James S. Stewart

writing teacher: Roy Peter Clark

teams: Liverpool FC, Dallas Cowboys, Texas Longhorns, US Olympic

ride: my two runs down Innsbruck Bobsled track

exercise: rowing/erg-rowing/running/swimming/cycling

upscale restaurant: Saint Emilion, Fort Worth

downscale restaurant: Fuzzy Tacos, Baja Mexican/Taco H

rock music you’ve heard of: Ani Difranco, Radiohead, Alanis Morissette, John Butler Trio (previous lineup)

music you might not have heard of: check out good listens section

jazzers: Avishai Cohen Trio

composers: Prokofiev, Shostakovich and other Russians,

classical piece: Sonata for Violin and Piano II: Lento (d.2 trck.2) (A. Copland opens itunes)

futbol players: Luis Suarez, Steven Gerrard, Landon Donovan

guy who needs a beatdown: Pretty Boy Floyd Mayweather

Stats

family: Piper and three kids (girl, boy, girl)

current calling;  Senior Account Manager at Miller Public Relations  and Outsourced Chief Strategy Officer for your business at jordanpfowler consulting  [marketing & biz dev; fog cutter | headache eliminator | value amplifier]

past callings: Pastor of Teaching and Creativity, Pastor of  Creative Communications and worship @NorthWood Church, leader of dropknee  band, founder of The Clinic and worshiptrench.com

other jobs: swimming coach, distance runners coach, quasi-pro triathlete (back when the knees were young), driving range golf ball picker-upper (aka “target”)

preachers: Alistair Begg , James S. Stewart, Louie Giglio,  John Piper

ancient preacher: John Chrysostom

BOBSLED RIDE

Best birthday present ever??? Two runs down the 76 Olympic Innsbruck Bobsled Track with the current #1 Austrian driver Wolfgang Stampfer at 70+ mph. Amazing speed and a huge dream come true. Thanks Piper!