He Keeps Me is a devotional journey of revelation and insight birthed out of prayer.Searching the Word of God revealed the many ways that He has kept me and continues to keep me. Each day is an opportunity to recognize that God is mindful of you, eve
No one in this life has ever died from pain, and as difficult as this may sound, pain is what people feel while they are dying.
Background
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Alexander DeMarcus, a dedicated father of four, is a published author of the novels The Corporate Genius and The Whipping Man. Mr. DeMarcus quit he job at Ford Motor Company a few years ago to devote all of his time to writing full time. In addition, Mr. DeMarcus is a former minister of the gospel, and a certified martial arts instructor through Kukki Won, the Tae Kwon Do Federation in Korea. He was also an honor student at Northwood University, where he made the deans list numerous times.
Mr. DeMarcus served twelve years in the US Army field bands, where he sat as lead trumpeter and principle oboist for both the jazz and concert bands, respectively. He spent nine months of his twelve year military career in combat during Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm.
After leaving the military, he took a temporary position as principle trumpeter with the DWSO (Detroit Wind Symphony Orchestra). Mr. DeMarcus is also a musical author, whose musical CD Late Bloomer was published in 2001.
As a performer with over 28 years of entertaining experience, Alexander DeMarcus has had the pleasure of traveling to many countries, most of which were travels to Europe and Asia. As a professional recording artist, Mr. DeMarcus has literally performed around the world, yet at the present, he mainly performs throughout the Midwestern states and locally in the Greater Detroit area.
His CD, which is affectionately entitled, Late Bloomer sold more than 23,000 copies. His CD was published under his stage name Diamond Steele. In addition, Mr. DeMarcus also teaches music theory of both the jazz and classical genres in his spare time, as well as maintaining his membership in the Michigan Musician’s Union.
Birth Place
Detroit, MI USA
Accomplishments
Twenty-five years in the Christian ministry where I was pastor of three churches
Quarter finalist winner of the CreateSpace ABNA new writer’s contest (On Going)
Published author: The Corporate Genius; young adult novel 2009 (Amazon)
Published author: The Whipping Man, murder mystery novel; 2010 PublishAmerica
Published author: Paganini and the Curse of the Trumpet; Inspirational 2010 PublishAmerica
International martial artist
Graduate of School of Music in Nor Folk Virginia
Principal trumpeter (DWSO) Detroit Wind Symphony Orchestra