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While the term "double life" usually has a negative ring to it, some people can be said to live two lives -
without being ashamed of it.
Singer-songwriter and acoustic guitarist Manfred Siebald has been performing in German-speaking Europe and
other continents for the past 40 years. So far he has given more than 2,000 concerts and released 23 CDs
(the last 10 projects produced in Los Angeles). Many of the 300 songs he has written so far have been
called "modern hymns" and are sung in churches throughout Germany. But he has also written thoughtful
ballads that tell the stories of the Bible to a secular audience, satirical accounts of follies found
in church and society, love songs that convert large bills of spiritual truth to the small change of
human love and partnership, and children's songs for kids of all ages. In short, his songs can be called
responses of faith to the promptings of everyday life.
His other life is that of a professor of American Studies at Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany.
Though as an academic teacher and author of three books and numerous articles (in particular on the
intersections between American literature and Christian faith) he has enough on his plate during the week, he
devotes his creative energies, on the weekends, to sharing his faith with a secularized world. And since he
makes a living as a scholar, he can afford to donate all the money earned through his concerts to charities and missions in
Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America. He and his family worship at the Lutheran Church of the Resurrection
in Mainz.
Look up his concert schedule, the available CDs and a brief biography on this site.
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