Writer and author, Dragan (Ed) Balog was born in Pancevo, Serbia. He was educated and grew up in Toronto, Canada, where he still resides with his wife, and children. When Disparate Voices Rise in Union, is his third book. Previously he has published: A Gold Sheaf On a Grey Throne (2017, FriesenPress), Cathartic Windows (2008, Epic Press), and other published writings in Canadian, US and European music magazines. In addition, in the 1990s- early 2000s, he was also a musician, writer, and ran North American operations for music label, Black Mark Productions, and founded his own label, Utopian Vision Music.
Messages sent – truthful and rational, or harmful – can be masked under many veils of values, beliefs, or interests, where the hearts and minds of the receivers can become blinded by false promises and questionable paths. Faith and free will can be a unifying force amongst peoples, yet when myst...
