Christmas Time is Here
I love Christmas time. I don't know many people that don't love it, but I'm in the top 5% for sure. Case in point, I've had Christmas music playing nearly 24/7 since the first of October. Imagine the looks I get as I pull up to the drive-thru window with Christmas songs blasting three weeks before Halloween. So, yeah I'm a fan.
Worship in the Midst of Trial (or car trouble)
Written by Worship AdministratorWorship in the Midst of Trial (or car trouble)
Ever heard the phrase, "Sacrifice of Praise?" The psalms say "let everything that has breath praise the Lord." How about this; "Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise – the fruit of lips that confess His name,” (Heb 13:15)?
the untangling of all of my hurts, worries, emotions, and human aspirations before an ever-merciful God who bids me to simply come and spend time in His awesome Presence.
It's no secret to anyone that knows me, I'm a huge Third Day fan. In 1998, I had the opportunity to work as a green room assistant at one of their concerts and was hooked from there on out. Not only did I love their music, but they were all around great guys, too.
I love and hate new music. Maybe not for the reasons you might think. Love it because it's exciting to see what people are doing with all the new tools and gadgets out there (see youtube and the iPhone worship team). Hate it because I want to learn and perform everything out there!
I was looking through our set list archives and was really struck with a bit of guilt for a few minutes. I thought to myself, "man we play a lot of songs over and over." Looking at it in the harsh digital typeface, I started to panic and immediately started researching the newest songs and worrying about how we're going to learn 30 new songs in a month and... and... and....
One of my team members and I were discussing the upcoming visit of one of my favorite songwriters, Brenton Brown. She commented that she had pondered the lyrics in his song Hosanna (Praise is Rising). The line in Verse 2 says "Hear the sound of hearts returning to You". On the surface this could seem like a convenient lyric that matches the meter of the song well, but may not mean much. However as I reflect on it more an more I think it's an amazing thought...