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The church we attend (and where I serve) is an independent, non-denominational church that does not practice a lot of traditional liturgy.  However, I was raised in the Methodist church so I’m somewhat familiar with it.  If you’ve seen people today with ash crosses on their foreheads like I have already, that’s your clue that today…
This is part of a series of blog posts written to share songs, bands and musical experiences that have shaped me as a musician and artist. When I was in elementary school, I was a regular at our public library, namely, that A/V Department. Â It helped that my mom, for a time, worked there in…
It’s the final countdown. A few days until the new year. I remember one year when I was a kid, my little sister and I secretly cut up a bunch of confetti out of construction paper, filled up 2 cups with it and hid it behind the TV. When the new year arrived we grabbed…
This is part of a series of blog posts written to share songs, bands and musical experiences that have shaped me as a musician and artist. I just wanted to share 2 additional songs that are simliar to a song in my previous post, “The Falls” from the Mission Soundtrack. Â The two tracks are from…
This will be a short post because I shouldn’t even take the time to write it! But I thought I’d mention a few thoughts on being busy. First of all, it seems like everyone I know is always busy. “How’s it going?” “Busy!” One thing my wife and I talk about is how busyness is…
I got to thinking… There are many ways in which our relationship with Jesus is described. When I think of Jesus, how am I supposed to think of Him? I heard a preacher on the radio once talk about how we like to say Jesus is our friend, our buddy. He didn’t think that was…