I read this post last week… At first—because I’m slightly neurotic—I was really convicted by it, if for no other reason than I, um, often play guitar solos during worship songs. Forgive me. But the more I read it, I actually got a little tweaked (full disclosure: if it’s not obvious already, I’m a worship … Continue reading
I stumbled across this video this week. Though that instrument is undeniably weird (and cool), a couple ideas sprang into my mind. “Random” isn’t really random. The proprietors of the festival proclaim that the attenders had just witnessed a “random act of culture”, but it actually was only random for those who didn’t know that “art” was … Continue reading
Tonight, my church sponsored a showing of Blue Like Jazz. Amazon describes the book this way: In Donald Miller’s early years, he was vaguely familiar with a distant God. But when he came to know Jesus Christ, he pursued the Christian life with great zeal. Within a few years he had a successful ministry that ultimately … Continue reading
I’ve been really blessed this week to see and hangout with some really gifted artists like DJ Promote and Propaganda, a really great hip hop artist. Tuesday night DJ Promote was doing a set before a big rock band played, and the kids were just going crazy. Propaganda was talking to me and another guy and … Continue reading
This week I’m playing guitar with some friends at a youth conference, so I’ve asked a friend to write a piece regarding creativity and spirituality. David is a “slash guy”, meaning: singer/songwriter/guitar player/Jesus follower/creative guy. He is a dear friend and one of the best people that I know. Please follow him, and buy, lots, … Continue reading
Our Father, who lives in the heavens, May Your name be kept holy. May Your Kingdom come, May Your will be done, On earth just like it’s done in Your presence. Give us this day our daily bread And forgive our sins As we forgive those who sin against us. Don’t bring us to the … Continue reading
She asked, “When do the voices stop?” I don’t know if we all have them—I suspect that we all do, these whispers that seek to hamstring and cripple us. They know the worst words, words that trigger all sorts of negative feelings and reactions inside us… “Liar.” “Failure.” “Whore.” “Alcoholic.” “Adulterer.” The voices always like … Continue reading
What do you do when you feel like you’re being called to embrace a new identity, a new call on your life? How do you embrace a new role? I was talking to a friend of mine this week who believes she is going through a change in her calling. She is leaving behind the … Continue reading
“Share each other’s burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ.” (Galatians 6:2) It’s so easy to separate loving God from loving others. It’s easy to think that one must come before the other; that one is an “add-on” to the Gospel. But that’s not the way the Gospel works at all. God … Continue reading
