Archive for June, 2006
Adopting a Guatemalan
Friday, June 30th, 2006No, we aren’t, (for now, anyway) but my good buddy, fellow Web designer, and pastor of The Well in Philadelphia, Todd Heistand and his wife are. Please stop over to their Web site where they have posted about the adoption, read their story, consider chipping in…
Peace.
B Collision Drops Tomorrow!
Monday, June 26th, 2006I’ve had the fortune of possessing B Collision for a couple of days now. Let me tell you that it would definitely be worth the $9 you’d spend to get it. There are a couple new recordings on it, as well as some “acoustic” (really just stripped down) recordings of songs from A […]
Professionalism
Sunday, June 25th, 2006A quote from a book about church music and those who create it, but I think it applies to any area of art/work/trade. Thought I’d share…
“…the difference between an amateur and a professional is that a professional never stops learning. If by a professional [song writer] we mean one who takes […]
Reflecting on Psalm 55: Betrayal
Saturday, June 24th, 2006update: Not exactly coincidentally, Tim Borseth gave a message on Psalm 55 at Stonebrook Community Church. Check it out.
(At Stonebrook Community Church, we have been doing a series on The Psalms. Last week I posted a reflection on Psalm 137, and “Spiritual Exhaling” at RockWorship.com. This article is a continuation on that […]
Reflecting on Psalm 137: The Power of Lament
Saturday, June 24th, 2006Brad Barret let me speak with him last Sunday at Stonebrook Community Church on Psalms of Lament.
You can listen to the message here.
I posted the notes from my portion of this message over at Rockworship.com.
Garage Band Isn’t For Sermons
Saturday, June 24th, 2006Pat Sokoll gave an amazing, stirring, and challenging… challenge… to the Rock leaders last tuesday.
An hour before it was supposed to start, I was charged with figuring out how to record it. So I gathered my laptop, Firepod, and the Rock’s Shure wireless lapel mic, thinking I would be just fine. I’d plug […]
Daydreaming About Swords
Thursday, June 22nd, 2006I daydream a lot.
One recurrent daydream is about is what it would like be if there were still a warrior class in our culture. A class that was charged with the duty of protecting the society, enforcing justice, guarding, defending, etc. It is a class that existed for thousands of years in nearly […]
Amazing Web Site-ings
Thursday, June 22nd, 2006I’m thinking of adding my “Amazing Web Site-ings” (see off to the right…) to the main section of my blog. This would mean more frequent posts, but would also mean more very short, trivial, fun, and interesting links added to PlanetRock, etc, rather than having to come to my site to see them.
I only […]
Attention NotOurHome bloggers!
Saturday, June 17th, 2006I have just upgraded the MovableType software that NotOurHome lives on. This means changes in many possible things, not the least of which is the way things look when you log in. I’m not sure the extent of the changes, or if everything still works, so if you run into any problems, let […]
Crowder Band Up For MSN Artist Of The Month!
Wednesday, June 14th, 2006Go vote for them now!!. Like RIGHT NOW. Just do it.
Current results: (From the MSN page, at time of posting)
Who should be MSN Music’s July artist of the month? Vote for your favorite.
Nelly Furtado - 22% Frankie J. - 1% Busta Rhymes - 2% Neil Young - 4% David Crowder Band - 71%
191761 responses, Not scientifically valid, results […]
Chris Tomlin: The Way I Was Made
Wednesday, June 14th, 2006I finished reading The Way I Was Made this weekend. (I had started it months ago when I got a pre-release copy, but as I tend to do with most books, I stalled out in chapter 3.)
In the book, Chris walks us through how he got started as a worship leader, how […]
Challies on The Beast of Revelation
Monday, June 12th, 2006Tim Challies has an interesting post on The Beast of Revelation. I post it here mostly to draw your attention to this particular quote:
remember that we tend to misrepresent the meaning of the prefix “anti-” in the word “antichrist.” We most often think of the prefix “anti-” as meaning “against,” but in […]
Lucifer As Worship Leader In Heaven
Friday, June 9th, 2006I have heard for a long time, in quiet whispers and uncertain comments, passing remarks, and unsupported speculations, that Lucifer (the archangel that fell and became Satan) was the music/worship leader in heaven. I had heard that somewhere, the bible referred to his harp, etc. But for the life of me in scouring […]
Elementary, My Dear Watson
Thursday, June 8th, 2006Dr. Watson on Sherlock Holmes
His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge. Of contemporary literature, philosophy and politics he appeared to know next to nothing. Upon my quoting Thomas Carlyle, he inquired in the naivest way who he might be and what he had done. My surprise reached a climax, however, when I […]
Nancy, Can I Get A Tatoo?
Thursday, June 8th, 2006… after all, Jesus has one… (thanks, Dan, for pointing this out.)
Praise Habit: Finding God in Sunsets and Sushi
Wednesday, June 7th, 2006One of my goals for this summer is to read more. I have just finished And Now Let’s Move into a Time of Nonsense: Why Worship Songs Are Failing the Church by Nick Page and hopefully I’ll find it in my to write a decent review of the book, which, by the way, […]
Tassels
Monday, June 5th, 2006Many of the women in The Rock, and several from the “community element” of Stonebrook Church are doing a very cool Bible study together this Summer called “Believing God” by Beth Moore. Elaine, our highly esteemed “church mother” is leading it. She is having the women wear a blue “tassel” on their wrist […]
