Playlist: On an iPhone? click here Opening: Glory to God Forever – G How Great Thou Art – G Esther – G Response: God I Look to You (D) Offertory: Jesus I Come (C) Sanctus: Sanctus Holy Holy Holy Lord – E D Eucharist: Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah – Gm A Shield About Me Eb […]
There I am risking my life on my shiny red scooter, guitar on my back, riding down Route 7 on my way home from work listening to my Jon Foreman Pandora station, and this song comes on. It starts off really simple and really sappy, and for a moment I wish I could safely change […]
My four-year-old son Roman loves stories…specifically origin stories of superheroes and detailed accounts of Star Wars episodes. The push and pull of right and wrong, victory and defeat, hero and villain attract him and shape him as he grows into an understanding of his place in this world. He regularly thanks Jesus for creating bad guys so […]
I am moved back and forth by both the simplicity and complexity of God’s love as I have let Peter Kreeft’s perspective from The God Who Loves You permeate my experiences in study, creation, and relationships. Here is a piece of Kreeft’s uncomfortable wisdom followed by one of Fiction Family’s songs that has helped me […]
“I want to have my collection of masks, and I don’t even want to let anyone know what other masks I have.” A friend in small group was being brutally honest about his proclivity towards hypocrisy. I admired his vulnerability because I have quite my array of masks that I am learning to recognize and […]
I sat with the other guys in my small group at Metro 29 Diner early Tuesday morning thinking about the passage from Luke 11 that David preached on, and I was blown away by how easy it is for me to create systems of hierarchy to make myself feel important. Jesus said, “You [do the […]
“It is pain that penetrates through despair and stimulates a new beginning – a journey to God that becomes a life of peace.” – Eugene Peterson The liturgical seasons point me to the ebb and flow of my journey helping me to reexamine the way I engage with Jesus’ story. Asking the Spirit to help […]
Music: Amazing Grace: 02 Ready to Start Amazing Song Amazing Grace Song Colossians 1: We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 4 because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all God’s people— 5 the faith and love […]
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. – Jesus (Matthew 11:28-29) We are broken people being restored by God’s grace living […]
But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. – Romans 5:8 Sandra McCracken and a number of other artists have been making an art form of breathing new tunes into some old hymn texts. While I do not believe that all old hymn texts need […]
