Music from the Heart: Amazed by The Desperation Band Lately I feel like my head is going in more directions than it was ever intended to. The challenge is to keep my heart from doing the same. There is a ceasless flow of things, people and situations that compete for my time, attention, affection, and…
In the spirit of keeping things simple and getting back to basics, I am not writing a new post this morning. Rather, I am sharing with you something I wrote a couple of months ago. The following a is a brief article I wrote for our worship team’s newsletter over the summer. It includes an…
Music from the Heart: My Heart Your Home by Watermark “Live in me. Make your home in me just as I do in you.” -John 15:4 (The Message)The words of Jesus are are simple, profound, and life-altering. They challenge everything we think we know, and the truth we find in them sets us free from…
Music from the Heart: More of Jesus by Mylon LeFevre & Broken Heart We are created for more. More glory, more greatness, more of the the manifest presence of God in every moment in which we draw breath. Why, then, do I so often feel like I am waiting for something to happen, like I’m…
Music from the Heart: Sarabande by George Frideric Handel In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. For six days He engaged in the most unfathomable expression of creative power that ever existed. From galaxies to grasshoppers, He designed the universe in intricate detail. Then, on the seventh day, He rested. Well, I’m…
It’s late at night, and the house is quiet. Well, nearly quiet. The only sounds are the whirring of the ceiling fan, the clicking of the computer keys, and in the background, the soft strains of gentle, meditative worship music. There is a deep longing in my heart tonight as I have come to this…
Music from the Heart: Faithful To The End by Hillsongs I am often overwhelmed by the goodness and faithfulness of God. When I stop and take account of even some of the countless ways He has proven Himself faithful to me again and again, I cannot help but respond with the tearful silence of a…
Music from the Heart: The Heart of Worship by Matt Redman Courtesy of an unusually crazy schedule the last few weeks, David and I have been missing each other like two ships passing in the night. So with today (Sunday) being the only day in several and in the foreseeable future that we were not…
While leading worship last night at The River, the lyrics to one of the songs seemed to call to me, beckoning me to pause and examine them more closely. Too often we sit in church and sing songs with powerful words but our minds and spirits are not really connecting with what we are singing….