Category: Music

For those coming to church in the morning… here’s a little sneak peak at something for the message. I think you’ll see it is very effective, in context. If you missed last weeks message. Catch up.

On Monday’s I’m just kind of tooling around and enjoying time with Paul. (Mommy is at school just about 3 Monday’s a month.)

So, this is what we’re listening to.

1. At the Foot of the Cross by Kathryn Scott
2. You Get Me by Zoe Girl
3. How Can I keep from Singing by Chris Tomlin
4. LoveAddict by Family Force 5
5. Secret Place by Karen Sheard
6. Overjoyed by Jars of Clay
7. Take it All by Hillsong United
8. Where the Streets Have No Name by U2
9. Symphony No. 18b in E flat major by J.S. Bach
10. You are My Joy by David Crowder

Looks like the next hour or so is going to rock! (OK, since Paul took the iPod… it’s going to rock for him.)

I haven’t done this for a while… so why not? It’s an election day special. These are the next 12 songs coming up on my iTunes shuffle.

1. Lunch Lady Land- Adam Sandler
2. Graceland- Paul Simon
3. None But Jesus- Hillsong United
4. Enough (acoustic)- Chris Tomlin
5. Yellow- Coldplay
6. Rosanna- Toto
7. God Be Merciful to Me- Jars of Clay
8. Awesome is the Lord Most High- Chris Tomlin
9. Roxanna- The Police
10. Sucker- A New Found Glory
11. Time and Tide- Basia
12. Rescued Ones- Robbie Seay

OK, that was a little embarrassing .

I was just mowing the lawn and listening to some tunes. As I get ready to do more yard work (edging the yard is fun, really) here are the next 10 tunes on the iPod. (My rating is there are well, lots of music in the evaluation period)

1. I Hate Everything (But You) Derek Webb *
2. Forever (Live version) Chris Tomlin *****
3. Alle by Chris Tomlin ***
4. Listen to the Music by the Doobie Brothers ****
5. Still by Hillsong *****
6. The Potters Hand by Darlene Zschech ***
7. Consuming Fire (bootleg version) Third Day ***
8. Unchanging by Chris Tomlin ****
9. Revolutionary Love by David Crowder Band ***
10. Goodbye, Good Night by Jars of Clay ***

Thankfully that wasn’t too embarrassing.

Last night I went to see the David Crowder Band over at Woodside. It had been about 4 years since I last saw the band. They were much better than the last time I saw them. Since this wasn’t part of their tour the kind of just played what they wanted.

Some things I really liked about Crowder. He clearly doesn’t like applause or accolades. The crowd would cheer when he finished a song and you could see he was uncomfortable with it, so he would just launch a new song. I loved that he didn’t talk much. When he did, it was not introducing a song or telling a story, it was just something like, "Really, we’re enjoying ourselves. Thank you." I also liked his playful spirit as he’d stop a song to give the audience instructions. I also liked the "dorkiness" of some of his stuff. The key-tar was memorable. Stuff like that is clearly why he is popular with college kids.

It was my first time in the infamous Woodside Bible. It’s a nice place. A lot smaller than I had imagined. I felt like the hosts did a good job, though they tried way too hard to be a Woodside event instead of allowing the place to be a venue for a concert. They shouldn’t have plugged their stuff and putting their staff people on stage for a giveaway was really awkward for non-Woodside types. (Though giveaways are always nice.) I left feeling like I had visited a Woodside event instead of feeling as though I’d gone to something open to the public. Two "worst parts" as far as I could tell… and Woodside will work this out as they do more concerts.

First, the person who got up about 10 minutes before the concert started and "laid down the law." This, while memorable, made it clear that the church was nervous about the concert. I have no doubt that that part was the result of a staff meeting. I can just hear it, "Now you tell those young people we don’t want any monkey business. Make sure they don’t break anything." Blech! I thought I was at a fundamentalist concert there for a minute. "Young people, this is a church, act appropriately." Next time, just have your security guys be present and trust the people at the front.

Second, the intermission was terribly timed. Josh and the worship band from Lighthouse did a great job "warming the crowd up" for Crowder. I’ve just never seen or noticed a 15 minute intermission after a warm-up band. It was like, get pumped up… get excited…. now wait for 15 minutes. There just has to be a better way to do that.

OK, bonus "worst part." The radio personality they put on stage was terrible! He was like all smart and inspiring… then he plugged his radio station. That just all kinds of sucks.

Boy, hope no one thinks I didn’t like this show. Those "worst parts" would be number 8, 9, and 10 of the top 10 list for the night. Overall, I’d give the night a B.

I can’t really go into a lot of detail but someone hooked me up with something that is "OH SO COOL" that isn’t available in stores yet. I don’t know where it came from but I am thoroughly enjoying it as a "turkish delight" like treat.

If you come to the LF Christmas party next Wednesday, you’ll get a taste of it.

p.s. If you have absolutely no idea what I am talking about… I am sorry.

In other news I am really excited about a new marriage in our church. Beth and Shaun get married on Saturday. This is perhaps one of the coolest, smoothest couples I’ve ever been around. When God puts two people like this in such a special way… you just sit back in awe of who God is and what He has done. I know for Beth this has been an incredible 6 months. Graduating from Nursing school, passing the boards, 3 weeks of indescribable service to the King in Northern Ireland, a new job, and now a new life together with Shaun… this has been a special time in her life and I am glad to have been a small part of it.