This song is an adaptation of the original hymn text by Cleland B. McAfee (1866- 1944) with new music by moi. Cleland wrote the song after the death his two nieces by diphtheria in 1901. [For more inspiring song stories, check out 101 More Hymn Stories: The Inspiring True Stories Behind 101 Favorite Hymns ] [...]
Excitement is building for Sunday nights home concert. We’re continuing to raise awareness, prayer partners and additional financial support for our missions trip in August. Donations can be made here. Live from Rob & Ivalene’s house! Sunday July 24 6-9pm […]
This post is an experiment in real time worship, songwriting and living out loud. Wrote a simple song this morning during my personal worship time. Threw it down on Quicktime Movie. Boom, now it’s up on Youtube and on this blog post. Give Thanks to The Lord [tentblogger-youtube Cj2gD5MV6ks] […]
Time for the return of Songs for Saturday, today featuring “Honor and Majesty”. It was inspired by the imagery of Psalm 96. “Honor and majesty are before him, strength and beauty are in his sanctuary” Psalm 96:6 […]
Live from our house! Sunday July 24 6-9pm Special Guest Artists To be announced ... - This is gonna be fun. We're continuing to raise awareness, prayer partners and additional financial support for our missions trip in August. Donations can be made here. Comments ? Questions?
Free song: “What Words Can’t Say. ” A prayer, a declaration … a veritable theological treatise. See the free download links at the bottom of this post. [tentblogger-youtube n2iV2dDuoqk] What Words Can’t Say Verse 1: I come before you Lord, to be with You today I’m listening for Your voice what wisdom would you say [...]
Today is Holy Saturday. Many traditions use this as a day of rest, reflection, and anticipation. Cause Sunday’s coming. 🙂 [For some thoughtful provocation check out my post on Good Friday.] Jesus This song is from the project What Words Can’t Say. It’s about the identity of Christ. I hope it encourages you to reflect [...]
Most Saturday’s I’m posting a song. Today’s is “Yeshua”. It’s based on the Triumphal Entry. Jesus told the people of Israel “you will not see me again until you say ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord’ ” (Matthew 23:39). It’s another example of my Davidic approach to writing and leading [...]
Here’s a simple “call and response” scripture song based on Psalm 24 Here’s a live worship video of “Lift Up Your Heads”combined with another song “King of Kings”. “Lift Up” is straight ahead antiphonal singing the NIV translation of Psalm 24 verses 7-10. “King” is a compilation of several spontaneous riffs created over many seasons [...]
Well here’s some “exclusive content”, I’m posting live video of 2 songs today, Arise Oh Lord and The Shema. [tentblogger-youtube WhmB_8YdeuE] Arise Oh Lord This is a spontaneous song recorded live last time I led @ Belmont Church. It just “happened” as an intro to The Shema, so we rolled with it. […]
