Month: June 2009
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Silence
Featured song: Silent Witness by Bob Ayala, from his 1976 album Joy By Surprise The last command that Jesus gave to us before He left earth was to go and make disciples (faithful followers) of everyone in the world, teaching them to obey everything that He had taught his followers while He was with them…
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Grace
Featured song: Grace Like Rain, by Todd Agnew, from the 2006 album of the same name. For me, the awesome thing about music is how it can take a moment, and make it suddenly slow to a stop, as the instruments and the singing suddenly wash over me, and I “hear” what is being sung…
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Carrying
Featured song: He Will Carry You, by Scott Wesley Brown, from his 1983 album Signature. Life brings many joys, but it also brings many sorrows. We suffer sickness, loss of friends and family, and pain from things we do to ourselves and things others do to us. We put on the mask that tries to…
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Surrender
Featured song: The Master’s Hand, from Carman’s 1982 album Some-O-Dat. Everybody has their own story about what brought them to know Jesus in not just an intellectual way, but a personal way. Sometimes the journey has been a smooth transition into a relationship during childhood that just matures with time; sometimes it has been hard-fought…