I was notified that the Downloads page was not working, and to my disappointment I found that I simply could not get the WordPress plugin I was using to function again. So, I’ve put a different plugin in place, and have all of the download files available again.
To celebrate the resumption of a functioning Downloads section, I have added three new JM tapes:
Enjoy!
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Due to the flooding in Nashville, Tennessee that occurred on May 1st, 2010, a number of people have been pushed out of their homes. All of them are in need of our prayers and help.
Bob & Jayne's home, the day before the flooding washed away everything
Jerry Bryant made me aware of one couple who lost everything in the flood: Bob and Jayne Farrell — better know to the CCM community as Farrell & Farrell. They started in music in 1973, in the group Millennium, continued through 1976 in the group Dove, and then started as a duo with their first album on NewPax records in 1978, Farrell and Farrell. They continued to release albums and toured extensively until 1991, when they retired from active performing.
According to the Facebook group “Save Farrell and Farrell“, the extend of the damage to their home and property was total, and they made it out with only the clothes on their backs. If you want to help them out, you can go to their web site and purchase one or more CDs, both old and some new music.
Featured song: Stop This Haulin’ Water, by Cynthia Clawson, from her 1982 album Finest Hour.
At my church, they have been stressing four facets to the Christian life over the past year. These are Worship, Grow, Serve, and Go. All of what we can and need to do as followers of Jesus fits under one of these categories. Church services? Worship. Bible study? Grow. Help at a soup kitchen or pregnancy counseling center, or help with children’s classes at church? Serve. Mission trips, in the U.S. or abroad? Go. I could be missing something, but I think these cover pretty much everything.
The point of “Go” is to fulfill the Great Commission of Jesus, to take the message of salvation through His name to those who have not heard it. It is not, however, something that is easy. “Go” and “Serve” both take me out my comfort zone, to a place that makes me have to deal with people I don’t know, maybe people who are unfriendly, or demanding, or “unloveable”. But continuing to live only within my comfort zone, and sharing and interacting with those people, does not accomplish the purposes for which God has prepared me.
Today’s song by Cynthia Clawson illustrates this nicely. A good song to use when contemplating mission trips, either local or global. Bring the message (the water) to those who are parched for it!
See the fields so dry and thirsty
They’re dying from a lack of rain
And here I’m standing in the fountain
Watching them perish, and who’s to blame?How can they hear without a preacher?
If they’re not shown, how can they see?
I’m gonna go out where they’re hurting.
And stop expecting them to come to meI’m gonna carry the Water to the desert
Stop this hauling water to the sea
I’m gonna seak out the dry and barren places
The sick ones need the doctor
I’m gonna stop this hauling water to the seaThey search for truth in empty bottles
The world can’t quench their need within
But Jesus is the Living Water.
With just one drink, they’ll never thirst againI’m gonna carry the Water to the desert
Stop this hauling water to the sea
I’m gonna seak out the dry and barren places
The sick ones need the doctor
I’m gonna stop this hauling water to the seaCarry the water to the desert
Stop this hauling water to the sea
Carry the water to the desert
Stop this hauling water to the seaI’m gonna carry the Water to the desert
And stop this hauling water to the sea
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You can purchase the entire Finest Hour CD or MP3 files directly from Cynthia Clawson’s web site here. |
Tags: Cynthia Clawson, mission
I’ve uploaded another batch of JM tapes to the Downloads library. These are all in MP3 format, so should be compatible with any digital audio player. Continuing from 1977 (I was pretty intent on taping music from the radio that year!), they include the following:
JM-09 : Jun-Jul 1977Tags: JM Tapes
