Read Psalm 63 I have a songwriters heart and no talent for a musical instrument. Despite a grade school with three years of lessons, and a college class that I almost failed, the piano eluded me and both experiences were so traumatic, I never picked up another instrument. My Dad played the piano by ear. … More Help, I’m Not a Musician and I Need Some Music
Bebo Norman was a formative voice for many of us 30 years ago. He has since retired and become a Physician’s Assistant in Otolaryngology! But here is a blast from the past for the glory of our God and King.
A few nights ago, I desperately needed sleep and the Spirit of God denied it to me. I guess I didn’t need it as much as I thought. Part of it was I was thinking about the long drive to a conference in Colorado. Part of it was a little tune and the words to … More Songs in the Night
I’m at a retreat for Standing Stone Shepherds with about 30 of us, I think. We drove eight hours to tuck ourselves into the beauty of these Tennessee hills south of Nashville and arrived around 4:30 in the afternoon. We ate, we sang, we prayed, we heard from our president and his wife and we … More Hungry, I’m Falling on My Knees
C.S. Lewis has long been one of my favorite authors and I look forward to having long conversations with him in heaven. So when I ran across this song, well, I just had to pass it along. The Artist is Brook Fraser, a New Zealander. The lyrics follow the youtube video. The first stanza is … More Finding the C.S. Lewis Song
Friday is for Heart Songs The more I study Bible the more I am learning to slow down. Sometimes, we just read too quickly to see the connections, the repetitions, the emphasis of what what we read. The opening line to Simon and Garfunkel’s “The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)” is good advice for … More Think Through Psalm 119 with Me
Christmas is near. I love it when I find or someone sends me new artists or songs of praise that have substance to their thinking. I’m so tired of “Christian songs” that are more about the singer than they are about Jesus and the Kingdom. Songs with good theology that exalt the Living God, the … More O Come, All You UNfaithful
“We are the colorful ones.” (Keith Green) Our lives, as a friend of mine is fond of saying, are the only Jesus people will see or hear. Keith Green understood that. He knew that the people were always watching us to see if there was any consistency between what we proclaimed and how we … More Our Lives are Windows
One of the great questions in heaven might be, “How many Christians were awakened from slumbar and lethargy for the things of God simply by the Spirit of God causing them to hear Keith Green sing this song?” I’ll bet the numbers will be astronomically high. The fifth song on Side A of Keith Green’s … More “Asleep in the Light”
Keith Green was young. He was a former child-rock star, having signed a 5 year contract with Decca Records at the age of 11 to be a rock singer. Just sixteen years later he would die in a plane crash. But in those years he completed his contract and became disillusioned with life. The sand … More “How Can They Live Without Jesus”
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