There are probably people we know, men and women, who are amazing at showing hospitality. There was a lady in our church growing up who was fabulous at this. She welcomed everyone in the church and was a fabulous cook as well. My mentor is incredible in this skill as well: cooking, opening her [...]
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O Thou in Whose Presence
Old Hymns are making a “comeback” in our churches: music like Sojourn, Mars Hill, Red Mtn Music, IG, and the Gettys just to name a few. These can be done of course like they were back when they were written, acapella or with a myriad of instruments, or done in a contemporary way like Indelible [...]
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The following quote is taken from the 1689 London Baptist Confession: And verily there is one spring and cause of the decay of religion in our day which we cannot but touch upon and earnestly urge a redress of, and that is the neglect of the worship of God in families by those to whom [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Never Cease to Praise – Jeff Bourque
Back before Easter our church commissioned a new Durham church, SoDu, and one of the songs we sang that day was this one by Jeff Bourque. He is a worship pastor near Nashville and a friend of my husband. I didn’t know it that well the first time, two weeks later, I wept through [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Behold Our God – Sovereign Grace Risen
On our drive to Louisville a few weeks ago, this song was played in our car from the Sovereign Grace CD Risen (perfect for right around Easter time). We also sang it during the one session I attended at the T4G conference. What a powerful song! E and I were talking about how it demands [...]
Read the rest of this entry »When Trials Come: Getty Lyrics and Thoughts
The one session of T4G I did get to attend (thank you oh gracious husband), Bob Kauflin led out with this modern hymn by Keith and Kristyn Getty. It was oh too close to home: When trials come no longer fear For in the pain our God draws near To fire a faith worth more [...]
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My husband put in a CD this morning as we were finishing our time in the Word. It was one we have both listened to many times and we love it because friends of ours sing on it. One of the songs especially stuck with me this morning (as it had done in the past) [...]
Read the rest of this entry »New Music Spotlight – Arise My Soul
I wanted to take this time to “plug” for a new(ish) CD that I’ve been blessed by. And I hope you will be, too. My fiance’ has had a really big year – God has truly blessed him immensely! Back in March he handed me one of his CDs hot of the presses – and [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Wednesday Words: Thy Mercy My God
There are some hymns, new or old, that just stick with you. I can read a word and a song will start playing in my head. This is when I’m glad I have my own office because I can sing as loud as I want and no one will ever know the difference. This is [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review: Radical / David Platt
There have been two similar books published in the recent past that were pretty much about the same thing: this one is better. In my opinion, which really doesn’t matter, I know. I loved Platt’s book: all except the familiarity of the stories he told through out the book. I’ve heard him preach on several [...]
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