I’m working through the Radiolab back catalog. I talked about the sound podcast on Monday. Today I finished the episode about Wagner’s Ring Cycle.
Amazing!
I think I will have to see The Ring sometime in my life
Download thai episode here:
http://www.radiolab.org/blogs/radiolab-blog/2008/jan/01/the-ring-and-i/
A lot of the starbucks cups have been lame lately but when there is one that I like I feel compelled to share it. Today i received one such cup
“Music can lift us out of depression or move us to tears – it is a remedy, a tonic, orange juice for the ear. But for many of my neurological patients, music is even more – it can provide access, even when no medication can, to movement, to speech, to life. For them, music is not a luxury, but a necessity.”
-Oliver Sacks, Neurologist, Author.
So I have been listening to DCB- Remedy a lot since I got it, and I am really diggin’ “O For A Thousand Tongues to Sing”. This is one of the hymns that I really love. But I love that the chorus that they added to the song.
I love hymns, and I love when groups like DCB cover hymns and make them more modern, and expand on them. I think it just really gives depth to the worship service. And I hope that worship bands continue to revitalize the hymns because they really are spectacular pieces of theology and worship.
This week I promptly picked up the latest offering for David Crowder Band – Remedy. I’ve spend a few days listening to it, and I like it. This is a much more straightforward album than A Collission. The theme of Remedy seems to be saying that Jesus wants to heal us and the world around us. I don’t have a favorite song just yet, but it is good, and I would recommend you go pick it up.
Download Robbie Seay Band’s — Give Yourself Away for Free.
This is some really great music. Check it out.
I’m just chillin’ in the Lynnwood Library, working on this weeks Sermon and shufflin’ through my iTunes when I came across this Gem of a Song, and thought I would post the lyrics. Maybe someone out there could use the encouragement.
The Almost – Dirty And Left Out
Hello, I swear I won’t be too long
Hello, I promise I’ll be real strong
Wait up, I just wanna tell you
Hold up, why are you still here?I’ve been dirtier than you wanna know
I’ve left earlier than you’ll ever knowWhy do, you wanna be all listenin’ to me
Why do, you spread your arms and tell me I’m free
Why do, you wanna be in my life
In my lifeI’ve been dirtier than you wanna know
I’ve left earlier than you’ll ever knowJesus, Jesus,
There’s something about your name
Master, saviour, JesusI’ve been dirtier than you wanna know
I’ve left earlier than you’ll ever know
Jesus
Jesus
What a great song, I love how Jesus uses my iTunes to remind me of his love for me and the world. Pretty incredible.
I love Sting, I think he’s a musical Genius, so while I did not watch the grammy’s I did go out and try to find this on YouTube Right quick.
Enjoy!
One of my favorite albums right now is John Mayer’s Continuum. I read something that made me think about the song Waiting On the World to Change. Here are the lyrics. Please take a moment to read them.
John Mayer Waiting on the World to Change Me and all my friends We're all misunderstood They say we stand for nothing and There's no way we ever could Now we see everything is going wrong With the world and those who lead it We just feel like we don't have the means To rise above and beat it So we keep waiting (waiting) Waiting on the world to change We keep on waiting (waiting) Waiting on the world to change It’s hard to beat the system When we're standing at a distance So we keep waiting (waiting) Waiting on the world to change Now if we had the power To bring our neighbors home from war They would have never missed a Christmas No more ribbons on their door When you trust your television What you get is what you got ‘Cuz’ when they own the information ooohhh, They can bend it all they want So while we're waiting (waiting) Waiting on the world to change We keep on waiting (waiting) Waiting on the world to change It's not that we don't care We just know that the pot ain't fair So we keep waiting (waiting) Waiting on the world to change (Guitar solo) We're still waiting (waiting) Waiting on the world to change We keep on waiting (waiting) Waiting on the world to change One day our generation Is gonna rule the population So we keep on waiting (waiting) Waiting on the world to change Know we keep on waiting (waiting) Waiting on the world to change We keep on waiting (waiting) Waiting on the world to change Waiting on the world to change Waiting on the world to change Waiting on the world to change
Then I came across these quotes in Soul Cravings:
Is it possible that God created us with the power to create the wold of our choosing?
. . .
It may seem way too simple, but the world will change when we change.
-Erwin Mcmanus
It’s so easy to blame others, to blame God for the problems in our world. But really we are fully capapble to bring change into the world one life at a time. I may be just as guilty as John Mayer on blaming the world’s problems on the previous generation. But there is something inside each of us that desires to bring about a better world. Why wait? Why don’t we step up and fix what we can fix?
So the other day I went to half price books. Someone donated a whole bushel of books to the church and it has been deemed my responsibility to sell, give away, these books, and the proceeds will go to the Student Ministry. Great deal for us.
So I brought a bunch of books to Half Price to see what we could get for them, and while I was there with the great Chris Mears, I came across a CD by a band called Poor Old Lu.
Mindsize is a great CD, it only cost a dollar, and I didn’t know where else I could find it, so I just had to grab it. Best dollar I have spent in a long time.
There is something about listening to an old CD that always brings back memories. This CD in particular reminds me of my friend Dustin Shirley. Dustin is one of the most influential people in my life. He was on youth staff at the student ministry I grew up in. He was responsible for helping me break out of my shell. He was a great encouragement in my life. When he went to do an internship at another church I actually cried. I was devestated.
Fast Forward a few years, Dustin and I reunite to play in a band together. Dustin had a Jeep for a few years while we were in the Band and he and I would always ride together to gigs. Whenever we could we would ride around with the top off and listen to some incredible music. Dustin introduced me to U2 with the Joshua Tree, Sting and the Police, the 77′s and Poor Old Lu. We would crank these albums and ride.
I could never thank Dustin enough for the role that he played in my life. And when I found Mindsize I instantly thought of him and I bought it because I love Poor Old Lu and this is the only Album that I didn’t have. I also bought it because I knew it would make Dustin proud.
Dustin is now married with three beautiful Children, he helped us get into our house, and I have not been a very good friend because I haven’t called him in a long time. But I need to.
Dustin has impacted me in so many ways he’s probably in my top 5 most influential people. When Dustin was on youth staff I may have been just one more kid in the youth group. He probably had no idea what kind of impact he would have on my life, but he did whether he meant to or not.
As a youth pastor I have to be constantly mindful of who I am impacting intentionally and unintentionally. How am I living, what am I saying, am I speaking life to people? You never know if 12 years later that skinny little seventh grader might see a CD that you introduced him to and buy that CD because of the person that you were in his or her life.
Who are you impacting? Who are you living before? If you don’t know, it doesn’t mean it isn’t happening. Because it is. It may be small and inconsequential now, but it may turn into a life long transformation in that person. You might change their life for ever. And all you did was ride around in a Jeep and listen to really great music.
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