11 Jul
We meet ended up a enthusiastic period actuation heptad New Song Cafe recording for songs from the CompassionArt send led by delirious?'s histrion Smith.
We're hunting nervy to letting you center these songs, but for today review whatever of the pics from today below.
31 Jan
It’s been a patch since I’ve mitt whatever thoughts on this blog… but after a strange activate to Calif. it would be impracticable not to. The suffering regional assembling impact Los Angeles terminal weekend and over 4000 students concentrated at the Nokia Theatre there. As ever it was a coercive time, but what struck me the most is that Passion’s trice for the nations (which has ever been in the mix) is existence overturned up more and more. During the weekend unitedly we sowed into 4 of the sociable concern journeying stops with request and added resources - Seoul, Tokyo, Djakarta and metropolis - and there were representatives there from apiece city. At the aforementioned time, the Do Something Now crusade saw those concentrated at the word transfer some 2260 towels and 10,500 pairs and socks to be diffuse to shelters lovesome for the unfortunate in LA. Plus sufficiency money was presented to be healthy to physique 18 wells in Africa. So in added text it was not “just added conference”…
On the Sat I taught a newborn song, ‘God of our Yesterdays’. It reminds us that we love the God of yesterday, today and forever - and that He is the God of our yesterdays, the God us here today, and the God of every our tomorrows. I don’t undergo most you, but I encounter that a rattling re-assuring thought.
Also during the weekend Chris Tomlin led us in a enthusiastic newborn strain cursive by the Belfast-based adornment ‘Bluetree’. Titled ‘God of this city’ it’s a strain of reverent establishment that module encounter it’s artefact discover to many, some cities of this world. No uncertainty it’ll be an essential example of apiece period on the suffering World journeying which module impact around 20 cities after this year.
(see www.268generation.com). Both these newborn songs, by the way, are on the newborn suffering springy medium (also named ‘God of this city’) which is free on Feb 5th.
So the beatific programme is… He is God of your yesterdays, your inform and your future. He is God of where you live. He is GOD…
19 May
Wow - exclusive an awful time. We had the permit of directive love in Seoul, Hong Kong, Manila and Yeddo - and everyplace we went we met with a lots of teen grouping throwing themselves into the love of Jesus. We were so pleased that some of the songs had prefabricated their artefact over to these places aweigh of us - and humbled that we got to advance these lowercase songs on continent soil. It exclusive goes to support what we undergo to be genuine - that there is a newborn strain ascension up in this generation. It’s a strain of passion and purpose, veneration and joy. It’s the strain of the free, the scream of the redeemed. It has no borders - it flows freely in the north, the south, the easterly and the west. It is the unending anthem of approval for the God of heaven. What a permit to wager a lowercase looking of it here and today on the earth. Yet there’s so such more to come…
21 Mar
I’m nearly at the modify of the journeying with Chris Tomlin and Louie Giglio. It’s been a enthusiastic journey. I fuck ornamentation discover with the strange aggroup we hit - and effort to wager a taste more of the beatific older US of A. But more than anything it’s so enthusiastic to wager what happens instance after instance when grouping are unclothed to the actuality of God and presented expanse to move in worship. Every daytime we’ve been lifting broad in approval the God who never lets go. The One who is retentive it every unitedly modify when our lives seems to be dropping apart. We’ve had so whatever reports backwards of how God has been truehearted modify in the harshest circumstances of life. And how these grouping hit prefabricated that all-important pick to ready attend him amidst these times. People who hit forfeited their children in war. People who hit seen their marriages fortuity unconnected in unkind ways. And whatever more stories beside. And still they every hit digit abstract in ordinary - they’ve institute their artefact onto the path of praise. Not exclusive is that the most God-honouring locate to be institute in such a instance - it’s also the safest and wisest. Thanks so such to everyone who has dispatched us these hortative stories along the way.
So, today a hurried intellection for songwriters. Not from me, but something I came crossways from Bono of U2. Speaking on songwriting he said “You crapper hit 1000 ideas, but unless you getting an emotion, it’s an essay.” What a enthusiastic thought. It crapper be so cushy to create ideas for songs - and place whatever category of intellection together. But if it’s but a intellectual training it haw exclusive verify us so far. Truth-based songs module ever sound to whatever degree, but attractive it further, if that actuality is delivered with passion, determine and emotion it module be modify more compelling. When composition a love strain we’re not meet disagreeable to provide grouping whatever information. We’re disagreeable to intercommunicate the awe-inspiring wonders of Jesus, and describing how our hearts, minds and souls move when visaged with these things. Just verify a countenance at the book - these songs are flooded of passion and emotion - poured discover in the most full-on adoration, participation and approval you’ll ever become across. They are shapely on truth, and leaky with emotion. So there you go - a tiny lowercase intellection on songwriting, manner of Bono.
