songs – how faint a whisper

stillness.

Be still my soul: the Lord is on thy side Bear patiently the cross of grief or pain Leave to thy God to order and provide In every change, He faithful will remain Be still my soul: thy best, thy heavenly friend Through thorny ways leads to a joyful end I remember distinctly the firstContinue reading “stillness.”

fullness

“He who has God has nothing less than he who has God, and everything else.” – Heath McNease, The Weight of Glory I just downloaded Heath McNease’s cd, The Weight of Glory, knowing nothing about him or it except for the fact that each song was based off a different work of C.S. Lewis’. ThatContinue reading “fullness”

peace

A word, and a theme, that runs its way through a number of Christmas songs is that of peace. It’s a popular word, really, and one that even those without faith in our society can latch onto, especially at Christmas-time, and proclaim as a good thing. And true peace is a good thing, undoubtedly, thoughContinue reading “peace”

christmas words

I’m just starting to get involved with helping lead a youth group. It’s a pretty cool thing, one I’m excited about for a number of reasons. But more about that will have to wait for another post. Maybe. We’ll see. But anyway…the youth leader of this group just recently began a teaching series called “ChristmasContinue reading “christmas words”

song of the day (and some musings on worship)

The holidays and other travel have meant spending the last two Sundays in two different churches I had never been to before. They were both very large churches with multiple services and new, massive facilities, very obviously staffed well and run well and funded well. Flipping through the bulletins showed that they both had aContinue reading “song of the day (and some musings on worship)”