Common Saint

Every movement that we make in response to God has a far reaching ripple effect on the lives of people that we may never know. I love to write music as some of you may know, which generally originates from whatever sermon or Bible study I am preparing for. There are a few songs I have included in congregational worsip sets, but the majority I have typically shared with very few people. Recently, Josh has been a great encouragement to me to continue writing and through visiting Mandy's blog I became acquainted a few weeks ago with SoundClick. This has provided an avenue to share songs which mean a great deal to me (because of their message) with others. The best part is that I can do this without the risk of seeing them grimmace, sneer, or give me the blank stare that says, "are you about through, because I think I'm now ready to schedule that root canal I've been putting off?" So I have put a few songs out and have been shocked beyond words with the response. The...

Everybody worships something and music is a giant expression of that. Yesterday we went to Six Flags over Texas. After a couple of hours of being beaten down by the sun we decided to catch a show for some rest and AC. We went to the Southern Palace because it was the show closest to where we were. T he show was called "Extreme Country" which I knew would not be my "cup of tea" from the title, but I figured it would be better than the "Extreme Heat" outside. I was wrong. Maybe I'm just becoming a prude (after all I just turned 40), but it was too difficult to sit there with my wife and 6 and 8 year old daughters watching the performers sing and move to a song called "Save a horse, Ride a cowboy". I guess I figured out what they meant by "extreme". For me the heat at that moment was better outside than inside so I got my girls and we left. It just saddened me that so many others were there (lots of children and parents) who sat and ra...