Daddy Has More

7 Jul ’11 By 20 Comments

We have a bowl of peanut M&Ms in the house. Just to grab. And reward our kiddos when they’re good, or even just because.

I tossed Luik one today. He smiled. Then I tossed him a second. He was ecstatic.

But it was a test. I wanted to see if he’d share one with his older sister upstairs. I ran up a few seconds after him only to find he’d stuffed both in his own mouth. No loss; I expected him to do that much. But there was the off chance he had thought of more than just himself. Next time.

The main reason we don’t give more often than we do? We’re only thinking about the 2 peanut M&Ms in our hand, rather than the whole bowl our Dad owns. ch:

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Gospart Church

19 Jan ’10 By 4 Comments

Gospart Worship

The thing I think Jennifer likes the most about Spain? 11:30am Sunday morning church services.

Our old friends Fabio & Yael Fernandez have teamed up with their brother and sister-in-law to start a brand new church in the outskirts of Madrid (Brunete), named Gospart. The focus of the church? Reaching the lost through practical love and using their gifts of artistic expression to be glorious for Jesus! And at only 6-months old, they are off to an incredible start.

Jenny and I had the honor of not only joining them in worship, but preaching as well. Jesus spoke more about “the Kingdom” than any other subject in scripture, yet it tends to be the thing we know least about as Christians, imagining it to be some mystical parable rather than a way of life. I spoke on three manifestations of a true Kingdom lifestyle: transformation of thought, health, and resources. The Holy Spirit gave me words of knowledge for all the new people (if you’re not freaked out now, then you probably will be just fine here at Gospart), and the church as a whole said they were deeply encouraged.

Monday was spent at the home of one of the families in the church, the mother having been healed right out of her wheel chair four years ago! And today, we are heading to probably my favorite city anywhere on the planet, home of the greatest sword-smiths ever known: Toldeo. ch:

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A few worship-related items…

4 Apr ’09 By 1 Comment

Been thinking a lot about worship and its roll in the Body. As a worship leader, there burns in me a cry to hear the new song that the Lord is singing over his people (a prophetic voice), and a yearning to express to Him the new song of our hearts in this hour of history (a voice of declaration and intercession).

While that is still brewing, I found this incredible post of 87 Resources on Worship by Scott Thomas over at Acts 29. Exhaustive! Thank you, Scott! Definitely worth browsing through.

And three worship albums that I’ve really been enjoying over the past two weeks, all falling under the modern Gospel/Worship category, are Free Chapel (Carlos Sanchez), Freddy Rodriguez, and Trent Cory. You can also preview each of these fabulous worship leaders on the widget to the right. Enjoy!

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