Anybody else ready to move on? I am getting there.
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The release of the album is tonight. It's part of the ENTER worship conference. Here is the story of the song "Overcome" and the song itself. I'm in the choir somewhere. Do you see me? :) My wife and I had the honor of singing in the choir on my church's worship album that is set to release this Tuesday. At first the statement from the title of this blog, "A worship album like no other," may seem prideful or even arrogant. That's until you understand the context. It is probably safe to say that my church has been through more scandal, scrutiny, and pain, on a national stage, than any other church in America the last two years. It all began with the pastoral scandal nearly two years ago. The scandal quickly became national known in large part because the election was only days away. My church was lied about, criticized, and ridiculed in the national media. By the grace of God, we survived. It was a long process to find a new senior pastor. Just as we had found our pastor, a new crisis, a gunman entered the church one morning with a semi-automatic rifle and hundreds of rounds of ammo. Tragically, two teenage girls were killed. Many more, possibly hundreds would have been killed if not for the actions of the heroic security staff. One security member specifically had been praying and fasting for purpose for her life. She knows God used her that day to save the lives of many people. Once again, my church was on the nationally stage. This time, we had an extraordinary opportunity to show the world Jesus' love. The news media have had to scratch their heads at us. "Why are people still going there? Aren't they afraid? Wasn't is all about one man and he's gone now?" are the questions we hear. They aren't audible answers as much as actions. |
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