Friday YouTube Worship 20

Another solid track from Hillsong United, this one’s called Mighty to Save. We’ll be opening with this in eXchange on 9/7.

What to make of the whole Healer mess

Update: Michael’s father, Danny, has released the family’s official press statement here.

First, just in case you don’t know what I’m talking about, it seems the guy who wrote Healer faked his terminal illness. You can still check out the video of the song here.

(I’ll wait while you read the article linked above.)

Yeah. Wow. I know.

Now what?

There are going to be people hurt by this. It only makes sense. There are sick and desperate people clinging to this song and, somehow, they feel letdown because the song writer isn’t really “sick.” (At least, not in the way he sings about…)

Does that lessen the truth of the song’s lyrics?

Does that somehow make the song irrelevant?

Last time I checked, God can redeem anything.

And I think he’s going to redeem this song.

We also need to pray for Mr. Guglielmucci and his family. They’re going to go through a tough time.

A tough time of his own doing? Absolutely.

But if we treat him like the world will treat him, what does that say about the One we follow?

If you’re mad at him, or upset with him, or whatever, get over it.

Oh, and if you see him, give him a hug.

‘Cause that’s just how Jesus followers roll.

TheCall DC is tomorrow

What is TheCall?

TheCall is a divinely initiated, multi-racial, multi-generational, and cross-denominational gathering to corporate prayer and fasting. We believe that our nation is in desperate need of the mercy of God and a great Spiritual Awakening.  TheCall is committed to mobilizing people from all across America to gather together to petition God for His undeserved mercy for our nation in 12-hour solemn assemblies. Just as in the days of Joel, we believe that now is the time to blow the trumpet across our land, to fast, to pray, and return to the Lord with all our hearts.

Get more info here.

Will you be fasting for TheCall?

We could learn a thing or two from Mr. Rogers

CNN looked at 15 reasons why Mr. Rogers was the best neighbor ever. Check out #6:

6. He was genuinely curious about others. Mister Rogers was known as one of the toughest interviews because he’d often befriend reporters, asking them tons of questions, taking pictures of them, compiling an album for them at the end of their time together, and calling them after to check in on them and hear about their families. He wasn’t concerned with himself, and genuinely loved hearing the life stories of others.

And it wasn’t just with reporters. Once, on a fancy trip up to a PBS exec’s house, he heard the limo driver was going to wait outside for 2 hours, so he insisted the driver come in and join them (which flustered the host).

On the way back, Rogers sat up front, and when he learned that they were passing the driver’s home on the way, he asked if they could stop in to meet his family. According to the driver, it was one of the best nights of his life the house supposedly lit up when Rogers arrived, and he played jazz piano and bantered with them late into the night. Further, like with the reporters, Rogers sent him notes and kept in touch with the driver for the rest of his life.

Check out the entire article here. Well worth a read.

I think we could all learn a thing or two from Fred Rogers.

Friday YouTube Worship 15

This week’s is a little different. We’re posting a YouTube video but there’s really no video. Instead, it’s a still image of Chris Tomlin, but the song is Jesus Messiah off his new album called Hello, Love, due out in September.

So, what did you think? Did you like it?