so stoked for this: check it out

this is AMAZING!

as most of you know i am a sucker for new music. i mean, lets go ahead and call it an outright addiction. at any rate, here are 4 artists that have been inspiring me and i think you should hear:

1. Jon Hopkins, Insides = amazing electronic and ambient music
2. Ben Sollee = a singer/songwriter that plays the cello as his main instrument
3. Daniel Merriweather, Love and War = the man has soul like no one else and sings like he’s from the motown era, except he’s white and from australia
4. Derek Webb, Stockholm Syndrome = so not a new artist, but you need to listen to this new album; a new direction musically and continuing to push the envelope lyrically

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so i have started meeting with a mentor/spiritual director and needless to say i am really excited about it. i spend a lot of time helping be a part of the formation of others, so i figured i needed to find someone to do that for me. my first session was this week and amidst my fears and anxiety in starting some new ventures at church we began to talk about prayer. we asked the question – who is prayer for? us? God? both/and? my mentor directed me to matt 9 and jesus’ encounter with the disciples about the workers and the harvest. he pointed out something that i hadnt really thought of before, and he asked me what i thought the disciples reaction was to jesus request. jesus saw these people who needed help, and asked the disciples to pray for workers, knowing that in doing so – how could the disciples prayer for workers and not feel the inclination/spirit’s leading to go. jesus is brilliant. there is no way that these disciples could pray “God, raise up workers to furhtur your kingdom…etc” and not be so moved to go. so maybe an aspect of prayer is really for me? to re-center, re-focus myself to understanding who God is and his values, instead of focusing on my kingdom and my values…

thoughts? just something that i have been thinking on this week….

just put my music up on noisetrade – here is the link: be still my soul – spread the word and head on over to name your price for the album!!

got my copy of jesus loves you this i know in the mail – excited to dive in – review coming soon…