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  Mark 9:05 am on June 6, 2011 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Glósóli, Sigur Rós   

  A Drummer and His Band 

  Today’s picture of the “Church-on-mission” comes to you from Icelandic dream-pop band Sigur Rós.  Their music video for “Glósóli” is absolutely mesmerizing, and by the end of it you’re looking for a drum stick and a pair of hiking shoes.

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  Sigur Ros

  What do you see when you watch this?  What emotions are stirred in you?  What does it say about the Church?  About God?  About how lives are transformed on-the-way?  Read the previous post on this blog: This is Us! How is that story and this video related?

  
   

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  Mark 12:56 pm on January 29, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: henry alford, hymns   

  Come, Ye Thankful People, Come 

  1. Come, ye thankful people, come,
  raise the song of harvest home;
  all is safely gathered in,
  ere the winter storms begin.
  God our Maker doth provide
  for our wants to be supplied;
  come to God’s own temple, come,
  raise the song of harvest home.

  2. All the world is God’s own field,
  fruit as praise to God we yield;
  wheat and tares together sown
  are to joy or sorrow grown;
  first the blade and then the ear,
  then the full corn shall appear;
  Lord of harvest, grant that we
  wholesome grain and pure may be.

  3. For the Lord our God shall come,
  and shall take the harvest home;
  from the field shall in that day
  all offenses purge away,
  giving angels charge at last
  in the fire the tares to cast;
  but the fruitful ears to store
  in the garner evermore.

  4. Even so, Lord, quickly come,
  bring thy final harvest home;
  gather thou thy people in,
  free from sorrow, free from sin,
  there, forever purified,
  in thy presence to abide;
  come, with all thine angels, come,
  raise the glorious harvest home.

  
   
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  Mark 11:40 am on February 13, 2008 Permalink | Reply  

  A Billion Revolutions; If Everyone Cared 

  Nickelback’s, “If Everyone Cared” stirs in my mind the possibilities of a tidal wave of committed followers of Jesus who see God’s Kingdom being ushered into this world; with his peace and wholeness reigning across the earth and in each heart.

  “Never doubt that a small group of committed people can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.“

  — Margaret Mead

  

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    Mike Hoffman 6:30 pm on February 18, 2008 Permalink

    Great song, great blog, great quote. Hope you guys are doing well. Look forward to having you up in the area this fall. Hope you can stop down and visit with our group at the Blessing Place.

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    Mark 10:41 pm on February 18, 2008 Permalink

    Mike! Great seeing you here. Looking forward to catching up soon. Katrina and I will be in Chicago in early March, and we’ll be heading down (we’ve got a rental this time! ) to your neck of the woods. Maybe we can bump into each other.