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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.

    • 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.

  • Mark 8:32 am on September 24, 2007 Permalink | Reply  

    Missional Learning Party 

    Last night was my first “missional learning party”. I’ve never been to a learning party before – apparently its a lot like a world cafe. There were lots of Jesus followers all talking about how they experienced God’s Kingdom breaking in – and how in other ways we have tried to live the Kingdom life and have failed miserably. The coffee shop we met at was covered in butcher paper, from the walls to the tables, hopeful of getting creative ideas drawn or written down. We shared with complete strangers in God’s family the missional impulses of our hearts…it was great.

    We watched a few videos, including the incredible “Escape the Circus” video which I wrote on here. But the MC of the night introduced me to Sigur Rós, an Icelandic ambient band that has an eerily compelling sound. Their song Glósóli sent chills up my spine. Before starting the video, we were asked, “Where do you see ‘mission’ in this music video?”



    I’d love your thoughts on this.

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