First, the end of April we took a trip to deep in the heart of Texas--home of Texas wieners, the live music capital of the world (Austin), my two favorite worship leaders (Tomlin and Crowder), and much of my family.
It had been over a decade since I last saw my Dad and i think about 16-17 years since I last saw my Grandparents and Aunts and Uncles down there. I won't go into detail, but reconciliation is an awesome thing. Honestly, I think it is one of the most powerful ways that God shows Himself in this day and age. While we naturally gravitate toward 'being right' and pride, God breaks down those walls and bridges the gap that we cannot on our own... in fact, reconciliation is the very heart of the message of Christ--bringing a sinful people to be reconciled with a Holy God. Amazing stuff.
While we down there, I HAD to take a quick trip up to go to church in Waco (not David Koresh church... David Crowder church). Crowder is the worship Pastor at University Baptist Church in Waco and is also one of the best leaders/writers out there today. Head to Emergence on pretty much any Sunday and you'll hear something influenced or written by Crowder. The service was awesome, and afterwards, David and other members of the band stuck around and we got to chat with them for quite a while. Even Landon enjoyed the meeting, prompting David to make a comment of how 'intrigued' Landon looked at the sight of him. If you've never heard of or seen Crowder, he's coming with Phil Wickham (another awesome leader) to the Hammerstein Ballroom in NYC in November... go check him out!Got food poisoning two weeks ago... debuted an original at Emergence last week... am at the shore now to watch my brother in law's baseball team go for the state title... heading to Chicago next week.
there ya go! you're all caught up...
Be blessed.
3 comments:
steveeee
i didn't know you had a blog
but now i do
good story huh?
david crowder=awesome
its so cool you got to see him at his home church!
haha thats all i have to say
k bye!
Great picture, Steve! Glad you all had fun. I finally got to hang out with Dale, Lindsay, and little Lily this past weekend. If you guys make it down to Atlanta, please look me up!
Cool, you went to UBC! That is my brother's old church back when he lived in Waco. I've been there myself too! Such an awesome church. He lives in Austin now with his wife...I love it down there...so does Jeff. SO much so that we're thinking about living there in a few years...we'll see what God calls us to do. Was that your first time meeting Dave? He's a cool guy...so friendly, isn't he? My brother was real close with DCB but now that they're so busy and such they don't see each other as much...but still so cool that he's friends with the best worship band out there (in my opinion)! Hope you guys are doing well!
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