Hey all parents forced into home schooling, take a short comedy break:

“...don’t let your spirit die before your body does...” thank you Jon Foreman for reminding us that we ALL are terminal, flickering like candles, but our souls are eternal!

“Healthy Christians look beyond the benefits of the gospel to its springs.” desiringgod.org/articles/dare-…

Martin Luther, writing during the Bubonic plague of the 1500’s:

IT IS WELL

And the difference between the two is MASSIVE

sammy rhodes privilege seems to be the silent killer of faith

“No one escapes the gods we create, they all turn on us...” - Kings Kaleidoscope

If all you do is feed yourself news, news radio, social media, blogs, etc you will shrivel and die. It will be a slow death. Slowly affections change. Slowly disregarding the things of God. Abide in Jesus. We can't do this without him. He is the bread of life. He is the vine

Songwriters, not all songs that you write are meant to be heard by a group. Some songs are just for you. Some songs are just for God. Don’t feel loss over songs that only you will “get”. They still mean something.

Do your heart a favor and read this beautiful post from our friends at @WeAreSetSail and Rivers & Robots

“A bigot is not the one thinks he’s right... every sane man or woman thinks they’re right. The bigot is the one can’t understand how the other person came to be wrong” - G.K. Chesterton

Woke up this morning singing “raise your hands, take a second and breathe in... singing, ‘Hallelujah, I'm known and loved’” thank you Judah & the Lion

Ouch

"The job ahead must be massive and positive." ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. As an artist, I often process the world through music and offer that music back to the world as a gift that I hope helps bring healing.

“Christianity, at its sustaining core, is not a religion of good people getting better, but of real people coping with their failure to be good” - Seculosity Mockingbird

Imago Amor is the third volume in a trilogy designed to shine light on slavery and to amplify the voices of those impacted by trafficking and injustice. These songs are shaped by the sorrow and hope that accompany frontline work in the modern abolition movement.

On my 71st birthday, I’m grace-greedy. All I want 4 my B-Day is for us to live the rest of 2021 with the Gospel as our prevailing narrative, Jesus as our primary treasure, God’s Kingdom as our main citizenship, the joy of the Lord as our strength & his glory our consuming passion

I’m pumped for Pee Dee One Night next Sunday, Sept. 19th from 5-7pm at Ebenezer Baptist with Clayton King and @JustinPutnamn! All students and churches are invited.