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Something Greater (I wrote a song to myself.)

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Here’s the deal. I’ve gotten tired of my spiritual state. So, I decided to write a song about it. It started out as a song to myself (and, nope, I can’t think of anything more vain than writing a song to myself)…

In the 3 month process of re-writes and tweaks and stuff, it turned into a song for others who may be feeling the same way. Like the breath of life has been sucked out of them. Like they can’t walk the spiritual walk anymore. But, you know what? We weren’t meant to live like that. We weren’t meant to live in the “downcast” for too long. We were made for Something Greater. There is hope:

oh breathless one oh lifeless one
rise up and fill  your airless lungs
oh bones raise up oh bones rejoice
it’s time to stand in life and stand in love

we were made for
something greater

oh dance long lost believer,
in the freedom of your maker,
and you. will find. your life
in something greater
your doubt will turn to knowing
your faith will turn to showing
and you. will find. your life
in something greater

by breath of life by day from night
from the fall we will rise we will rise
when all our fear gives way to faith
these bones will stand these bones will fight

we were made for
something greater

There is HOPE

Live the Questions:

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Rainer Maria Rilke

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“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live the questions.” Rainer Maria Rilke

What questions are you living these days?

There’s no box at my church.

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I’ve never typed a blog post as fast as I’m typing this one. I’ve got way too much going on this week. On Sunday, we’re starting a 3rd service at The Chapel. This means I’m working my butt off. But, hey, I love my job, so that’s that!

About the box. Well. We’ve been struggling since early summer to find a way to create more space, more seats, more stewardship of souls who enter our campus. We considered a Sunday night service, a Saturday night service, an earlier Sunday morning service, a family service, a separate service with totally different tone and teaching, etc…

We considered meeting times, life schedules of our congregation, life schedules of our leadership, resources, avoiding congregational “favorites” of teachers and musicians, etc.

BUT, our major factor of consideration is what would be best for those who may enter our church for the first time. How do we free up seats for them?

And, what we settled on is quite unconventional, very “out-of-the-box.”

We have two fantastic teachers here: the head pastor (Jay) and my husband (Drew). We have a number of skilled worship leaders. And we have a second large space for meetings. And the bulk of church-goers prefer the late morning service.

So, along with our regular 9am service, we’ll now have two simultaneous services at 10:45 in different worship spaces, one of which in the middle of a two-week renovation overhaul. We’ll all be going through a series together, with Drew teaching his half in one space, and Jay teaching his half in the other space. Then they’ll switch to teach their halves in the other spaces. The whole church gets the same teaching. They just get it at different times. And the musicians will rotate with the teachers. And we’re still one big happy family with 50% more seats at our prime worship time.

Man. I love this church.