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88. Broken

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This song will go down as one of my favorites of the year. Right up there with 40 More Falls and a few others. That’s ok to say, isn’t it? I mean, I’m not saying it’s a good song. I’m just saying I think it’s one of my not-so-bad ones. Let’s try again: This song isn’t nearly as crappy as most of the songs I’ve written this year. It sits on the “less-crappy list” right up there with 40 More Falls and a few others.

There. That’s better.

The song surprised me. It became more than I thought it would. I’ve wanted to write a song like this for a while – a song about the depravity of man – about the general brokenness of our souls – about how we’re all messed up in some way. All of us. Undeniably. It’s darker than I thought it would be, but dark enough to get the point across. Maybe this is an Ash Wednesday song. Maybe.

If I had time, I’d bring in a few other elements of sound to amp the pre-bridge section. Maybe I’ll put that on the to-do list for 2010.

Love to hear your thoughts:

(And if any of you are wondering: No, I haven’t finished a single song this week. I’ve been fighting a head cold that has left me stranded on the couch watching an entire season of Survivor. And I think that’s ok. My mind is resting, and I expect to bury these last 5 very soon. VERY soon.)

 

we are an interdenominational family

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We are – Drew and I – We are.

Yeah, we fit in the conservative evangelical protestant Christian circle, but if we weren’t married we wouldn’t be attending the same church.

This comes up frequently in conversation, talking through this strange dynamic in our relationship. We recently came to the realization that this is a VERY beneficial problem.

See, we LOVE the Church. The worldwide Church – not just the little church that we attend on Sundays, but the “Big C” Church. We LOVE it…

We met doing interdenominational ministry. We fell in love doing interdenominational ministry. We got married doing interdenominational ministry. This ministry that we were a part of was made up of staff and volunteers from every conceivable local denomination, and it worked beautifully. It was a success.

Drew and I were raised up in that ministry, and were raised with an understanding that we can set aside our theological differences and work for the greater good. Work for the Gospel. Work for the Kingdom.

Anyway, here we are at an interdenominational seminary. Drew is considering becoming a pastor. And, well, um, we have NO idea what denomination we might be able to join. We don’t have the same theological understandings, so we don’t really fit in the same denominational category.

But, like I said, this might just be of benefit to us, because this might just force us to operate “interdenominationally” in our church setting. This might just make us set aside theological arguments to be able to have church.

…have Church.