I'm a bit of a gamer. I grew up playing "Risk" with my brothers and sisters and today I enjoy a good game of "Settlers of Cataan" when I have the time. I also enjoy PC gaming, but I have never played an MMO game (Massively Multiplayer Online Game). The major reason is I don't really have the hardware to handle those games, and another reason is I think I would lose WAY too much time if I started playing one. When the game "Everquest" came out it became known as "Neverest" for a reason.
Anyway, I recently discovered that in the MMO game "Lord of the Rings Online" that the players in the game can actually play instruments. Some of them have gotten pretty good at playing them as evidenced by this video. I think if I ever did play this game - I wouldn't actually play it. I'd be too busy jamming with the elves.
Monday, March 10, 2008
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
23 Series Trailer
Here is the trailer Dave and John produced to get the word out about the 23 series. I meant to post this a couple weeks ago, but it's fairly obvious looking over my blog that it's not here - so here goes.
23 - Week 2 - "Shepherd Of My Soul" (or, The Preferred Method Of Choosing Songs for Sunday - Let God Do It!)
"Hey Tim, I see you're back leading the music team again at Meadow. I have something to send you." These were the words in an email I received a couple months ago from Carla Olson. Carla and Mark were members of Meadow for several years before moving to Savannah, Georgia. While they attended Meadow Carla had been on the music team and Mark had been a member of our awesome set up and tear down team.
A couple weeks later I got a call from my wife, "What in the world is in this huge box Carla sent you?" We opened it up and found a complete library of CD's and songbooks that she had been collecting of praise and worship music. For a worship leader a gift like that is like hitting the mother lode!
I had no idea where to start so I picked out a CD from random that I had never heard before and before long ran across a song that I instantly hit the "repeat" button so the CD player would play it over and over.
The song was called "Shepherd Of My Soul" from Vineyard music. It was obviously based on Psalm 23, but I had never heard this particular song before but it immediately grabbed me with its simple melodic hook and poetic lyrics.
That week I met with John and Dave as we often do to discuss upcoming message series and themes. John brought up the fact that he would be designing a series surrounding books of the Bible whose 23rd chapter focused on dealing with trouble and dark times. He mentioned that one of the Sundays would be devoted to Psalm 23.
I was like, "Hey, I just happen to have a perfect song for that Sunday, and it just kind of fell into my lap this week." Sometimes it's a struggle to find that "just right" song. Sometimes God just drops it into your lap - I love those times! What are the chances that Carla would think to send me a gift of a 'ton of music', that I would pick the one CD out of all she sent that would have a song that particularly caught my ear, and that I would find out later that same week that it would be a perfect fit for an upcoming series I knew nothing about until that point. Call it a fluke, a chance happening, I call it God dropping it into my lap.
Thanks Carla for the CD's and songbooks!
A couple weeks later I got a call from my wife, "What in the world is in this huge box Carla sent you?" We opened it up and found a complete library of CD's and songbooks that she had been collecting of praise and worship music. For a worship leader a gift like that is like hitting the mother lode!
I had no idea where to start so I picked out a CD from random that I had never heard before and before long ran across a song that I instantly hit the "repeat" button so the CD player would play it over and over.
The song was called "Shepherd Of My Soul" from Vineyard music. It was obviously based on Psalm 23, but I had never heard this particular song before but it immediately grabbed me with its simple melodic hook and poetic lyrics.
That week I met with John and Dave as we often do to discuss upcoming message series and themes. John brought up the fact that he would be designing a series surrounding books of the Bible whose 23rd chapter focused on dealing with trouble and dark times. He mentioned that one of the Sundays would be devoted to Psalm 23.
I was like, "Hey, I just happen to have a perfect song for that Sunday, and it just kind of fell into my lap this week." Sometimes it's a struggle to find that "just right" song. Sometimes God just drops it into your lap - I love those times! What are the chances that Carla would think to send me a gift of a 'ton of music', that I would pick the one CD out of all she sent that would have a song that particularly caught my ear, and that I would find out later that same week that it would be a perfect fit for an upcoming series I knew nothing about until that point. Call it a fluke, a chance happening, I call it God dropping it into my lap.
Thanks Carla for the CD's and songbooks!
23 - Week 2 - "Healer"
Sunday, the message will be centered on Psalm 23 - one of the most recognized chapters in all the Bible.
We will be performing the song "Healer" by Ten Shekel Shirt (that's two Ten Shekel Shirt songs in two weeks for those counting) as our opening song. I've always loved this song and it was the first one that popped into my head when I heard the theme for the week was revolving around the theme of God being our Savior and Healer.
It is a simple, yet powerful song that speaks directly to the heart regarding what we pursue with our lives - a love that is fleeting, or a love that is fulfilling and eternal - healing, saving, and changing us.
Healer, heal me
Savior, save me
Maker, change me
Lover, love me
I'm so tired of living for
The kind of love that only lasts for awhile
The pain, the shame tears me up inside
So I fall on my knees
To get back on my feet again
And I cry out for You
Would You please speak to me
We will be performing the song "Healer" by Ten Shekel Shirt (that's two Ten Shekel Shirt songs in two weeks for those counting) as our opening song. I've always loved this song and it was the first one that popped into my head when I heard the theme for the week was revolving around the theme of God being our Savior and Healer.
It is a simple, yet powerful song that speaks directly to the heart regarding what we pursue with our lives - a love that is fleeting, or a love that is fulfilling and eternal - healing, saving, and changing us.
Healer, heal me
Savior, save me
Maker, change me
Lover, love me
I'm so tired of living for
The kind of love that only lasts for awhile
The pain, the shame tears me up inside
So I fall on my knees
To get back on my feet again
And I cry out for You
Would You please speak to me
Monday, March 3, 2008
23 - Week 1 - "Where Were You?"
Yesterday we opened the service with a song called "Where Were You?" by Todd Agnew. This song is taken from the book of Job. Job is distraught and suffering greatly from the many losses he has experienced and the physical hardships he is enduring, and prompted by his friends decides to question God.
God doesn't answer Job's question in detail - instead he responds by asking a question, well, several questions, himself. In Chapter 38 of Job we see the beginning of God's reply to Job.
Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation? Tell me, if you understand. Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know! Who stretched a measuring line across it? On what were its footings set, or who laid the cornerstone - while the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy?
We wanted to communicate God's awesomeness in the songs we picked out for yesterday. His awesomeness found in nature and creation. This character of God lays the groundwork for an understanding in our lives that he is not taken by surprise by tragic events in our lives. He is in control and has not abandoned us - even though we may feel that way.
So, we chose Todd Agnew's song as mentioned above. We also chose a song called "Indescribable". This song paints a great picture of God revealing himself through nature. We closed with a song called "Ocean" by Ten Shekel Shirt. The chorus of this song, again, contains the theme that the evidence of God that is contained in his creation is a reminder to us, even in the worst of times, that he is loving, powerful, faithful, and awesome.
Something about the ocean
Makes me rise up and praise
Something about the heavens
Makes me stand in awe again
Something about the sunrise
Reminds me of your faithfulness
Something about your presence
And I'm lost in love again
God doesn't answer Job's question in detail - instead he responds by asking a question, well, several questions, himself. In Chapter 38 of Job we see the beginning of God's reply to Job.
Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation? Tell me, if you understand. Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know! Who stretched a measuring line across it? On what were its footings set, or who laid the cornerstone - while the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy?
We wanted to communicate God's awesomeness in the songs we picked out for yesterday. His awesomeness found in nature and creation. This character of God lays the groundwork for an understanding in our lives that he is not taken by surprise by tragic events in our lives. He is in control and has not abandoned us - even though we may feel that way.
So, we chose Todd Agnew's song as mentioned above. We also chose a song called "Indescribable". This song paints a great picture of God revealing himself through nature. We closed with a song called "Ocean" by Ten Shekel Shirt. The chorus of this song, again, contains the theme that the evidence of God that is contained in his creation is a reminder to us, even in the worst of times, that he is loving, powerful, faithful, and awesome.
Something about the ocean
Makes me rise up and praise
Something about the heavens
Makes me stand in awe again
Something about the sunrise
Reminds me of your faithfulness
Something about your presence
And I'm lost in love again
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