Last week, Jesse Roberts sent me an advanced copy of Psalm 71 to help me write "Since My Youth" for Sunday's sermon. Poor Bishop Hooper's "EveryPsalm" project has been an invaluable aid to me this year.
I look forward to Wednesdays when the latest comes out, and today was Psalm 71:
Artistically-speaking, nothing has been helpful to my heart the last few months as the music of Jesse and Leah Roberts, also known as Poor Bishop Hooper.
I've been hungrily downloading each weekly installment of their 150 week EveryPsalm project, and as I've been writing sermons from the end of the Gospel of Matthew, I've had their Golgotha Experience on constant repeat.
The Roberts have recently released the full live performance of their Golgotha Experience album with a companion devotional book--all for free!
This week, as so many are situated at home, might be the perfect time to sit down and take in the whole thing either on your own or with your family. I highly recommend it.
I'm like a kid in a candy store. Our favorite band has done it again.
Here is a live version--in one take!--of The Gray Haven's new song "Stole My Fame (To Grace)" from their very-soon-to-be-released album Fire and Stone.
This is one of my favorite songs from the album (my first favorite is "Far Kingdom" and the second is "Jack and Jill (pt. 2)." It's a song about how grace works and it's super-catchy and fun while getting across an important message.
Enjoy!
Our favorite band is giving away yet another song!
This time, it's "Sirens" from their soon to be released album Fire and Stone. The free download is over at Justin Taylor's "Between Two Worlds" Blog. Go get it now.
They've also released their first animated video for "Sirens." I love how it tells the story of the song about how temptation works and how to defeat it.
A new video introducing both our favorite band and their upcoming new release.
Hear Dave and Licia talk about storytelling, love of books, musical depth, variety, and a number of other key ideas. {Also a cameo from their producer, Mitch Dane, about what he loves about their music.}
The background music will sound familiar to those who have viewed The Resisting Gossip Teaching Series!
Our favorite band has done it again. Dave and Licia Radford have given us another music video in advance of their new album's release on January 6th.
It's live and acoustic, and you can just about feel the heat coming off that fire!
Dave Radford on the backstory of the new Gray Havens song, "Far Kingdom."
Can't wait for their new album to release on January 6th!
Can't wait for the full album to come out on January 6th!
But this is a great teaser--a new version of "The Stone," and it's live so you get to wonder if Dave's glasses are going to fall off before the end of the song!
Our favorite band has done it again. The Gray Havens have rolled out "The Stone," a single from their upcoming album Fire and Stone (of which I've gotten an advanced copy, and it's excellent!).
You can listen to "The Stone" and watch the lyric video below (hint: it's connected to the resurrection) and buy a high quality recording at Bandcamp or iTunes for only $1.00.
We're looking forward to having the Radfords play and sing for us at Lanse Free Church on April 27th.
We desire our music to be edifying to believers and evangelistic at some level to the hearts and imaginations of non-believers. Our desire for the album is also that it might serve as a stepping stone or launching point for other creative projects that will also seek to make truth beautiful. To the extent we see Christ as beautiful, our hearts are changed, which is what will ultimately save the world.
Our family has been enjoying the latest album from TobyMac (who my kids have a hard time believing is nearly a decade older than their dad!).
His song, Speak Life, (embedded below) talks about the power of our words. In every conversation, we have the opportunity to lift up or tear down. (Hear Toby talk about the story behind this song.)
Gossip drains life from people, but as Christians, we can choose to speak life (Eph 4:29).
