Come one and all, and feel free to bring friends... :)

Well hello there!

Guess what??

Shannon and I are hosting the cooooooooolest concert slash Christmas extravaganza ever!!!!

WHEN: Saturday December 20th

6:00 p.m - 10:00 p.m. (roughly)

WHERE: My house! 115 N. 12th Ave. (on 12th Ave. just south of Van Buren.... It's the house with the brown picket fence)

HOW MUCH: Come on, seriously? Of course it's totally freeeee. However, we'd love for you to bring a few canned goods (and other non-perishable food items) to be distributed where needed in our community... We'd also appreciate a holiday dish or dessert to share. But if you can't bring that stuff, please still bring yourself!

WHY: Because this is going to be soooo much fun! Various artists will be playing-- So far our line up includes:

Jordan LaFayette

M.J. Butterworth

Myself, haha

Cliff Hunter (yep, same womb)

Tad Klein    &

Everybody's Burning

and I have a few others in mind... I'll get back with the official line up closer to the date.

We don't want this to be an ordinary 'show.' That's why we're havin' it at the house. We're hoping it'll be a sweet and festive time to relax with some good music and company. We'll be both in doors and out on the lawn...

Dress warm cause it might be chilly! We're plannin' on having a couple of fire pits out front, so maybe we'll do smores or somethin'!

So MARK YOUR CALENDAR!!!!!!!

Well, this has been a very trying season for me and my family.

My stepdad is dying of cancer and the nurses say he could go anytime now. They are surprised he made it through the weekend.

I've been living in a house with my my granny, stepdad Jim, and little sister Rachel. Once he passes on, my little sister and granny will be headed for Tennessee. I'll have a few weeks left in school.

Then I'm off to Africa!!!!! I'm going to Pemba Mozambique to attend a mission school with Iris Ministries.

I'll be gone from May 30th to August 18th!

I'll be living among and learning from the poorest of the poor in the world.. I don't expect this season to be easy. On the contrary, I expect to be completely wrecked. This an exciting and mysterious season of life. I know it will be challenging but I hope to grow, and learn, and change.

I expect my time in Africa to be filled with great sorrow, and indescribable JOY.

If ever I come to mind, please please pray for me. I look forward to sharing more as things progress...

lata!

I wrote a song recently,

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Wreck me Lord, take my whole world apart.

Whatever it takes to draw me nearer to your heart.

Take from me the worthless things that I cling to.

And replace them Lord with more and more of you.

Ruin my pride... ruin my pride.

Rip open my arrogant heart

and pour your grace inside

Jesus, ruin my pride.

Shatter me, spin me around, turn my whole world upside down

Whatever it takes to draw my heart to where you’re found

And I don’t know if I really know what I’m askin’ for

For your refining fire to burn me to the core

But halleluia!! I believe it’s worth the pain,

Cause what I’ll lose can not compare to what I’ll gain.

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My heart is truly shattered today.  Am I self righteous? Please, forgive me. I am wretched.

Does it seem like I’ve got it all together? Like I’ve got this whole "Christian living" thing down? I don’t. I’m an utter fool!

My righteousness is like filthy rags. It’s only by God’s grace that I’m alive.

Throughout my life I’ve needed to be knocked off my high horse on many many occasions, and I know that will be the case as long as I live.

If ever I come across as thinking I’m "really somethin’ special" please know that it is most likely my desperation to be loved. Most of the time, I don’t feel like I’m enough.  

May my heart continue to be wrecked for God’s Kingdom, and may He continue to give me enough mercy for each day....

Hey there everyone,

This is our week of 24/7 prayer at Open Door fellowship. Our auditorium will be open all the time until Friday evening of this week.

I’ll be playing live music from about 7-8 this evening. Tomorrow night (Monday) I’ll be playing from about 7-8ish.

I’d love it if you’d come on out!! The room is set up to be a quiet, calming place to just hang out, be still, pray, read, etc.

I’d love to see ya there! It’s gonna be a beautiful time together, and I’ll be playing a couple of my newest songs..

Peace!

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