We celebrate the birth and death/resurrection of Jesus, but what we fail to do as his followers is celebrate his life.
let's face it, his dying and rebirth was truly remarkable but so was feeding the 5000 and healing the blind or even finding a way to get so many people to listen to him. The bible says there was nothing impressive about him physically so it must have been a task to achieve the audiences he spoke to daily.
As God, he saved the world. As a man, he changed it drastically.
We can be so tunnel visioned with our spirituality. We focus in on the importance of Christmas and Easter only on those specific days. Traditions are fine and all but they can take away from what truly matters, people.
David was said to be a man after God's own heart. My journey on life has led me to discovery that God's heart beats for his creation and we, humanity, are the most important of his creation.
It's pretty simple then, God lives for his creation and designed us to do the same yet it feels to me like we have lost our direction.
I am aware of how this makes me sound, like the Grinch or even Ebenezer Scrooge, and the truth is sometimes I feel like that might not be far from he truth. As I've always done, I invite you on the journey with me to explore the heart of God and bow we can practice its rhythm. Let's find a way to destroy the routines that guide our faith and fall in line with the only heartbeat that matters.
It would feel cheap to wish you a merry Christmas in this moment so I won't do so. What I will do is wish you safe travels and a helping hand along this dangerous path we have all chosen.
It is far from safe to enter into a relationship with your creator...but it is right.
Friday, December 24, 2010
Sunday, December 5, 2010
It Might Get Loud
I recently watched a documentary called It Might Get Loud. I'm not normally one to jump on watching documentaries. In fact, I generally dislike them.
When I was told about this particular one, I decided I should go ahead and watch it. What I viewed rocked my world!
The film is a meeting between Jimmy Page, Jack White and The Edge. If you don't know who they are you probably don't listen to decent music. Jimmy Page was the guitarist for a little band called Led Zeppelin, The Edge is the guitarist for U2, and Jack White is more famous for his guitar sounds from when The White Stripes were around.
Each very different and each very unique musicians in their own right, they all met and discussed the guitar and what influenced them to pick up their instruments. I've never seen more passionate individuals.
Although, I must admit I've never listened to U2 and thought to myself, "the guitar in that song really stood out to me..." but I can appreciate The Edge just as much as the next man.
I've never seen such passion and skill taking place to this capacity. Jimmy Page, a legend in his own right, taught the others how to play Whole Lotta Love and various other songs. Jack White and the Edge picked up their guitars and they end up having somewhat of a jam session just creating music with familiar sounds.
When I finished the film, I couldn't stop smiling. Music is such a powerful source of inspiration and influences our emotions as well as our thoughts. We say that we are above such influences but at the end of the day we cannot escape them.
What's my point?
Don't get ahead of me!
Whether or not you like the music of these artists they each have a talent that's undeniable.
Jack White does not like using brand new guitars. He prefers the use of broken and beaten instruments that he has to struggle with the find the music. He wants to fight for that working relationship that comes about after long hours of making random sounds into one fluid song.
It's raw yet alive and in the end it's very real.
So what is my point?
I don't have one So watch this and be inspired.
When I was told about this particular one, I decided I should go ahead and watch it. What I viewed rocked my world!
The film is a meeting between Jimmy Page, Jack White and The Edge. If you don't know who they are you probably don't listen to decent music. Jimmy Page was the guitarist for a little band called Led Zeppelin, The Edge is the guitarist for U2, and Jack White is more famous for his guitar sounds from when The White Stripes were around.
Each very different and each very unique musicians in their own right, they all met and discussed the guitar and what influenced them to pick up their instruments. I've never seen more passionate individuals.
Although, I must admit I've never listened to U2 and thought to myself, "the guitar in that song really stood out to me..." but I can appreciate The Edge just as much as the next man.
I've never seen such passion and skill taking place to this capacity. Jimmy Page, a legend in his own right, taught the others how to play Whole Lotta Love and various other songs. Jack White and the Edge picked up their guitars and they end up having somewhat of a jam session just creating music with familiar sounds.
When I finished the film, I couldn't stop smiling. Music is such a powerful source of inspiration and influences our emotions as well as our thoughts. We say that we are above such influences but at the end of the day we cannot escape them.
What's my point?
Don't get ahead of me!
Whether or not you like the music of these artists they each have a talent that's undeniable.
Jack White does not like using brand new guitars. He prefers the use of broken and beaten instruments that he has to struggle with the find the music. He wants to fight for that working relationship that comes about after long hours of making random sounds into one fluid song.
It's raw yet alive and in the end it's very real.
So what is my point?
I don't have one So watch this and be inspired.
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