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Stuart Townend

I have talked about Keith Getty before and his part in writing the music for several modern hymns.I have not mentioned Stuart Townend. Stuart is responsible for the lyrics to several of the Getty songs. "In Christ Alone" and "The Power of the Cross" are two of these songs. Below is a Video of Stuart Townend leading the singing of the latter song in a church worship service. I personally like the Getty versions of these songs better, but thought I would give Mr. Townend the credit he deserves for writing such powerful lyrics. Which version of this song do you like best?

Power of the Cross Video

I Love some of the old songs

Today I ran across an old song that I had not heard in many years. I first heard this song at College in Lynchburg Virginia when Sandy Patty sang at one of our services. Our services were shown on T.V. back then and I was able to tape it with my first video recorder. It was a beta machine that cost me 600 dollars used. Benita and I played that song many times on our recorder and were blessed every time we watched it. Watching the video today it is hard to believe some 25 years have come and gone, but that song still tugs at my heart even today. I could not help but think of my friend Jim, whose Dad passed away last night after a long bout with cancer.Jim's Dad was a believer and I envy what he is experiencing right now. I long for the day when I will see Jesus face to face in all His Glory!! May this video be a blessing to each of you who watch it.

We Shall Behold Him

Some things don't make sense to me.

Well we are back in beautiful Michigan after our trip to Florida. This weekend here is supposed to bring lows down toward the zero mark. BRRRRR. Now as I am writing this Jared and Melisa are in a church van traveling 11 hours from Tampa to North Carolina for a youth group ski trip they are helping to lead. Now, why would anyone want to leave the warm climate of Florida to travel where it is cold enough to go snow sking? It makes more sense to me to find a nice lake in Florida and go water sking all weekend! Oh, well I guess I just don't understand young people anymore.

Cletus take the Reel

Youtube Parody

The last few months I have discovered Youtube. It is amazing what videos you can find there.Our friends the Castles recently told me about a guy who does parody songs. I looked him up on Youtube and found some pretty funny stuff he does.I thought I would put one of our favorites on the blog. The song is a parody of the country song "Jesus take the Wheel" by former American Idol winner Carrie Underwood. It is called "Cletus Take the Reel". Enjoy.

Time to go back home

Well our time with Jared and Melisa is coming to an end. We have had a nice time but we are looking forward to getting home and getting back to a normal schedule. Mike will probably start a new boilermaker job on Monday. It is one we have been praying for and will be 40 hours a week for a few months. We think it might be a little cooler when we get home tonight!ha

Saturday evening on the Gulf

Benita took this picture yesterday at Clearwater beach. It may be our last sunset as the weather has changed and it as been cooler and overcast all day. We can not complain though as we have had great weather every day we have been here.