just a touch of love

as I write I am watching “sister act”. It was on tv this morning and i haven’t seen it in a while. It has inspired me to write…

In the movie Whoopi Goldberg has to hide out in a convent in order to testify against a bad guy. Anyway… she is a lounge singer who is very different from any nun I have ever seen. At one point in the movie she goes across the street in the middle of the night to the bar and some of the nuns follow her. The Reverend Mother obviously gets mad and tells her that they can’t do that because the walls of the church are what protect them.

Isn’t that what’s wrong with a lot of churches today. ( I am talking about myself too). I mean… really! Why are we hiding behind walls when God is protecting us. Go into the world people, don’t be a wuss! 

As the story continues… the head lady finally lets them start singing “secular” songs that are popular in the community and the people on the streets start coming in. They are being relevant to the outsiders. Geez!  

So… they became relevant to the community and what happened?

They were making a difference outside the walls and it brought people into them…

Take 5

I went to Atlanta last weekend to get the rest of my stuff out of my parent’s basement. It was a quick trip, but Blake helped me and we loaded up the uhaul and I towed the rest of my house down to Savannah.

One of the things that I brought was my hi-fi. for those of you that don’t know me that well, this was a very hard thing to be without. I am obsessed with vinyl (records). Music on cd or other newer formats just doesn’t cut it when you know better. You can listen to music in the car and hear the sound but when you sit down and listen to a record you can feel the music.

You see… a vinyl record has a groove carved into it that mirrors the original sounds waveform. The record player transforms this groove into an analog sound signal which is fed into the amplifier. In this process, NO information can be lost! So… you have the most pure sound imaginable. It might be scratchy and poppy at times but if you listen closely, you can hear things that you cannot hear on a digitized CD, you can pick out all the different instruments and imperfections if there are any. It is completely true.

I am striving to live my life this way. To let God carve his groove in me that I might mirror Him. For my heart to break for what breaks His. Yeah… my sound might be a little clouded at times and make some unneeded annoying pops and crackles but if you listen closely you can hear the groove guiding the way.

That is what I am striving for… the most pure sound imaginable!

that’s where it’s at

here are a few photos from the Baptist Center. I have been volunteering there about once a week, they need help! So… if you are so inclined just visit our website and sign up!