oh. hi.
Welcome back into my life, blog readers.
On the worship arts side of things, I played guitar and led a couple songs in Sojourn (Grace's second venue) this weekend, and tonight I get ear molds made for the Shure in-ears they use at Grace. I've been practicing drums a lot in my free time, and I'm getting to be ok. Also, I've been studying the glories of compression and EQ, two things that I always used but never really understood until now. What joy. Oh, and I kinda "snuck" part of the Anglican penitential rite (from the book of common prayer) into a forthcoming Sojourn service. Win. I'm leading worship in Sojourn on 25/26, and a couple times in August.
On the spiritual / philosophical side of my life, I've been strongly considering how loving others and social justice affects my ministry as a worship leader. Am I leading people in music, or am I leading them in worship? It's a question that has been affecting me for a long time, and I'm sure will shape my ministry for the rest of my life. Now I'm trying to figure out what such leadership looks like. This week, I'm going up to Toronto to learn what it looks like to be Jesus to people on the street there. Hopefully it will muddle me up, but also clarify how God wants me to lead worship.
Also within that, I've been learning to notice and appreciate brokenness in myself and in others. It all seems kinda backward, but I've been seeing Christ in the hurting and sufferings around us and within us. Perhaps this is a bit mystical, and I don't mean to over-spiritualize everything, but after reading Greg Paul, I feel like my eyes have been opened to Jesus working in the world in a new way - not as a "fixer," but as a lover.
In social news, I've been hanging out with a graduate group that's taken the Grace interns under their "wing." We've been having a Harry Potter marathon, preparing for the midnight showing of the 6th movie. It's been a totally unexpected pleasure to be with that group. Thank God. Last night, my housemates and I lit and threw bottle rockets into the Indiana night. Tonight, perhaps some roman candles are in order.
That's all for now, friends. Soon, I promise, I'll post some thought-provoking and slightly offensive blog material (with a touch of intellectual humility, like a good post-modern). That's what blogs are for, right?
Love
Trey
On the worship arts side of things, I played guitar and led a couple songs in Sojourn (Grace's second venue) this weekend, and tonight I get ear molds made for the Shure in-ears they use at Grace. I've been practicing drums a lot in my free time, and I'm getting to be ok. Also, I've been studying the glories of compression and EQ, two things that I always used but never really understood until now. What joy. Oh, and I kinda "snuck" part of the Anglican penitential rite (from the book of common prayer) into a forthcoming Sojourn service. Win. I'm leading worship in Sojourn on 25/26, and a couple times in August.
On the spiritual / philosophical side of my life, I've been strongly considering how loving others and social justice affects my ministry as a worship leader. Am I leading people in music, or am I leading them in worship? It's a question that has been affecting me for a long time, and I'm sure will shape my ministry for the rest of my life. Now I'm trying to figure out what such leadership looks like. This week, I'm going up to Toronto to learn what it looks like to be Jesus to people on the street there. Hopefully it will muddle me up, but also clarify how God wants me to lead worship.
Also within that, I've been learning to notice and appreciate brokenness in myself and in others. It all seems kinda backward, but I've been seeing Christ in the hurting and sufferings around us and within us. Perhaps this is a bit mystical, and I don't mean to over-spiritualize everything, but after reading Greg Paul, I feel like my eyes have been opened to Jesus working in the world in a new way - not as a "fixer," but as a lover.
In social news, I've been hanging out with a graduate group that's taken the Grace interns under their "wing." We've been having a Harry Potter marathon, preparing for the midnight showing of the 6th movie. It's been a totally unexpected pleasure to be with that group. Thank God. Last night, my housemates and I lit and threw bottle rockets into the Indiana night. Tonight, perhaps some roman candles are in order.
That's all for now, friends. Soon, I promise, I'll post some thought-provoking and slightly offensive blog material (with a touch of intellectual humility, like a good post-modern). That's what blogs are for, right?
Love
Trey