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  [video] @smalltownpoets christmas

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  My wife LOVES Christmas music. I do to, but she would listen to it year-round if I let her. So when I got the chance to talk to Smalltown Poets about their new Christmas album, she wouldn’t let me pass it up! In part one of this two-part interview we [...]

   
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  storydwelling [artist interview]

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  We all love a good story, don’t we? I can remember sitting on my grandma’s lap as a very young child, listening to the words and looking at the pictures as she read me story after story. As an older child, I would frequently say, “Mommie, tell me a story.” [...]

   
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  the worship setting and the congregational voice

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  I came across this video in the latest issue of @NeueMag, and it stirred some pretty powerful questions in my mind. And I’m sure you have some thoughts after watching the video and hearing statements like this… More and more it seems like people show up to church, and they [...]

   
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  rocked by abandon for God [an interview with @aaronrgillespie]

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  Aaron Gillespie is rock and roll to the core. He’s the former drummer for Underoath, and the current front man for The Almost. And now he has a new solo project out called Anthem Song. I recently had the opportunity to catch up with Aaron and talk with him about [...]

   
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  following the call of God [an interview with @lilprophet]

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  As a 40 (plus) year old white dude, you probably wouldn’t imagine that I’m that into rap music. But I LOVE rap and rock with an edge! So back in the day when Run DMC and Aerosmith did Walk This Way… well, let’s just say that I think that there’ll [...]

   
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  instruments of transformation [an interview with @children183band]

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  Honestly, I hadn’t heard much about these guys before I had the opportunity to review their sophomore album from Tooth and Nail Records. But now I’m hooked! Children 18:3 has a sound that I really enjoy, and even better… they have a great heart for God! So I was pretty excited to [...]

   
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  [present perfect] bonus post: he is here by amena brown

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  I’ve shared this video before. But if you’ve been following along with the group blogging project on Present Perfect by Greg Boyd, then you’ll understand why I want to share it again. Throughout this project, one theme that keeps recurring is that… God. Is. Here. . FOLLOW THE PROJECT | [...]