Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Relentless

I've had Jason Aldean's Relentless album for a few months now, and I really do enjoy it. I hadn't paid a lot of attention to the title track, though, until recently for some reason. Let me just say one thing. If you don't know what love like the love described in the song is all about, I feel for you. I'm thankful that I found it. (Thanks AJ.). Some people go their entire lives looking for what I've got. That fact doesn't pass me unnoticed any day that I live. It's a constant. It never subsides. Love that's real. Love that's certain. Love that's, relentless...

Check out the lyrics here.

Watch the video here.

Friday, August 08, 2008

Steven Curtis Chapman on Larry King Live


Wow. I'll let the program speak for itself, and not comment too much about the details, but I do want to make a quick mention of how much of an impact the interview of Steven Curtis Chapman (with friends, we affectionately refer to him as SCC, said "S C squared") and his family by Larry King made on me. My first, and foundational, thought is that the Chapman's illustrated for anyone who cares to know what a true Christian family is like. That's just my opinion, and I know there will be dissent with that appraisal, but nonetheless, I believe they are genuine, and "have it right". SCC's music has been a wellspring of inspiration for me for a number of years, and I owe to him and his songwriting a great deal of gratitude for spiritual guidance, affirmation and blessing. You owe it to yourself to watch the show, and to share in the grief of a family over a lost child, and the grace of God that is bigger even than that. In parting, I'm leaving a list of my fav 5 SCC songs:


5. Dive
4. Lord of the Dance
3. For the Sake of the Call
2. Live Out Loud
1. See the Glory

As of right now, you can watch a part of the interview here. I'm sure in the coming days (or perhaps even now somewhere), you can watch it in it's entirety.