Let me tell you about K’naan. His story is truly inspirational.  Having basically boarded the last plane out of war-torn Mogadishu, Somalia, his family moved to New York City, and later Toronto to escape the Somali civil war.  Knowing no English, K’naan taught himself by listening to hip-hop albums as an expatriate teenager.  The song “Dreamer” off his February ‘09 release “Troubadour” tells of his young aspirations to become a beloved, touring musician:
“What would it take for a boy about my age to hear cheers in his head upon that …

by Liam Morris
One of my favorite things to do it to find musicians on youtube, myspace and purevolume who have yet to really make it big, but are amazing musicians.  Today I came across Garrett Gue, who is originally from Bozeman, MT but now lives in Seattle, WA.  Below is some information that I pulled off of his Myspace page.
Garrett Gue, hailing from Bozeman, MT, has been passionately exploring music ever since his uncle gave him a beat-up guitar when he was eight years old. Since then, he has found …

So you’re driving home from work… It’s been a rough day. Your boss was short with you, you made mistakes, you feel a little under-appreciated… What do you do?
You have a close friend who is doing things and making mistakes, but you’re not sure whether to confront them… whether it’s your place to say something… What do you do?
Unfortunately I often pull out my phone and scroll through my contacts, wondering who I can call to get some encouragement, support, and just someone to listen. I don’t want …

This Excerpt is from Mark Driscoll’s Blog – The Resurgence – and this article can be also found here.
Mark Driscoll Preaching Pastor at Mars Hill Church

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven… a time to be silent and a time to speak…
Ecclesiastes 3:1, 7b
It was a very normal day until I realized that I was actively destroying my own soul.
The day began with my alarm jolting me awake. I immediately turned on my BlackBerry to hear it chime for each voicemail and email …

by Jesse Browning
I’ve recently come to the realization that the churches in my area who are the most unorthodox in their theology, the most “liberal”, and who hold the most distorted interpretations of Scripture, happen to care more about the people in our area than other more theologically conservative (evangelical) churches in our town. While the Churches with decent doctrine try ever so hard to draw the lost, white, middle class families into their buildings, the apostate “liberal” churches are out feeding the homeless, providing shelter for downtrodden families, running …

by Peter McDowell
It has been 16 months. Before that time, I would never have imagined that my day-to-day life would involve as many interactions with people from a far away land. A land full of grape vines and honeycomb. A land that somehow became irreversibly imbedded into the streets that I grew up on. It’s not what I had in mind a couple years ago, but this is the way it is.  I kind of like it
Let me start off by saying that I thought my good friend Dan had …

by Ian Bauer
Say HUUTAJAT ten times fast. Five times fast? Actually, just see if you can say it once.
For the last 22 years Mieskuoro Huutajat, has been a relatively well kept secret.  They’ve performed all over the world from Belgium to Estonia to Canada. From rock clubs, chamber music concerts, supermarkets and swamps. But, you’ve most likely never heard of them.  Finnish for “Mens Choir The Shouters” Mieskuoro Huutajat is a choir made up of 30 men with black suits and rubber ties.  Their style of performance is undefinable.  They …

by Liam Morris
Today after work I went fly fishing for the first time.  I met up with my friend Pastor Matt Howe and together we drove to two different fishing spots.  The first place we went was right where the Millers River meets the Connecticut River, underneath the French King Bridge.  We didn’t have too much success there and so we moved on to a place up-river a few miles.
Fly fishing is great because it is a fluid relaxation.  Unlike fishing with a traditional worm and bobber, where you can …

by Liam Morris
Have you ever had someone point out something that you do subconsciously, something that is somewhat embarrassing but you’ve never known about before? In that moment you are completely vulnerable. Why? Because like talking in your sleep, it’s not something that you are aware of. You have been living your whole life doing something that you didn’t realize. At least for me it makes me feel like I’m not in control.
Last week my girlfriend, Katelin, was so kind as to point out that …

This weekend, a very special friend and I took a trip to Grafton, VT. A small town of 600 people, a million years ago the named was changed from Thomlinson to Grafton after somebody bought the rights with “five dollars and a jug of rum.” Do you get the idea this is a small town?
I found out about Grafton after Googling “beautiful places in New England” I came upon an article by USA Weekend where Grafton was listed as number six in the Top Ten Most Beautiful Places in America. …