One of our favorite communities of crazy Jesus lovers just put out a new “live-from-the-living-room” type of album. Check it out!
So proud of our friends for taking the scarey jump to opening a window into their community for the world to hear!
We’ve been in their home, shared meals at their table, and worshiped in their living room. These guys hearts are so pure, and its captured on this album for sure. Enjoy!
The Banks House Studio has been good to us.
But sometimes bigger drum rooms are just what the doctor ordered.
So that’s where we are. The biggest drum room we could find.
I58 Studios north of LA to be exact. And wow, its been incredible.
Will, Brock, Brandon, and myself have been tucked away in the studio working on Will’s next studio worship album.
We are finishing up day 4 tracking drums, with 3 more to go. So excited to share some new tunes with you! And bigger drum sounds:)
Brandon’s laying down some electric tracks at the moment that are in the best kinda way distracting, so its time to stop before rambling begins.
more coming soon.
I rarely take a breath in and forget to exhale. Especially while reading a book. But with Bonhoeffer’s biography by Eric Mataxas, I guess this is my exception. (For those that don’t know, Bonhoeffer was a theologian, pastor, and author in Germany during WWII, and was eventually imprisoned and martyred for his faith.)
Wherever Bonhoeffer stepped, even in the darkest of prisons, people witnessed his constant joy. He lived and breathed peace. He was a man absolutely for others. He was a pastor, not by title alone, but at his core. Prisoners would find him and pull on his life, the life of Christ inside of him. On his last day on earth, Bonhoeffer’s fellow prisoners asked him to hold a church service, with one of the most vocal askers a professed atheist. He read from Isaiah 53:5 (“By His stripes, we are healed.”) and 1st Peter 1:3 (“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy we have been born anew to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.”)
Just as Bonhoeffer finished his closing prayer, a SS guard stormed in the prison, demanding Bonhoeffer relocate to another prison, which happened to be notorious for being a place to go die. Bonhoeffer said his goodbyes to his prisoner friends, closing with these words.
“This is the end. For me, the beginning of life.”
This is where i forgot to exhale.
Its been a long time coming, but here is part #2 of from Live at the Banks House!
Its the song If I Give it All - a simple prayer of trusting the Lord with our whole lives.
I don’t usually believe in things that seem to good to be true. But there are exceptions.
Josh Garrels is one of them. If you haven’t already heard, he’s created a masterpiece of an album, and he’s giving it away for the first year.
When you gaze upon beauty,
purpose is sure to fall like sweet rain.
Not just any kind of beauty.
The author of beauty.
The perfection of perfect.
It’s in this place that we discover there’s a story being told with our life. A grand masterpiece of a story, given to us by our creator.
And its here that the weight of our call is felt. Read more
Our story isn’t finished.
We have much to do.
One of our friends from our Tuesday night community. So many talented musicians overflowing from Knoxville! Love this cover…
David Platillero, you rock bro! Keep it up!
A brother is a true brother when he digs for the gold inside of another. He diligently sifts through the rocks, dirt, and the all around rubbish for the hidden gold on the inside. He never gives up. He doesn’t back away when he comes up empty. He keeps trying, month after month, year after year. And when he finds the gold, he does what Jesus would do. He hands it right back over and says, “This is what I’ve found in you. This is the gift of God inside of you. This is what I see. This is what I know.”
A sister is a true sister when she digs for good soil in another. If she finds toxic soil, she keeps digging. It doesn’t scare her. If she finds dry and barren ground, she brings her sister water for her soil, words of life, and the water sees fruit grow from the good soil of commitment and pursuit. Toxic soil isn’t to be so scary we run the other way. The Holy Spirit is the master gardener, and is asking if you would be the rookie apprentice. We have much to learn, but the Holy Spirit is ready to teach.
“May your love still abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment.” - Philippians 1:9
We are a bunch of best friends, with our eyes fixed on Jesus, listening ever so attentively to what's beating on His heart. And... we've go a facebooks!
