We got a call yesterday and the server for our website had a problem. That means our myspace and sidewalkprophets.com will look a little different for a day or two. We apologize and will have things up and running ASAP!
okay. so a while back we blogged about naming our new van. we had decided on the name the stay-puffed marshmallow van - but Cal didn't like it (he actually took our marshmallow man and threw him in to a wooded area).
That leaves us with a busy schedule and no name for our van. Here is a fun contest we thought we'd try. If you think you have a good name for our van... just leave us a comment telling us what name you think we should choose. We're going to choose our top 4 names that YOU guys and girls come up with and let everyone vote on the official van name. The people that come up with the top four van names will get a spot on our top friends. The winner will recieve a personalized song about the van name that they submitted. Good luck - We appreciate your help coming up with a name.
Sneak preview of our new music video!
Current mood: anxious
Category: Music
That's right! Our new music video is now complete and we're going to let the first 500 people to visit have a sneak preview of it before it launches to iTunes! All you need to do is click on the link below and then fill out the form and you will be redirected to the music video. Don't forget to leave us some feedback after you've viewed it.
Sometimes I am inspired. Ask anyone who truly knows me, and they will tell you that those inspirations usually occur when owls are out in full force. 2AM is a good average time. Regardless, I have been re-reading the Chronicles of Narnia and have quickly arrived at the last book in the series, "The Last Battle." I hate it when books end but even moreso when a great series of stories ends. Despite this sorrow, I found myself exclaiming one word over and over again throughout my readings, hallelujah. Even the simple, sad first chapter of "The Last Battle," the first eleven pages that sum up the metaphorical anti-christ's totalitarian dominance of the simple minded man through the Aesopian fable of an ape and a donkey, had me literally amazed by literature. All the words that could describe my astonshment flashed inside my mind, but all that came out was "Hallelujah." The word reminded me of our recent trip to New England.
A story I often tell at our Sidewalk Prophet shows is one of a camp that we played in which, in the home church, the word "hallelujah" was banned during Lent. It wasn't to be sung or spoken. This act was passed so that the entire congregation could respect the power and beauty in that often overused word, so that when Easter struck, when Christ's resurrection was honored, the word, "hallelujah" would shake the mind and stirke the soul.
So I set down my book and began writing...
Hallelujah
There is power in the word.
Hallelujah…
In a sensational stained-glass window
through which the tropical sun stares
In a great silvery expanse of sand on the sea-bed
under a glass of shifting sapphire
Within the heart of an old-man
who has loved wildly without ceasing and is loved deeper still
Behind the lids of a sleeping child
whose dreams are shades beyond heather and kingdoms in clouds
The word is power.
Hallelujah…
In darkness and sorrow, shadow and shade
Upon peaks and precipices, inside valleys and glades
I've heard it in a tear's dance and watched it fall like rain
I've smelt it in October's leaves and felt it bend and change
Hallelujah, for complexity, the Lord provides the means
Hallelujah for simplicity, "there is no other stream"
"Further up and further in, sons of Adam daughters of Eve."
And upon that some glad morning, the word is all I need.
I didn't realize when I wrote my last blog that life would get super busy. I wanted to finish the blog earlier when the ideas were still fresh in my head. With that being said, I appologize if this blog is lackluster. I really want to take some time to encourage everyone who may be living through situations that seem unbareable or unfair. If you remember in my last blog I made the statement that the ocean is like a puddle on the sidewalk to God. If the ocean is like a puddle to God then think about how small your biggest problems are to God. The real key in life isn't just recognizing God's power but even more importantly is learning to submit to it. More often than not I find myself saying "God you are in control" and then proceed to worry my day away. This week I pray that everyone including myself find the strength and the faith to totally submit to God's authority. -------------------------------------------- We've got lots of great stuff planned in the upcoming months. We're excited to have a busy summer and to work with a lot of new people! Thanks to all of you for the love and support. It looks like the new album will be recorded in the fall. We'll keep you posted! -Ben
Last week while Dave and I were in Vero Beach we spent an afternoon at the beach. It was a vert hot day, one of those days where the asphault is piping hot on your bare feet. The ocean is one of Daves favorite things. We have visited the ocean frequently and it never fails, every time he is near the ocean he will run in to it with reckless abandon. I have seen him do it on cold days and hot days as well as rainy days.
I am much more the type of person who enjoys looking around with my feet in the shallow water and the sand between my toes. I started thinking to myself as I stood there analyzing my surroundings at the beach that you can really tell a lot about a person by the way they face the ocean.
I think that the Ocean is probably the greatest representation of God's power that exists on the Earth. The thought of a God as big as the ocean is enough to make my knees tremble. The most incredible thought that comes from this is that God is MUCH bigger than the ocean. Just think about it...the ocean that we stare in amazement at is like a puddle on the sidewalk to God.
anxious
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