For What it's Worth: - Entries from May 2010

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    Down with "Becky": "How He Loves" & the Nashville scene...PostedFriday, May 28, 2010 @ 9 AMByShannon LewisTaggedNo tags6 commentsAdd commentI'm a songwriter. Some may think I'm not such a good one, but long before I was even a musicians - a christian - or a worship leader, I wrote songs. I wrote my first - I believe - at around the age of 7. I still have it. I still have all of them. I... More
    So, how do I get one of these CDs?PostedWednesday, May 26, 2010 @ 7 PMByShannon LewisTaggedNo tags0 commentsAdd commentThough there was a good crowd at the CD Release, and a number of folks have been picking them up at my church, I've been contacted by quite a few out-of-towners who have been asking, "When will your CD be available online?" Well, that's a tricky... More
    SUNDAY SETLISTS/WORSHIP CONFESSIONAL: Marathon Week, my favorite kind...PostedTuesday, May 25, 2010 @ 10 AMByShannon LewisTaggedNo tags1 commentsAdd commentThis is my participation in TheWorshipCommunity.com Sunday Setlists for May 23rd, 2010: This past week was the sort that makes me really feel alive: 5 "Worship Services", and 7 rehearsals in 5 days! What's amazing to me is - when it comes to leading... More
    Fall down, go BOOM!PostedThursday, May 20, 2010 @ 11 AMByShannon LewisTaggedNo tags1 commentsAdd commentSo, I - along with my whole family - had the honor of dinner with author/speaker, James Goll , last month at my in-law's home. He is a RIOT - we all had a great time. Probably the highlight of the evening, however, is when my chair ceased... More
    5 books that changed your life?PostedFriday, May 14, 2010 @ 2 PMByShannon LewisTaggedNo tags1 commentsAdd commentI'm a reader. Been buying books since before I can remember:: a few that really stunk, but I finished them anyway - many that were okay, and a few that flipped my world on it's head. I've recently been re-reading Willard's paradigm-shifting "the... More
    MomPostedSunday, May 9, 2010 @ 7 AMByShannon LewisTaggedNo tags0 commentsAdd commentMy mother is an beautiful, petite, independent thinker, never afraid to speak her opinion, who laughs loudly, and has a seemingly unending reserve of energy, so when my wife - then merely dating - asked me to describe her before they ever met, I... More
    A brief history of (my) music, part 2PostedSaturday, May 8, 2010 @ 7 AMByShannon LewisTaggedNo tags0 commentsAdd commentTo read part one, click here... I have not always been this cool. Frightening, I know. Given that I'm not really that cool in the first place, I bet many of you can't imagine going downhill from here, but it is true... I've been... More
    Win a Free Ticket to Matthew West {Day Two}PostedFriday, May 7, 2010 @ 6 AMByShannon LewisTaggedNo tags1 commentsAdd commentThe winner of yesterday's contest was Kate Bieling! Since she won the first contest, I gave her the first opportunity to also win the second ticket, however she was unable to answer the question, so here we are on day two with one more ticket to... More
    WIN A FREE TICKET TO MATTHEW WEST THIS FRIDAYPostedThursday, May 6, 2010 @ 6 AMByShannon LewisTaggedNo tags4 commentsAdd commentCyle & I are honored to do an acoustic opener for Matthew West this Friday, and with our CD at the printer, in celebration we wanted to host a little contest. One of our most popular songs is a call to worship entitled "Rejoice in Me". Give it a... More
    To have and to hold...PostedWednesday, May 5, 2010 @ 6 AMByShannon LewisTaggedNo tags0 commentsAdd commentI've sung songs in a great many weddings in my time... even written some songs for a few of them, but NEVER before have I been in a wedding quite as cool, musically, as Neil & Jessica's. I try pretty hard to stay ahead of trends - I seek out bands... More
    {Book Review} Out Home is like a Little Church - Blair, Gilles, & JanesPostedTuesday, May 4, 2010 @ 6 AMByShannon LewisTaggedNo tags1 commentsAdd commentI’ve reviewed Sojourned last two worship CD’s, BEFORE THE THRONE and OVER THE GRAVE , both very positively, but I never expected this: last week a received a book in the mail - a children’s book, none-the-less! Needless to say, I was a bit... More
    The Kingdom of God... a parable only recently interpreted?PostedMonday, May 3, 2010 @ 8 AMByShannon LewisTaggedNo tags7 commentsAdd commentSo, how in the world did we miss it? It appears as though, since the dark ages lifted the church has continually been in reformation - wave after wave of renewal, rebirth, and revival - opening it's eyes to old truths lost or long overlooked during... More
    Walking triumphantly through Disappointment...PostedSaturday, May 1, 2010 @ 8 AMByShannon LewisTaggedNo tags1 commentsAdd commentI’ll be the first to admit it: I suck as a worshiper, and I’m a worship leader, so where does that leave the rest of the church? I say this because in the Bible, Praise & Worship are a response to who God IS and what HE’S DONE ... not a response to... More
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