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God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Intro

Here’s a quick snippet of the intro to Mercy Me’s version of “God Rest Ye” at the Christmas Eve 2009 Refuel service at Journey Church in Raleigh, NC. That’s my baby killin’ it on the violin!!

On Human Redemption

“There is something mysterious in this abjection. O hidden strength: a man hangs on a cross and lifts the load of eternal death from a human race; a man nailed to wood looses the bonds of everlasting death that hold fast the world.” “He had what was above all beings that are other than God,…
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Christmas Eve at Journey

If you’re in the Raleigh area tomorrow night and you’re looking for a Christmas Eve service, come on out to Journey Church. Two services–4 and 6 pm. But you better get there early. It’s gonna be packed out. And you can bet your booty there will be some “Carol of the Bells” transiberian style.

Surviving Via Christmas #3

One Incredible Meme She goes by Meme. I’m not sure if our little girl, Rainy, came up with that name or not. But it stuck from day one. There would be no surviving Via Christmas (or any Via get-together for that matter) without her. She keeps things in order. She keeps things rolling. She keeps…
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Surviving Via Christmas #2

#2 – Creative distractions Since there are 9 grandchildren this year at the Via house (4 more than last year), the choas factor has exponentially grown beyond what any of us ever saw coming. As volume levels grow louder and attention spans grow shorter, and the exploding tree of presents seductively beckons our children, the…
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