Still Reeling From Robbie Seay Band
First of all, it’s great to be back in the office after spending most of last week at Arise (aka the Willow Creek Arts Conference). I realized earlier today that I’m still processing how awesome Robbie Seay Band’s set at arise was. Yes, it’s been more than five days since I heard them play, and yet I can’t stop humming the tunes and reminding myself what a great experience it was to hear them last week. RSB has a knack for rockin’ music, unique and insightful lyrics, and melodies that won’t leave you alone. On top of that, Seay comes off as an incredibly humble and genuine guy (imagine that).
If you’ve been jonesing for something amazing to listen to, do yourself a favor and pick up RSB’s latest effort, Give Yourself Away. Standout tracks on the album include “Song of Hope,” “Shine Your Light On Us,” and “Beautiful Scandalous Night.”
In an interesting turn of events, Seay mentioned that many of the songs on Give Yourself Away were inspired by his families sponsorship of a child through Compassion International. Interestingly enough, singer/songwriter Shaun Groves has written a great article about Compassion’s blogger experiment for our upcoming July/August issue (which we’ll preview on the blog soon). Everywhere you look, COLLIDE reader, someone is talking about Compassion International. Perhaps someone is trying to tell you something (such as, “What are you waiting for? Sponsor a child already!”).
Here here. My husband and I have been sponsoring a child for a little over a year now. I was just praying about/for him the other day and got this revelation that I am the one that God is using to raise up a young man in the ways of the Lord, to free him and his family from the bondage of poverty, and to shine the love and hope of Christ in a dark place half-way around the world.
I’m sure Sreemonta and his family are blessed by our sponsorship, but not nearly as blessed as I am.
posted at 7:22 am on June 17th, 2008 by Lex