Roll Away Your Stone

Roll away your stone I'll roll away mine
Together we can see what we will find
Don't leave me alone at this time
For I am afraid of what I will discover inside

You told me that I would find a home
Within the fragile substance of my soul
And I have filled this void with things unreal
And all the while my character it steals

Darkness is a harsh term don't you think?
Yet it dominates the things I see

It seems that all my bridges have been burned
But you say, "That's exactly how this grace thing works"
It's not the long walk home that will change this heart
But the welcome I receive with every start

Darkness is a harsh term don't you think?
And yet it dominates the things I see
Darkness is a harsh term don't you think?
And yet it dominates the things I see

Stars hide your fires
For these here are my desires
And I won't give them up to you this time around
And so I'll be found
With my stake stuck in the ground
Marking the territory of this newly impassioned soul...

Hide your fires
For these here are my desires
And I won't give them up to you this time around
And so I'll be found
With my stake stuck in the ground
Marking the territory of this newly impassioned soul

And you, you've gone too far this time
You have neither reason nor rhyme
With which to take this soul that is so rightfully mine

Alleluia, Sing

Like calm comes to a sea; Like snowfall quietly
You come to me

Like justice to the weak; Like a flood rising
You come, You come to me

Alleluia majesty
Alleluia risen king
Alleluia angels sing
Alleluia

Like springtime to winter’s hush
Like laughter to solemnness
Like a sun rising up
You come, You come to us

Like a song rising up in your heart, filling up
Like a heart’s not enough for this love, for this love
To sing of love, to sing of love
To sing of love, love, love…

Alleluia majesty
Alleluia King of Kings
Alleluia angels sing
Alleluia (sing!)

for sjm [I]

My 'jesus music-worship edition' playlist (or what doubles as the master list of the songs my worship team has done), simply because it's a good place to start:

Format: Song - Artist (Album)

All Creatures - David Crowder Band (Illuminate)
Be Thou My Vision
Beautiful - Paul Oakley (Father Me)
Come Thou Fount - Ghost Ship**
Consuming Fire - Soul Survivor (Glimpses of Glory)
The Earth is Yours - Gungor (Beautiful Things)
Enough - Chris Tomlin (Our Love is Loud)
The Glories of Calvary - Sovereign Grace Music (Songs for the Cross-Centered Life)
Great Are You Lord - Phillips, Craig and Dean (Fearless)
Great In All The Earth - Starfield (I Will Go)
Here Is Love - Ex Nihilo (Rain City Hymnal Vol. 1)**
Immanuel - We Are Creation [not a Mars Hill Church Band, but a worship band from Nashville]
In Christ Alone - Page CXVI (Hymns)
Jesus Paid It All - Kristian Stanfill (Passion: Everything Glorious)
Never Let Go - David Crowder Band (Remedy)
No Other Saviour - Starfield (The Saving One)
Nothing But The Blood - Matt Redman (Facedown)
O Praise Him (All This For A King) - Davis Crowder Band (Illuminate)
The House Of God Forever - Jon Foreman (EP 4 - Summer)
Exalted (Yaweh) - Chris Tomlin (Hello Love)
Poison Tree - Ghost Ship* **
Bless The Lord - Jeff Deyo (Light)
From The Inside Out - Hillsong United (United We Stand)
Gloria - Ex Nihilo* **
Gloria - King's Kaleidoscope**
Lily of the Valley - Steve Birss and Jamila Baillie [this was a recording that two members of The Gate did, and we use this format when we sing it]
Offering - Third Day (Offerings II: All I Have To Give)
You - Tim Hughes (When Silence Falls)
You're Beautiful - Phil Wickham (Cannons)
Lead Me To The Cross - Hillsong United (All of the Above)
Sweetly Broken - Jeremy Riddle (Full Attention)
Jesus, Lord of Heaven - Phil Wickham (Cannons)
Holy God - Brian Doerksen (Holy God)
All Creatures - Keeler**
Doxology - Ex Nihilo* **

*Songs which have not been done by my worship team, but that have made it onto the playlist anyway.

**Songs that were recorded by worship teams at any of the Mars Hill Church branches. Oh yeah, check out the Mars Hill Church, they're pretty rad.

when you're through thinking, say yes. part deux.

I don't think I've been more excited for a cd release date! 41 days!

when you're through thinking, say yes.

Confession: I've always had a special place in my heart for Yellowcard. They are quite fabulous, and wrote one of my all-time favourite songs. Their new song (the one shown above) just proves to me why I love them so much. It's the happiest-sounding break-up song since this one. Aren't they just the greatest?

L.

Kivinen Tie [trans: Rocky Road]

1.
Kutsut sitä nyt kun aika on mennyt
Huudat sen perään mitä ei ollutkaan
Kaikki on jo poissa; aika ja minä
Kivinen tiesi vain jäljelle jäi

Ai ai, se palaa
Aina mieleeni uudestaan
Ai ai, ja salaa
Päästän irti ja hengähdän

Laja di deijaa
Laja di deijaa

2.
Elämä jonka valitsit on vaikea kantaa
Suunta jota pidät on raskas pitää
Huutosi kaikuvat vain takaisin itseesi
Kivinen tie vain jäljelle jää

Ai ai, se palaa
Aina mieleeni uudestaan
Ai ai, ja salaa
Päästän irti ja hengähdän

Laja di deijaa
Laja di deijaa

3.
Huomaatko nyt että aika on täysi
Päästä jo irti, sitä ei ollutkaan
Kaikki on poissa; aika ja minä
Kivinen tieni vain jäljelle jää

Ai ai, se palaa
Aina mieleeni uudestaan
Ai ai, ja salaa
Päästän irti ja hengähdän

Laja di deijaa
Laja di deijaa
Laja di deijaa

My favourite line?
Päästän irti ja hengähdän

Translated to English?
Let go and catch your breath

Also, the keychange (at 2:36) breaks my heart. I must go ponder life now. Peace, all.
-L

This was just too good to not share!

Oh, and Happy Christmas everyone!!

-L