Wednesday, September 07, 2005

A great resource for Katrina Survivors

If you're looking for info about Baby Sanderson, go to post "Prayer Points".

Here's a great resource for 'such a time as this', when literally hundreds of thousands of people are reinventing their lives, and relocating to a new home because of Katrina. I'm in the midst of creating a list of worship ministry resources, and this is one of my favorites...if you love God, music and poetry and you know there has just GOT to be more to life than this earth & its trials...then check this out.

CD Resource: CITY OF GOLD ~ Impressions of Heaven. This CD came into my life by recommendation of Sally Morgenthaler at a worship leaders' retreat that Jeff Nelson & I attended in Colorado Springs, CO back in the late ‘90’s. It was at the coolest retreat/resort, not far from Pikes Peak and Garden of the Gods. The setting was so beautiful. I heard “Lord Most High” for the first time there. Still can’t get enough of that song. Anyway, Morgenthaler recommended that we get this CD entitled “City of Gold” by a band of artists (poets/lyricists/musicans) in England who were really inspired by John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress…they wanted to write some songs to go with the wonderful poetic imagery in that book. So they wrote some songs, and placed them in between carefully selected passages of the book, read like poetry. It is an incredible recording that I have used time and time again in worship settings. It never fails. People are always encouraged and inspired by it. Per http://www.amazon.com/ the original release date is September 1, 1998. Apparently, based on customer reviews on the amazon website, and now that I think about it it’s obvious, this CD is perfectly suited to lift up people who are grieving the loss of a loved one. (and I might add...perfectly suited when you are on the move in every area of your life.)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I loved hearing this CD when you used it in the worship service at Grace Crossing. It is SO POWERFUL!! BEAUTIFUL music and INCREDIBLE imagery/poetry. I highly recommend it as well!!

Jaime