Breaking out the “K” man for this Sunday.  We started our worship with the song “For the Lord is Good”, a song we used to do years ago.  It was so refreshing to play a worship song that has more than 4 chords (not that that’s a bad thing).  And also to be able to play an “Eb13(#11). Read more →

We start a new teaching series tomorrow morning. “Joy” will be centered around the book of Philippians. This service will make you smile.

To prepare for tomorrow’s worship, take a moment and read Psalm 100. Our worship songs include “Joy” (Tree 63), “Salt & Light” (Jami Smith), “Beautiful One” (various), “Fairest Lord Jesus”, “I Stand Amazed” and “Blessed Be Your Name”.

Looking forward to being with God’s church tomorrow!

There’s a line on Ben Folds/Nick Hornby’s “Lonely Avenue” album that say’s “some guy on the net thinks I suck, and he should know, he’s got his own blog”. In light of that, it really doesn’t matter what I think are  the best albums of the year, but I’ve enjoyed thinking about it and reading other lists (Rolling Stone, NPR-All Things Considered,..).  Below (in no particular order) are my 10 favorites from 2011. Read more →

It’s that time to do the top ten lists (which reminds me of the movie “High Fidelity”, one of my favorites). I thought it might be fun to look at what I think were probably the top ten new worship songs we sang at River Oaks in 2011.  You can let me know if you agree. Read more →

Nothing has ever been the same since heaven came to earth.  The birth of Christ “changed everything”!  That was the theme of our Christmas celebration this year. Read more →

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