The Holiday season is upon us (or at least that’s what the commercials are telling me!)… so I figured that you needed something free for a change.

-Want a free download from Aaron Shust (My Savior My God) -go here for his free mp3 of Silent Night 

If you’re still in that something for nothing mood I’ve got more for ya…

-A friend of mine Ryan Dean is an awesome worship leader in Atlanta, GA. He owns a Portuguese Water dog and is giving away free worship music on his website. For new, free worship music from Ryan..  go here www.ryandeanmusic.com 

-iTunes also has some Christmas music in their free downloads of the week.  Go here for that.

-Free traditional instrumental Christmas music  for download… go here.

Ready for the Christmas season? Forget the Turkey bring me the baby Jesus!

Want a free download to whetten your appetite? Free Xmas Muisc?

Who can say no….

Aaron Shust is giving away his new single “O Come, O Come Emmanuel”

Go to his [Shust] website for the free download!

Yep, my bells are ready to jingle!

“Instead of teaching kids to allow Christ to live through them, we invite them to mimic Him. They rely on their own power, interpret their own behaviors as God-honoring and feel a sense of spiritual pride when they hit the mark.”

                                                                                              -Steve Gerali

Wow. Um. Yeah. Uh. Well.

What an amazingly succinct summary of our culture of youth ministry. NO WAIT! Not simply youth ministry… the CHURCH!

That statement sure hit my marrow. I’ve always been told that Christ is our standard, but that standard isn’t something we can comprehend, interpret or quantify. It’s only by living in and through Him do we begin to understand who He is (and that there is so much we don’t know).

As I walk more with Him, I begin to realize - it’s less of being like Him and more of me submitting myself to Him. That is the process of becoming more Christ-like. 

I’ll leave you with the words of Aaron Shust, who summarizes this thought much more eloquently that I could ever do. 

“You are my strength. You are my God. You are my King. You make me laugh. You make me dance. You make me sing. All of my plans, all of my dreams, I lay them down before your feet. All of my time, all that is mine, I submit to your design. Because you are the one, the only one, who would give it all away for me.”

Oh wow, I’m really getting into Aaron Shust. Some pretty sweet acoustic tunes.

Low and behold, he’s from Duluth, Georgia (not born there but been there for a while) led worship at Perimeter Church (I used drive past it!). Anybody with Georgia roots that does do dip or chew is good in my book!

 Check out his new CD Anything Worth Saying.

http://www.aaronshust.com

If I knew how to embed sound on here, I’d give you a sample…

So otherwise sample it on Amazon or his MYSPACE.

And no pirating Josiah! This guy’s got his own independent label and Limewire is the new porn!