Saturday was a great day.

We spent the afternoon with our YD youth and some from a local church @ World Relief in Seattle learning about the Refugee problems on around the globe. World Relief is an awesome organization partnering with refugees entering Seattle. It was pretty eye opening experience for many of the youth, learning about the horrors and struggles many endure as a way of life.

From there we dashed back to set up for Ventus.

That night was one of our smaller crowds, but one of the most impactful evenings for me. Our topic was worship. We had a local youth pastor, Clay, come and talk about why we sing in church. From there we had a rousing discussion with the teens and they shared their experiences in the past with worship. They mainly saw it as just singing songs that were “Jesus-y”.

Then something really cool happened. As we ended our discussion, Clay pulled out his guitar and explained the words to a song. Then the led them in worship,. Listening to those teens worship just broke me. They weren’t just singing songs - they were expressing their love for God. These are kids with no context for church, no religious background, and no real outward desire to seem Christian. And they were singing from somewhere deep within them. The Holy Sprint really moved. It was powerful. I love it when things happen that are so far beyond me. I just love to be there to experience the Lord at work.

It was a simple song. It was the one I was looking for (after Catalyst) a few weeks back. All I had a YouTube clip, and Kevin Twombly send me the chord chart. I gave this to Clay and a day or so later, we were worshiping the Lord (I love it when a plan comes together).

It was a great evening.

The song is “Glory to God” by the band Fee.

The chorus is so simple, but expresses something so powerful and deep to the Lord.

Glory to God

Glory to God

Glory to God, Forever…

If you want more, here you go:

Beautiful blood/Glory to God (mp3) (Glory to God hits around the 5 min. mark)

Glory to God Chor Chart (pdf)

I love Raine Maida from his music with Our Lady Peace and his solo work too. I also love watching people do what they can to make this world a better place. He spent a day playing music around the streets of Toronto trying to raise money ($30,000) to build a school in the Congo.

Great song (it reminds me of teens I work with). Great Cause.

For more info on War Child go here.

Remember, I asked you guys a while back to be in prayer for Mikey and Bonnie Lang? Mikey was battling cancer. Well, praise God, I have some good news…

I don’t want to spoil it, so here for the news…

All is well on my insane 11 day road trip (pray for my wife!) of the South. I’ll hopefully update you more as I encounter more internet hot spots. I’ve spent time with family that was good, had a retreat with some friends, and, yes, I’ve seen the king (as pictured above). He sends his love (the hunka, hunka burning type).

Tonight, after some spelunking in Tennessee, I’ll be speaking at a youth group, then heading to Atlanta (my old hometown). After the Chaco incident, I’ve absolved my hometown roots of the ATL - I’m a Northwesterner who just happens to follow the Atlanta Braves and Georgia Bulldogs and enjoys the occasional Chick-fil-A sandwich. So I consider myself a visitor in this large Southern metropolis.

Catalyst starts Thursday and I’m excited to connect with a bunch of you guys. See “ya’ll” soon.

Note: I still have no accent.