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I’m Diving in, I’m going deep, in o’er my head I want to be…
Caught in the rush, lost in the flow, in o’er my head I want to go…
The river’s deep, the river’s wide, the river’s water is alive…
So sink or swim I’m diving in. (Stephen Curtis Chapman – “Dive” from Speechless)

Vida en la via (I think) – “Life on the way” – that’s where I am. I don’t know where I’m headed and so much seems to be changing and opening up.

I’ve… Continue

All right, no videos out there for this one so you'll have to track down the song yourself if you want to hear, but this is my current challenge from Todd Agnew (If You Wanted Me, from Better Questions):

I'll admit I'm glad we're not disciples
Out on a lake paralyzed with fright
'Cause I'm afraid I might have laughed at Peter
Until he stepped into that stormy night

If You wanted me to walk on water
Why'd You make this solid ground seem so right?

I'll admit I'm glad I'm not King David
Rulin… Continue

Alright, this song is less challenging in itself for a Lutheran at least, but I just heard it for the first time and it is Easter and Grace all over. Except read on past the lyrics:

Forgiven & Loved :
Tell me I’m forgiven and loved
‘Cause I hear it from the street corner priests
On how God is love and how man can be clean
But my joy has been on holiday
And my peace has almost passed away
Tell me I’m forgiven and free

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This is a new blog that will take songs (which may or may not be considered Christian) and ask difficult questions related to them from my own perspective. I hope you will take the time to listen, think, and take up the challenge to respond.

The first post is below:

"As long as we say prayers for our children
That we do not pray for others
There won’t be…
And as long as we take offerings for those in need
To appease our guilt over our greed
There won’t be…

There wo… Continue