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Intendo

She’s now five, and she’s now the proud owner of a pink Intendo. For the rest of us, it would be a Nintendo DS.  Her older brother owns a blue one that is simply “my DS”. This one, though, is the “Intendo”. It was a huge deal to get it, and she actually got it a couple days [...]

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Worship Thoughts #1

My concern for worship all too many times in the past has been to be in an atmosphere where I could worship God properly.  There was much emphasis on “me”.  Was I excited by the music?  Was I being led into the presence of God?  Was the worship “sweet”?  Was I getting anything from it?  [...]

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I Hate Bluegrass. I Love Bluegrass.

I must be the most eclectic, sporadic, warped blogger known to blogdom.   I've written before about my "cycles" in life, and I find them to still be true, but much shorter in duration than they once were.  It seems like they last about three days now instead of the three months they previously endured.   That's [...]

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Paul Baloche Glorious

“Worship” musician extraordinaire (regular readers of bernardshuford.com will understand the irony here…) Paul Baloche has released a new album today.  I like Paul.  I like the new album.  I like his focus on music that truly glorifies Christ and the Cross.  I debate the idea of a certain kind of music at a certain time [...]

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Worship

There’s something at a very deep level bothering me about “corporate worship”.  It started at Promise Keepers 2008 in Atlanta, which was my first experience with large-scale “worship” in a while.  I can’t put my finger on it.  It has something to do with the leaders being expected to perform in a certain way.  It’s [...]

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