Weekend Worship Set 11.11.07

Salvation is Here (Hillsongs)
As It Is In Heaven (Maher)
We Will Shine (Matt Wheeler)

This song, "We Will Shine" is a killer song, written by a guy that does contract worship leading for us at Lake Pointe. He wrote it for our Vision weekend. I would post it on here but I don't know how - if anybody knows how to stream a song on blogspot, tell me!
DD

Weekend Worship Set 11.4.07

I Will Boast (Baloche)
Our God Saves (Baloche)
My Savior My God (Shust)
This Road - solo (Ginny Owens)

Weekend Worship Set 10.28.07

Indescribable (Tomlin)
A Greater Song (Redman)
Everlasting God (Brown)
Filled With Glory (Michael Gungor)
Our God Saves (Baloche)

BTW - if you've never done this song Filled With Glory, you should check it out (Song Discovery #54 is where I got it). It really cooks, in a slow, hugely powerful way.

Also, this was our first week to add Our God Saves - that one really rocks too - even on the first time.

Weekend Worship Set 10.21.07

Here is Our King (Crowder)
As It Is In Heaven (Maher)
Son of God (Starfield)
Nothing But the Blood (Redman)
All of Me - solo (Scott Krippayne)

btw - that solo is a killer song about overcoming temptation. We did some pre-programming that worked great, and is available to anyone who wants it.

Weekend Worship Set 10.14.07

Salvation is Here (Hillsong United)
I Will Boast (Baloche)
Amazing to Me (Davis)
Let Your Mercy Rain (Tomlin)
I'm Not Who I Was - solo (Brandon Heath)

Life in Poetry... Texas

UPDATE: May 17, 2012

Hi all you BBC listeners! I didn't think anybody would find this blog from that radio documentary, but apparently I was wrong. I haven't even updated it in years, so I thought I should maybe post something from this decade.

Yes, Poetry is an awesome place to live, because it's so peaceful & beautiful.  Our place is like a retreat center in the woods. We would be considered some of the "city folks moving to the country," since we've only lived here since 2003. But I grew up in the Ozark Mountains in northwest Arkansas, so that's why I wanted to get out to the country. Now we have deer, wild hogs, and all kinds of other wildlife, right in our yard. Our dogs are so used to it all, they don't even chase anything anymore - they just lie there & watch.

Thanks to those of you who commented on my Poetry song! When Pejk called to ask if he could interview us, he asked if I had ever written a song about Poetry. I told him I hadn't, and he asked, "could you?" At that point, I only had a couple hours before the interview, so I guess that's why it's only about a half of a song! Maybe someday I'll write another verse or two. I do plan on doing a decent recording of it as is, so I can post it on here eventually.

So - maybe now that I actually have some folks reading this blog, I'll turn it into a Poetry blog & keep it current! I've posted a few new pictures at the bottom of this post, mostly just pictures from my iPhone.

Thanks for reading!
See you
Danny
















No, I'm not kidding - I live in Poetry, TX. It's not really a town, but more like a community in the woods. We have a gas station & a feed store. It's at least 20 minutes to anywhere. But it has advantages... such as getting to live in Poetry TX. That's my house, and below are 3 more pictures I shot from the road on my way to work this morning. The temperature finally got below 60 last night, & the humidity was low - it was an awesome morning. So I decided to share it with all 4 of my readers...

I don't mind the 20 minute drive to work, at all. Or the slow satellite internet service. Or the lack of nearby stores or other conveniences. In my line of work (which is so public) it's really refreshing to be able to go home every night to what most people would consider a retreat center.

So, I have no deeper point to this post - it's just that I love the great home God has given me & my family - I wish you could all come see it sometime. All 4 of you.

DD

My next-door neighbors

Poetry ski slope

Poetry phone book

My front porch, early morning

Sunset over Poetry

Fall view out my dining room windows, 10/2011

View from the front porch

Panoramic shot of my yard, with the Pano app (translation: very low quality)

BMG in Dallas

Blue Man Group last night in Dallas was great! But not as good as the Vegas show. If you're thinking about going to see them, here are a few points to consider:

•The rock tour includes too much music & not enough goofy stuff.
•The musicians are scary.
•Those guys with blue heads are scary.
•The really tall guy who always gets a seat right in front of you is scary.
•Blue Man is always way creative, and a lot of fun.
•Great place to steal ideas!

2 posts in one day - it's a record.
DD

Weekend Worship Set 10.7.07

Your Grace is Enough (Tomlin)
Holy is the Lord (Tomlin)
As It Is In Heaven (Matt Maher)
Yes You Have (Leeland)
All Creatures of Our God & King (Crowder)

Weekend Worship Set 9.30.07

O Praise Him (Crowder)
For Your Glory (Matt Maher)
My Savior My God (Aaron Shust)
Take My Life & Let it Be (hymn)
All for You - solo (Starfield)

Okay...

...maybe it's been a while since I posted anything. I said I was going to try to post more than 3 times a year, but I didn't say it would actually happen. And now people are making fun of me. I won't say who it was, but let's call him Pat. Pat Callahan. So, like 1/3 of my readers are making fun of me. It's a good thing I've been on a church staff for more than a few years & developed this thick skin.

So here's what I've been doing since my last post (like anybody cares):

-2 week vacation in Nashville
-work
-1 week staff retreat in Ontario (fly-in fishing - those are my feet in that pic - it was a rough staff retreat)
-work
-trip to Nashville this week

Now you're all informed. If I ever have anything more meaningful to post here, you'll be the first to know.


DD

Vacating the Premises

Ever go on vacation & just about kill yourself trying to get out of town? I'm speaking figuratively, of course. Trying to do 2 weeks work in 2 days is never much fun. But it does make the beach sound better than ever...

We're leaving Friday for Seagrove Beach in the panhandle of Florida - 7 nights in a condo on the white sand beach. We'll live through it I guess.

Check back here soon - I'm going to try to update this blog more than 3 times a year starting now. Maybe even with something interesting. But no promises...
DD

About Me...

This is my view this morning as I'm writing - sitting on my front porch. How could you not write something in a place with this kind of view? What you can't see from the picture is that it's pouring down rain - awesome.

In the words of Mike Weaver (and about a hundred other worship songwriters)

"It's not about me - it's all about You..."

That's what we're supposed to promote as worship leaders, and as Christians. But then we all have this About Me section on our blogs or MySpaces... There's not really anything wrong with that - it's just ironic. Because, when you go to someone's site, what do you look at first...? the About Me section!

So I do have an About Me section just like everybody else. I just hope that that's not the unofficial theme of the way I live my life, according to the people who are stuck hanging around me. Most of us stage-type people have to struggle with that issue a little - keeping the focus off of us & on God, where it's supposed to be. I worry so much about it that I can barely even write in this blog for fear of taking myself too seriously.

My favorite quote of all times:

"The graveyard is full of indispensable men"

- Charles De Gaulle

So let's do our thing this weekend - let everybody think we're great musicians, great worship leaders, blah blah blah... Let's just not take ourselves that seriously. And remember that we're nothing on our own.

see you next time!
DD

Boggle

Hey check this out - I love this game! It's an online version of the word game called Boggle. This is a score from a few days ago - I hope you can read it.

My user name is Guitarded. We're usually more like somewhere in the top 20 - or 30. But this was a particularly good night. While most of you over-achieving bloggers are doing your blog thing, I'm wasting time Boggling. Everybody needs to have a favorite web-based time-waster. Anybody else have one? Blogging or MySpace or Facebook doesn't count...
DD

First Post

Hello!
I assume it's normally awkward on the first post of any blog - kind of like a first date. For instance, I don't want to assume I'll say anything you want to read, but I don't want to insult you by not having something substantial to say, either. After all, you did go to the trouble to get here. In fact, you may never find anything substantial here - "substantial" being the subjective term it is.

So let's make a pact - I'll try to write with substance, and you try to read with grace. Of course, we can't shake on it, and you don't even have the capability to say whether you agree or not - at least in real time. But it's a deal. Cool?

See you next time
DD