Music-&-Media

#Hope

Hold On, Be Strong… God’s got the final say #OnRepeat

Reminded of how much I heart Gungor by a conversation… #EarWorm

Fasting does not change God’s hearing so much as it changes our praying From The Donald Whitney book I’m currently reading - image by Time Challies #Apt

From the Rebecca St James album Transform, which along with Joshua Harris’ book I Kissed Dating Goodbye ’threatened’ to define how Christian boys and girls related for my generation.. Great ideals though.. #ThrowBack #LifeInASong

Have had this on repeat for most of the week… #EarWorm

https://www.ted.com/talks/judson_brewer_a_simple_way_to_break_a_bad_habit?language=en A fascinating talk by Judson Brewer on habits and how we form them. Apt, given I am looking to embed 12 key ones this year. The key to tweaking our trigger-behaviour-reward cycle is being mindful and curious, focusing on what is really happening to us in the moment of behaving, apparently. #Timely

At the movies with L to see The Revenant - as much an endurance test for viewers who have to sit through all 2 hours 36 minutes of it as it is for Leonardo Di Caprio’s character, stumbling through the frozen lands he must to reach home and find a closure of sorts - I find myself wondering what the etiquette for movie watching is these days. Given how the action drags, I am tempted to try to make small talk, keen to not miss the opportunity finally getting a chance to catch up at the 8th or 9th time of trying affords. ...

Heard after a long time during worship today #Ace

From time to time, my rather loud, Pentecostal church goes back to basics and sings a communal hymn in place of a choral presentation. Days such as these - I feel - lend themselves more to the more contemplative (or less engaged some would argue) worshipers such as me. The hymn today was particularly apt, particularly the 3rd stanza given the disturbing news my friend B shared overnight about her loss. ...