Since the end of Delirious! lead singer Martin Smith has been working on a solo project called God’s Great Dance Floor: Step 1 which will be out in April.
Back to the Start is one of the songs of the new album:
See Martin talk about his new project in this video:
This week I decided that it was time for something a bit different.
Rap anyone? Or is it really poetry? I’ll let you decide.
This is Odd Thomas from Portland, Oregon with The Reality of the Resurrection:
This video is a humbling story of recovery and restoration that reminds us that Pastors are just as human as the rest of us.
Joseph “Skip” Ryan resigned at Pastor of Park Cities Presbyterian Church in Dallas in 2006. It was then revealed that he was an opiate addict, in bondage to prescription pain medicines. His marriage was also falling apart. What follows is a testimony to a God who reaches into our darkest moments and brings light:
Over the last couple of years Canon J John has been running a programme on UCB TV called Facing the Canon.
In this series J John interviews people about their faith.
An archive of previous programmes have recently been published to YouTube so you can watch them at any time.
In the following programme J John interviews Rachel Gardner, Director of Romance Academy, a nationwide sex and relationships education initiative run by youth workers. She is also remembered for her part in the BBC’s No Sex Please We’re Teenagers series which challenged twelve teenagers to remain celibate for 5 months.
(Rachel is also Pastor Andrew’s sister-in-law)
The team at Worship Central have a new live album coming out soon.
As an introduction they’ve posted one of the new songs – Let it be known – which will also be the name of the new album.
Let it be known that that our God saves, our God reigns.
We lift you up, up.
Let it be known that love has come, love has won.
We lift you up, up, up.
The Rend Collective Experiment have a new album out, it was recorded around a fire on Ballyholme Beach, N.Ireland.
“To be on a journey as God’s family, going through the highs and lows of life, suffering and laughing together, that’s what I want. Not some holy huddle where we all pretend everything is OK, but a real community who believes in the God of miracles, but also the God of the trials.
That’s what the world needs too. So let’s give out the invites put aside our selfish ways and celebrate Jesus around the camp-fire.”
We received our copy a few days ago and have played it over and over again since.
Here’s the story behind the new album: