Comments on: Better than… http://www.ryanbooz.com/2008/02/14/better-than/ Learning to fight like a man Thu, 17 Jun 2010 05:45:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: admin http://www.ryanbooz.com/2008/02/14/better-than/comment-page-1/#comment-21 admin Sat, 23 Feb 2008 04:29:39 +0000 http://www.ryanbooz.com/2008/02/14/better-than/#comment-21 Mark, First off, nice work on the "..."!! Just feels right at home. Second, I couldn't agree more on methods to focus my worship more. It feels so tough to break from the "cattle herd" mentality when you've been around PowerPoint lead corporate worship for all of your Christian life. But, one thing the Lord has done in my heart at different times is to realize that many of our songs are directed from me/us via "I" - rather then directed towards our Savior - "You" or simply "Jesus". It's in these times that I realize I have the freedom to express that - rather then following the crowd. Where the Spirit of the Lord is... Mark,

First off, nice work on the “…”!! Just feels right at home.

Second, I couldn’t agree more on methods to focus my worship more. It feels so tough to break from the “cattle herd” mentality when you’ve been around PowerPoint lead corporate worship for all of your Christian life. But, one thing the Lord has done in my heart at different times is to realize that many of our songs are directed from me/us via “I” – rather then directed towards our Savior – “You” or simply “Jesus”. It’s in these times that I realize I have the freedom to express that – rather then following the crowd. Where the Spirit of the Lord is…

]]> By: The Other Mark that doesn't use "..." all the time http://www.ryanbooz.com/2008/02/14/better-than/comment-page-1/#comment-18 The Other Mark that doesn't use "..." all the time Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:31:05 +0000 http://www.ryanbooz.com/2008/02/14/better-than/#comment-18 Ryan, Don't normally read blogs but happened upon yours while cleaning up bookmarks and got a kick out of your comment about "this is the air I breath… and I’m desperate for you" types of lyrics. I've noticed a plethora of those types of worship songs used in a corporate setting in recent years (IHOP, HOP, Sunday services). It springs out of authenticity and that heartfelt love from the individual worship song writers and singers but doesn't fit so well for "sing-along" making it practically awkward at times. After all, when you express heartfelt romantic love to your wife (which is a manly thing to do), you don't normally get a group who also appreciates her to join in with you. That said, sometimes it works wonderfully as we are all lovers of God and loved by him. So, when it doesn't quite work for you... Hint: I sometimes sing my own lyrics in a corporate setting for these songs no matter what others are singing (just not too loud). It lets me express praise and worship that's authentic. (I thought the other other Mark would appreciate my use of ...) Ryan,
Don’t normally read blogs but happened upon yours while cleaning up bookmarks and got a kick out of your comment about “this is the air I breath… and I’m desperate for you” types of lyrics. I’ve noticed a plethora of those types of worship songs used in a corporate setting in recent years (IHOP, HOP, Sunday services). It springs out of authenticity and that heartfelt love from the individual worship song writers and singers but doesn’t fit so well for “sing-along” making it practically awkward at times. After all, when you express heartfelt romantic love to your wife (which is a manly thing to do), you don’t normally get a group who also appreciates her to join in with you. That said, sometimes it works wonderfully as we are all lovers of God and loved by him. So, when it doesn’t quite work for you… Hint: I sometimes sing my own lyrics in a corporate setting for these songs no matter what others are singing (just not too loud). It lets me express praise and worship that’s authentic. (I thought the other other Mark would appreciate my use of …)

]]> By: TheMav http://www.ryanbooz.com/2008/02/14/better-than/comment-page-1/#comment-17 TheMav Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:25:43 +0000 http://www.ryanbooz.com/2008/02/14/better-than/#comment-17 Hey man! Any news on the kid?! We miss you guys! And I miss that song! We used to play it all the time! Hey man! Any news on the kid?!

We miss you guys! And I miss that song! We used to play it all the time!

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