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Celebrate the light with:
Steve Hindalong, Terry Taylor, Peter Furler (Newsboys), Marc Byrd (Common Children), Leigh Nash (Sixpence), Dale Baker (Sixpence), Dan Haseltine (Jars Of Clay), Derek Webb (Caedmon's Call), Mac Powell (Third Day), Charlie Peacock, Julie Miller, Phil Madeira, Tom Howard, Rick Heil (SonicFlood), Christine Glass, Kim Thomas. |
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| City on A Hill ~ reflections on our spiritual journeys. Compiled by Steve Hindalong.
Some of today's most talented Christian artists share their personal reflections of finding God's light in a dark world. These honest and moving stories about their spiritual journeys provide us a glimpses of the wonder and hope of life with God. They confirm God's promise to us — that our past no longer holds us captive but is part of our present message: God's love and grace can make us new. |
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| Dan Haseltine Slowly, confidently, the train pulled away from its resting place. It had struck a deal with time and so rode away with the remaining seconds it would have taken me to climb aboard. The whistle sounded in triumph, betraying its joy over having caused another would-be passenger to slow down-if only for a few stolen minutes. I felt my heart fall like a coin tossed carelessly into a darkened well. I held my breath with anticipation of its reaching the bottom. I would have to wait. It was Chicago. Many trains would be setting out in the direction I needed to go. excerpt from book |
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| Steve Hndalong A sense of direction? I have none. I open closet doors trying to find my way out of friends' houses. I certainly wouldn't qualify to deliver pizza. And although I truly appreciate visual art, I never could draw-not a horse or even a cube. But I've always been in tune with the rhythm of life, with an instinct for keeping the beat. It was only natural that I became a drummer. I don't recall ever having to ponder the whereabouts of "the upbeat." (I'm referring to the "ands" of "one and two and three and four.") excerpt from book |
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| Charlie Peacock Something's wrong and I can't keep quiet. This world is so full of lousy thinking. My brain is filled with lousy thinking too. Since I'm part of what's wrong, I talk to myself about it. I rattle, skip, stutter, and try the best I can (with deft imprecision) to lock my mind around what might be called good thinking. Good thinking is, I believe, learning to think like God thinks. It is my fuel. It is the way of truth, the way of life, the way that leads me to God. Whenever and wherever I find good thinking I give thanks to the Good King. excerpt from book |
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| Leigh Nash I haven't always understood what grace means, but looking back over my life I can see how God's grace has always been with me. I did not grow up in a "model Christian home." As a little girl I went to Sunday school and "big church" every week with my mother and my sister. One of the things I remember most clearly is that my mom always seemed tense and moody on Sunday mornings. Perhaps it was the contrast she felt between her own life at home and the lives of all those happy, seemingly perfect families that shared the pews with us. excerpt from book |
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