I can relate to this.

"All of my life I've held onto this fear
These thistles and vines ensnare and entwine what flowers appear
It's the fear that I'll fall one too many times
It's the fear that His love is no better than mine

But just as I am, just as I was
Just as I will be, He loves me, he does
He showed me the day that He shed his own blood
He loves me, oh, he loves me, He does!"

-Andrew Peterson, "Just As I Am"

38 Days from the Minefields

This is probably redundant, since everyone who reads this blog also reads Justin Taylor's...

But let me say publicly, as if there was any doubt, that I'm in love with this song.

[Kim, apparently the prerequisite for becoming an adorable elderly couple is dance lessons, so we better get those on the calendar...in 2030. Also, as long as I'm addressing you parenthetically and publicly, you should know that in the course of writing this blog post, I forgot that I had pasta on the stove and left it there way too long. Welcome to the minefield.]

Launching right in

Andrew Osenga is playing in Elmhurst tomorrow. I'm not going to see him. I would, but it just so happens that the only other Nashville-based acoustic storyteller named Andrew I like better is playing in Sugar Grove at the same time. (If you like good things, you'll be there, too.)

I doubt Andy will notice my absence...but just in case, I'll make it up to him by sharing the song that has occupied my mental down-time more than any other the past few days.

Without further ado, I give you "Swing Wide the Glimmering Gates." If you like it, you can download two free EP's on his website. If you don't, what's your problem?