People come and go in our lives. This is true in church as well. This past Sunday was my son Jonathan's last time at our church, at least for awhile. He has gone back east to take summertime employment and then on to graduate school. We will miss him in our family. The congregation of Crossroads Church will miss him, too-will miss his leadership in the theater ministry, as a worship planner and leader, and a member of the church's "Main Street Band."  He left Crossroads a gift, a song that we sang together Sunday. The title is "Lives of Praise." The music is very upbeat and sing-able for a congregation.  The text, below, expresses some of our most valued themes. Thanks, Jon!

Spirit, come and fill us up

With your love and tenderness

We've come to lift our hearts,

And we've come to confess

Our brokenness and our pain

Spirit, open up our eyes

To your beauty and your grace

May we see your reflection

In every stranger's face

Here today, in this hour

Feel your gentle touch and your power

Tear down the walls

Of our fear and our pride

Help us to live while we're alive

We offer you our songs

Our grateful hands we raise

We offer up our broken lives of praise

Spirit, open up our minds

As we seek to understand

How to live like Jesus

With our feet and our hands

Walk the road you've prepared

Spirit, open up our hearts

To a world outside this place

A world of broken lives

In need of your embrace

Teach us, Lord, how to care

With our lives, answer prayer

(©Jon Price, 2010)

Thanks for continuing to bless me as we journey together.
  
Jack Price

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