OK, so I thought I was excited about "Sweet Sacrifice" (see post below). And then I heard "Come Holy Ghost", and felt my heart turn upside down and inside out. My first impressions are "Damien Rice does worship music". Reminiscent of my other favourite offering of the mysterious, almost eerie side of worship Bifrost Arts , this album raises the hairs on the back of my neck. It's pure honey, yet totally absent of any hint of anything saccharine. Majoring on the minor key, and highlighting the hope found in the dark night of the soul, it stirs something deep within - a reminder that worship music exists outside of CCM's top 50 and that my God is wild, my God is a consuming fire, my God is not safe, my walk with God is not a walk in a rose garden....
Before wasting any more words on recommending this, I just say to click on the image above and follow the instructions.
Here's what the website itself says:
The book of Job is the oldest book of Scripture and it asks one of the oldest questions, 'Is there hope?'
'Is there hope for a tree cut down? ...Yes. At the mere scent of water it will bud and grow green shoots.'
That is what we are discovering together at Church of the Beloved - a hope. Hope that something new is beginning that has very old roots. Hope that God is growing life out of our devastation, trust out of our cynicism, love out of our fear, community out of our isolation.... And that's what this album is about - fumbling into God's grace. It is a seismic and humble shift when our heart can hear the words that God has been saying to us for all our lives, '...nothing can separate you from the Love of God which is in Christ Jesus'. These songs say 'Yes' to God's claim upon your life that, 'You are my Beloved.'"
Before wasting any more words on recommending this, I just say to click on the image above and follow the instructions.
Here's what the website itself says:
The book of Job is the oldest book of Scripture and it asks one of the oldest questions, 'Is there hope?'
'Is there hope for a tree cut down? ...Yes. At the mere scent of water it will bud and grow green shoots.'
That is what we are discovering together at Church of the Beloved - a hope. Hope that something new is beginning that has very old roots. Hope that God is growing life out of our devastation, trust out of our cynicism, love out of our fear, community out of our isolation.... And that's what this album is about - fumbling into God's grace. It is a seismic and humble shift when our heart can hear the words that God has been saying to us for all our lives, '...nothing can separate you from the Love of God which is in Christ Jesus'. These songs say 'Yes' to God's claim upon your life that, 'You are my Beloved.'"