This is Dominic Balli. He is a musician here in Southern California that is new to me. I just heard him for the first time the other day (thanks Rich!) and wanted to share with you all! So if you are into a little different flavor, then this may be your guy! Check out his music on iTunes and maybe even follow him on Twitter!
Well, I am officially 30. I guess now I will really need that nap after 6 AM setup (which manes getting up at 4:45 mind you) and a full morning of band followed by teardown. So if it’s Sunday afternoon and you need me, good luck. I probably won’t be answering the phones. I might be calling the cops because everyone around me is too loud and I just wanna drink my prune juice and watch the news!
Here’s our set for Kingsfield this week.
Salvation Is Here – Hillsong United – Look To You
Hallelujah Jesus – Evan Wickham – Mysterious Things
Hosanna – Hillsong – All Of The Above
Glory To God Forever – Fee – Hope Rising
One of my all time favorite worship bands is Shane & Shane. They are a Texas based band and a few of my friends have played with them over the years. Their tunes are always chalked full of amazing lyrics, many times pulled straight out of the Scriptures. I have played most all of their songs over the years in one capacity or another although I have never been able to master the super high vocals and turbo strumming! If you haven’t listened to these guys, check out their Web site now! This video is of The Answer and it is one of my favorites!
Ladies and gentlemen, we are back in full swing! With vacation behind us (boo) and Christmas ahead, we press on! It’s hard to believe that we are almost through August. Wasn’t it just 2009? I remember back in the day when I didn’t have a kid and 2010 seemed so futuristic. Good times. Well, enough with the past. Here is our setlist for Kingsfield this week!
All Because Of Jesus – Fee – We Shine
The Stand – Hillsong United – United We Stand
No One Higher/The Stand – Steve Fee – Awake
Our God – Chris Tomlin – Passion: Awakening
Our Alaskan vacation is nearing the end, but we are still staying in the “I Can See Russia From My House” state for a few more days. So that means that today those of you at Kingsfield will be jamming with Colton again! Today for me, though, offers a couple firsts.
In the morning we are hitting up the Big Wild Life Runs (giggle) 5K in downtown Anchorage. I have never done a run (although we are gonna walk) like this before and I have never had the desire to do so. But, for some reason my wife has a run like this on her Bucket List so we are gonna get it knocked out with a bunch of family! Then after we have settled our Lance Armstrong (minus the bike) adrenalin down we will be heading out to Alyeska for our first night away from our 4 1/2 month old daughter. It will be weird not having her around for that long and we will definitely miss her a lot, but it will be great to get some time away and to ourselves. Doesn’t hurt that Alyeska is beautiful and we might get to touch a glacier.
So since I am gone again from the normal Sunday morning at church, here is a little bit of the expected soundtrack to my Alaskan Sunday.
All Manner Of Disney Songs (because that’s how my family rolls)
Spamalot (if my sister, Reagan, goes on the 5K with us)
Bon Jovi (pretty much a staple)
Foo Fighters (if we actually run some of the 5K)
John Mayer’s Album Battle Studies (because that’s the only CD that’s been in my wife’s car for months now and I am not sure what a road trip would be without it now)
This is such a great song. Huge words. I can’t imagine what would happen in my life if I lived like this all the time.
So what could I say? What could I do?
But offer this heart, oh God, completely to You.
I’ll stand with arms high and heart abandoned
In awe of the One who gave it all
I’ll stand, my soul, Lord, to You surrendered
All I am is Yours
As some of you may have noticed this morning, I am on vacation and therefore not at church! My gorgeous family and I have trekked up to Alaska to vacation with the Family Fun Network (or so it has been named) for family vacation this year. We are only 3 days in and we are having a blast. So since I’m not there and I don’t have setlist for this morning, I thought I would give you a few songs that I’m loving right now for you to check out!
We Will Shine – Nick Thurmond – Not Alone
Beautiful Things – Gungor – Beautiful Things
Wake Up My Soul – Andy Kirk – Wake Up My Soul
Our God – Chris Tomlin – Passion: Awakening
If there is one thing I love it is animated movies. Disney is one of the best. My parents raised me well and prepared me for a life with kids. Robin Hood. Aladdin. 101 Dalmatians. Jungle Book. The Little Mermaid. Beauty And The Beast. The Lion King. And that’s just a few of my absolute favorites! But there is one thing that they all have in common (outside of Disney, animation, stolen stories, etc.). They all have exceptional music (probably why I was so disappointed with The Princess And The Frog). Song after song. Movie after movie. They all have amazing soundtracks.
In my preparation to become a father of enough kids to watch these movies for the rest of my life, I already have some of the songs on my iPhone. Yesterday a song from Beauty And The Beast called Be Our Guest came on during my evening commute. (Imagine with me if you will a guy in a Jeep Wrangler with the top down and doors off driving through Orange County listening to Be Our Guest at full blast. Ha!) I have heard the song a million times but a few of the lines hit me this time.
Life is so unnerving for a servant who’s not serving
He’s not whole without a soul to wait upon
Ah, those good old days when we were useful
Suddenly those good old days are gone
Ten years we’ve been rusting
Needing so much more than dusting
Needing exercise, a chance to use our skill
Obviously if you have seen the movie they are servants in a castle who are going to waste and not using their talents. What hit me, though, is that so many of us (Christ followers) are just like that. We have amazing gifts and message that we have been given. We start out strong, but something happened a long the way, we got distracted and stopped being a servant. We start viewing Christianity and the Church as something that is for us (consumers) and forget that following Christ is a call to serve!
When we became Christ followers we were given gifts of the Spirit and called to live our lives in service to those around us. Jesus gave us the example to follow throughout His life. Some followers understand that and are living it out, but many of us have forgotten that. What about you? Are you really serving those around you? Are you really loving them as Christ loved us? Find a way to serve. Greet at church. Mow a lawn. Change a tire. Hang out at a nursing home. Love your neighbor. Follow the example of Christ to serve.
It is absolutely clear that God has called you to a free life. Just make sure that you don’t use this freedom as an excuse to do whatever you want to do and destroy your freedom. Rather, use your freedom to serve one another in love; that’s how freedom grows. For everything we know about God’s Word is summed up in a single sentence: Love others as you love yourself. That’s an act of true freedom.
Galatians 5:13-14
Our God is greater, our God is stronger
God, You are higher than any other
Our God is Healer, awesome in power
And if our God is for us, then who could ever stop us
And if our God is with us, then what can stand against
Our God – Chris Tomlin
There is so much truth and power in these lyrics. I love it. He is the One to hold on to when life gets hard. He is the One there to heal when we are broken. He is unstoppable.
Summer Splash seemed to be quite a success again! I had a great time with all the cover songs, too! Maybe today we will get to see some new faces from the event. That would be sweet. Maybe my voice will stay strong and not struggle following Friday night. That would be sweet, too.
Glory To God Forever – Fee – Hope Rising
Sweetly Broken – Jeremy Riddle – Full Attention
Hallelujah Jesus – Evan Wickham – Mysterious Things
Our God – Chris Tomlin – Passion: Awakening
