Brett Dennen is our latest obsession (thanks Jeff and Kim!). Check him out...so gritty and folky, with a good message.

Ain't No Reason There ain't no reasons things are this way Its how they've always been and they intend to stay I can't explain why we live this way We do it everyday Preachers on the podiums speaking to saints Prophets on the sidewalks begging for change Old ladies laughing from the fire escape, cursing my name I got a basket full of lemons and they all taste the same A window and a pigeon with a broken wing You can spend your whole life working for something Just to have it taken away People walk around pushing back their desks Wearing pay checks like necklaces and bracelets Talking 'bout nothing, not thinking about their Every little heart beat, every little breath People walk a tight rope on a razor's edge Carrying their hurt and hatred and weapons It could be a bomb or a bullet or a pin Or a thought or a word or a sentence. There ain't no reasons things are this way Its how they've always been and they intend to stay I don't know why i say the things i say, But i say them anyway. But love will come set me free Love will come set me free I do believe Love will come set me free I know it will Love will come set me free Yes Prison walls still standing tall Some things never change at all Keep on building prisons, Gonna fill them all. Keep on building bombs Gonna drop them all Working your fingers bare to the bone Breaking your back, make you sell your soul Like a lung is filled with coal, suffocating slow The wind blows wild and i may move But politicians lie and i'm not fooled You don't need no reason or a 3 piece suit To argue the truth The air in my skin and the world under my toes Labor is stitched into the fabric of my toes Chaos and commotion wherever i go Love, i try to follow But love will come set me free Love will come set me free I do believe Love will come set me free I know it will Love will come set me free Yes There ain't no reasons things are this way Its how they've always been and they intend to stay I can't explain why we live this way; We do it everyday.

One of my very favorite singing duos, Shane and Shane, have recently come out with a new album called Pages. The entire album is amazing, but one song in particular stuck out to me from the first time I heard it.

Beg

Here I am One more day of not Loving Him the way He asks In fact my heart is singing praises to the things that make me feel alright

So I’m sinking fast like a stone heart should And on the way down I’ve done what I could To try and try to turn this stone to flesh

I’m haunted by my God Who has the right to ask me What by the nature of my rebellion I cannot give.

So I beg for you to move I beg for you to move I beg for you to break through

So here I am Got my deeds for the day All my cute little words about How I am saved Am I saved?

Could I love you with my mouth like a church kid should At the end of the day My words get burned as wood Oh, but I was good.

I’m haunted by my God Who has the right to ask me What by the nature of my rebellion I cannot give.

These songs are noise In your ears A clanging drum You want my love

Sometimes we just get stuck in a spot in our life where we are literally begging for God to move. For Him to show Himself mighty. To come out from behind the clouds. We get bogged down trying to DO the things we think we should do to make God happy with us...with our "cute little words", when His main concern is for us to love Him with all of our heart, mind, and soul. If we are doing that...the days become brighter. Filled with hope for our future and a confidence that cannot be shaken even in our deepest trials.

Here is a clip of this song for you to check out. If Shane and Shane are in your area during this tour...you MUST go see them. They put on the most amazing worshipful concert I've ever been to. Their songs are so rooted in scripture...you'll be mesmerized and blessed.