Broken Ear Drums of Glory

Just another brief update. We wanted you to know that we've settled on a new church. We toyed with the option of going to a different church every Sunday until we left town. However, since it would take about three years to do that because Abilene has more churches per person than any other town in the nation we decided to choose sooner. We will be attending Beltway Park Baptist. The church has a very good pastor, solid doctrine, my good friend KC Johnson, and small groups in our demographic. Now there is a little something that sets this baptist church apart from others: their take on worship music is that it can change our mental capacity for praise. There is the 14-piece band flanked on the left by the back-up singer who doesn't really sing, and on the right by the lead guitar player with his spiked hair reined in by the sweet Rambo-style bandanna. About 50% of the time the group keeps it pretty mellow but watch out when the chorus creeps up. There is nothing in this world like the power chords of righteousness to get Baptists to raise their hands, fall on their knees and crack open their own chests so they can personally shove more Jesus into their heart. Actually that last part isn't true it is just a metaphor. Considering the vast number of Church of Christ locations in the town (they don't use musical instruments in church) it is like they are a magnet for anyone who can play something. It is a nice shift from our traditional "large choir" set-up in Florida.