I got to see one of my favorite and most inspired bands recently. It was even better to see them with one of my very best friends and 'ol roommate Sam. They hail from Florida, but their recent album cover features a picturesque landscape that I can relate to and makes me Love them all the more. Anberlin inspires and pushes me in the right direction everyday. I first started listening to them in 2006 and shortly after started looking into their lyrics, which, for an up tempo emo/indie band in the mold of Brand new, were incredibly deep and thought provoking. Shortly after I found out they were all Christians (Stephen's last name is actually Christian) and pumped up about the possibility of a better life through this genre of music.
All this excitement and all the elements of words and sounds and projects outside of music and the depth of a couple of Floridians with instruments makes the mind put people on a pedestal. Although I tended to think of Stephen and the band as "superhero's" of truth and love (and maybe they are) it was quickly made clear to me, that they were just twenty something year old guys. They have faults, they have shortcomings, they have fallen short: they are just like me.
Dismantle.Repair
Humbling for sure! Then again, I was still like a little kid at the show, singing every song until my lungs burned and my legs ached from jumping up and down! And I got Deon's pick!!!
So as that concert on one of the last days in May, gets me pumped up about living and loving and attempting to walk the glorious path God has laid before me, i figured I'd propose a few questions???
What bands or rather song(s) Move you to Move? To be a better person, to Hope, to laugh, to draw on an experience and go gravitate infinity? Is there a song that you feel was written for YOU?
...and the second part of that is, why not allow these things to move us? Our dance party at CSC last year had a theme of, "Let go, Let love" Can we not live our lives this way? Can we not let our hearts be moved, as frightening and as daunting as it may be? I think the answer is, we can, and we will. Because that which moves us is not just for inspiration or a good time, but rather these elements of life, in this case music tell us about our own hearts, and what they need. These words tell us about our own Hopes and Dreams, our destiny in this life. These guitar riff's tell us about our God and how he would love to see us move and help one another out of Love. Finally, these songs tell us about our story, and how, with faith and Love, we can live magnificent stories that even Hollywood would be jealous for.
This movement is "the perfect tourniquet", this movement is "Jesus to the demons", this reality is "laughing, loving, living free and singing"-
Don't drop your Arms! (Thank you ANBERLIN...Godspeed!!!)
listen:
"Paperthin hymn" anberlin
"Dismantle.Repair" acoustic- anberlin
Post Script: I am very excited to read the new book by John and Stasi Eldridge, "Love & War" and I will be (new thing) writing a review about it after I read it stay tuned!!
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