Michael W. Smith gets it.

So do a lot of other Christian artists.

Click above or here to view video.

Download the song here ($1.29 via itTunes) or click on banner below.

The Muppet reprises the Beethoven classic (below and here).

Please do not attempt this at home.

Good overview below and here by Mark Driscoll of Mars Hill Church/Seattle on the damage done by the Haitian earthquake.

He and pastor James McDonald from Chicago spent 32 hours after the quake on-the-ground.

This provides a good, broad historical background on Haiti for those not familiar with Haiti.  He describes not only how devastating this earthquake was to the people, but also how and why the work of churches is essential to the recovery and rebuilding of Haiti.

If you’re looking for a fairly short (about an hour) overview of the Haiti earthquake and how the church is responding and why this response is essential, this is excellent.

Please share broadly.

View on YouTube here.

Contrast with these photos immediately following the January 12 earthquake.

Click here to learn more & support relief to Haiti.

Patrick Henry Hughes:

“God made me blind and unable to walk…big deal!  He gave me the musical gifts I have and the opportunity to meet new people…”

Amazing.

HT: Noel Piper

He was right where He always is – in the midst of His people.

See this story (video below) about 69-year-old Ena Zizi, who was trapped for 7 days in the rubble of the National Cathedral in Port-Au-Prince while praying, along with other stories.

This Telegraph report is one of the few from secular news sources who recognize and report of God’s hand in the disaster:

Cross International efforts in Haiti can be tracked here.

Please pray for three of our project officers – Mike Henry, Mike Wilson, and Claudio Merisio – who are on the ground in Port-au-Prince with our partners in Haiti.

Via Tim Chester:

The church is not a building you enter. Nor is it a meeting your attend. It is not what you do on a Sunday. To be a Christian is to be part of God’s people and to express that in your life through belonging to a local Christian community.

Michael Card’s “The Basin and Towel” comes to mind (posted below or via YouTube here).

“Day after day, we must take up the basin and towel.”

From Carlos @ RagmuffinSoul (who gets it):

Danny is a homeless guy in Atlanta who happened to walk up on me while I was shooting the EPK for my new record.

I was singing the song “God Of Second Chances.”

Danny walks up, kneels down, starts crying, puts his hands up in the air and this happened…

HT:  Resurgence

’nuff said.

Title cut from their sophomore release:  The Twenty-first Time.

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(HT: Reading & Weeping)