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Soundtrack: “Grounded” from Chase the Sun – OC Supertones

So, many of you likely have seen the ad on the HXCChristian.com site looking for unpaid workers.  Music, specifically HXC, punk, and (gasp) metal, has been a large part of my life and God has literally used it to reach me and, more often than not, slap me across the face to get me back on the narrow path.  I’d written some things for a buddy’s metal newsletter and thought it was about time I gave something back to the other scene so influential in my life.  Calling up Josh and chatting about it and making a commitment to write something was the easy part.

Then the hard part I knew was coming arrived – what was I even going to write about?  I had some rather grandiose, overly complicated dissertations I was thinking about, but put those in the “just in case” file and set about praying for direction.  I even asked one of my colleagues at work to pray for me as well, and that email exchange is below:

Me: I need some prayers for inspiration and then clarity.  A burning bush would be nice as well, since I tend to get easily confused/distracted…  Then again, I might miss the burning bush so some stone tablets, perhaps?

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