David Crowder Concert

Last Thursday, I took Jake, Isaiah, & Benjamin to the David Crowder Concert at Spring Arbor University. It was so much fun! We went with our friends, the Dysarts, and Shelby Wiborn.

(Yevette Dysart & myself)

I think what I loved about it the most, was watching my children "worship" without thought and concern of what others around them were doing - and it was WORSHIP - not singing for singing sake, but singing to the Lord!

(Jake, Harrison D., and David)

The opener band was Glorious Unseen, although most of the night I thought it was Robbie Seay Band - they were hard to understand so that explains my confusion. David Crowder is awesome at engaging the audience and the words to all the songs were displayed behind him, so everyone could sing along, whether they knew the songs or not!
He wore bright yellow tennis shoes and a bright yellow watch and he played on a Guitar Hero guitar for "Neverending" and on a key-guitar for another song! My favorite was probably "You are My Joy" because it just built and built! We had an awesome view because we stood the whole time, right by the rope and in front of the speakers!

I think I appreciate more and more when you see/listen to a Christian artist and there is no doubt that Christ is the most important message they have to share because of everything they say and do. Maybe this is such a focus for me as my boys begin to branch out in the style of music that they enjoy and we encounter artists who are played on Christian radio stations or talked about among their peers as Christian Rock groups, yet when I listen to them I cannot hear mention of God in their songs or when I read their cd inserts He is missing completely too. It has become a challenge for myself and my boys - To live each day and have Christ be what others see when they see us. It reminds me of a verse that has been my daily prayer for so long - "He must become greater; I must become less." John 3:30