In this episode, Blake sits down with architect, Luke Wesselschmidt. They discuss the intersection of old and new and learning from the past.
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Text: Henry F. Lyte
Tune: William H. Monk Setting
Performance by Blake Flattley
Gracious and Heavenly Father, we come before you with contrite hearts, mindful of the great gap between how you see your Church and how we live out Your love in our lives…
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What first drew me to music and songwriting was the freedom within the whole process of both. Music happened when I was probably 9 or 10 with my best friend teaching me how to play the drums on his drumset, which progressed to…
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The first commandment with a promise is not just for the domestic home but also the divine home. Both homes are meant to have fathers and mothers. It is one of the more compelling aspects of the church that all ministry is children’s ministry…
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In this episode, Blake sits down with Elyse Fitzpatrick. Elyse is a writer, speaker, and counselor who sums up her vocation as a communicator. They discuss her the writing process, and how her different forms of communication inform each other.
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Words & Music by Heather Choate Davis
Performed by Blake Flattley
God’s grace us as broad as the world is wide,
But narrow the door to enter faith’s side…
So I’ll answer this question in two parts because I was drawn to music much earlier than I was drawn to songwriting. I started playing piano when I was 5, and I played for five years which gave me a really strong background in basic musicality…
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An early temptation was to perform. I don’t mean a song or dance. I mean, I desperately wanted to bring something of value to people’s lives. We all know pastors who are great counselors. I should be good at counseling. We all know pastors who are…
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In this episode, Blake sits down with the team behind Storymakers. They discuss the process of taking a story in written word and turning it into a fully interactive zine for kids.
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Words by John Newton & William Cwirla
Arranged by Blake Flattley
LEADER: Heavenly Father, we come to you today as a worrisome people.
We become anxious about everything, and we let our concern for tomorrow consume us.
In your mercy,
Darrin Stephens on Bewitched. He was an advertising guy and I just loved the whole idea of making words and pictures work together. From a very young age I started telling people that I was going to be in advertising, “the word part, not the art part.”…
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I’m not really sure how it started. I just know it never stopped. The experimentation and play, the endless capacity for questioning and sense of wonder I had as a child were something I never quite outgrew. The impulse to create. The pursuit of the new.
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In this episode, Blake sits down with painter, Richie Deegan. They discuss his journey, moving from drumming in a rock band to becoming a full-time painter.
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Oh Spirit of Truth,
help me in my weakness
to be still and to know
that the former things have
passed away…
I grew up in a musical home. My mother played and taught piano and was the Music Director for our church and my father played acoustic guitar and sang. They also had their own Folk trio, along with a friend, and they would travel…
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An influencer tweets on Saturday night, “If your pastor doesn’t at least mention __________ today, you might want to find a new church!” A YouTube Religotician (religious politician), or is it Poligionist (political religionist), confidently proclaims that your pastor must…
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In this episode, Blake sits down with songwriter, Bill Brimer. They discuss the vocations of musician and songwriter, and where Bill finds creative inspiration.
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