this one is for those times when you do.Ģ. Sometimes you feel like you’re on top of the world, sometimes you don’t. On Top of the World – Imagine Dragons: just a great way to kick off with some high energy. here are the songs, and a few thoughts:ġ. So this year we celebrate that creation, in all its breathtaking bliss and beautiful brokenness. as followers of Jesus, we don’t just admire the world in its awesomeness, or grieve for it in its brokenness, but do all of those things (and more) in the context of remembering that it is God’s handiwork: the project of a creative God who, when it was made, according to the hebrew story, not only called it good, but called it “very good” (the hebrew there, tov me’od, carries the sense of being exceedingly good). This year, for our annual summer cd, we let “what a wonderful world” by Louis Armstrong be our inspiration, for thinking about how it truly is an incredible world. “the earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it the world, and all who dwell in it.” – Psalm 24:1 here are the "liner notes" i included with the cd:
the theme is the word "world," as you can see from the songs i chose (also, please remember that my target audience here is the family demographic). This is my fifth summer cd in a row, and you can see the artwork for it above.
they probably get it in the mail and laugh at me, but i don't really care. every time we take a family trip somewhere, i make a mix cd focused on that location, and each summer i make a cd to serve as the soundtrack of our summer, and i make several copies and share them with others as well.
as if it were still 2002, i rip and arrange and burn and buy jewel cases and the whole deal. i mean, there's a growing list of entries in that exhibit file, many of which are obvious to everyone else but me, but i'm at least self-aware enough to realize this one: i still make mix cd's.