Musical Mention

One of the latest CDs that I purchases is the latest release from Caedmons Call, Overdressed. I have always been a fan of Caedmons Call as they have visited Providence multiple times and I have heard them in concert as well. They are also part of the reason why I went to India. So when I heard that they were coming out with a new CD I was ecstatic!

Overdressed actually feature's Derek Webb rejoining them for the first song "Trouble". Derek originally led the group but left some years back to pursue the solo field. Cliff and Danielle Young now lead the group and I love love love their voices! But it was really cool to see Derek back in this one song.

The music in this album is incredible! As always Caedmons delivers a sound that is uniqely theirs - worshipful yet folksy with a global feel. I love the variations in the music as Derek sings the first song, and then "Sacred" is mainly sung by Danielle. There are also many songs with the whole group.

One of my favorite songs is called "Two Weeks in Africa". As I mentioned earlier I originally became interested in India because of their "Share the Well" CD. When I listened to that CD for the first time I began to form a passion for India and now when I listen to it that passion just wells up in me. So "Two Weeks in Africa", well it may be foreshadowing something. Or at least I hope so. I am praying about that a lot lately.

Johannesburg to Capetown,
the plane had barely touched down.
She was taking photos for the friends back home.
This was always where she felt her heart belonged.
She was finally here,
the sky was bright and clear.

(Two weeks....)
And we all can feel the calling,
(Two weeks....)
to make the world a little smaller.
And so a girl got on a plane,
for two weeks in Africa.

The song seems fun and nice but really it is a challenge to Christians to go. I love the "we all can feel a calling". Really two weeks is not that long of a time. It flies by so quick and is only a speck in the length of our lives and even more so eternity. If we all really planned and prayed about it we could give two weeks to go and share the gospel to those overseas. It's so funny because I have noticed this generational difference with missions lately. Adults say that they often don't feel the "calling" from God to serve overseas where as my generation lives with more of a "plan on going till God stops you" attitude. We talked a lot about that in India and just how we want to plan on being used by God in missions unless He closes doors and stops us.

I must be careful about what I say here because I think that it is easy to forget about the people who don't go but are very diligent in sending others. These are the people who we sometimes judge for not going. But really, they are the backbone of missions because they are making it possible for crazy, adventurous young people to go.

Just some thoughts that have been running through my mind lately.
but I really would like to spend Two Weeks in Africa.