You probably noticed that we didn’t spent as much time posting to “TheRieslands” in 2011. There are lots of reasons for that — most notably the ones who run around our house in Disney movie-themed pajamas every night. We also spent a good amount of time working on Stephanie’s photography business. But the new year [...]
I once heard Mark Driscoll explain something that was somewhat eye-opening to me. He said something along the lines of, “Growing up, somewhere between the picture books and flannel graphs, I got the impression that Jesus was a feminine hippie with a lot of hair product. One day, I realized: I don’t have respect for [...]
Matt Papa is one of the worship leaders at our church. He just released a new single called It Is Finished. Put on your headphones, sit back, and meditate on these lyrics: the earth shook and trembled the sun bowed its head the veil of the temple was open for man as Jesus went down [...]
Stephanie and I are really blessed to be a part of a church body with an insane pool of talented folks. Last year alone, THREE different members of our worship team released new albums, but you won’t find them in Walmart or on the radio, so I want to make sure you know about them. First up: [...]
Earlier this week, I told you guys about a hip-hop song you might be interested in. Well, for those of you who told me that nobody likes hip-hop, have no fear: today is rock. Steph will tell you that probably my favorite musician is John Mayer. Say what you want about his private life or [...]
Growing up, I was really into hip-hop music, but had a really hard time finding music that I liked that wasn’t totally profane. All the good music was fowl, and all the ‘clean’ music was super cheezy (DC Talk, anyone?) I wish that the fellas at Reach Records had been making music back then. Lecrae, [...]
I’m not too sure how many of you out there can relate, but I LOVE Christmas music. Every year, around this time, I start to get an itch for some Christmas music, and I always go back and forth because I don’t want to be sick of it before Christmas actually rolls around. Besides the [...]
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