Exponential Conference and Wounded Healer

I am really excited about being in Orlando next week at the Exponential Conference which is the National Church planting conference. I am excited for the Pre-Conference that I will be at called "Missional Practices" with Matt Smay and Hugh Halter (writers of The Tangible Kingdom). I am also excited about learning more about starting a church through the Track "Pre-Launch" that I will be going. I am excited to soak up a lot of great ideas, wisdom, as well as building relationships with people, being in worship, and learning what it means to plant a church.
I will be blogging from the conference as they have wireless internet. So I'll let you know what I am learning as we go along.

One thing that really gets me excited about the future of the church plant is the quality of music that we will have, thanks to Matt Wheeler. The other week I shared some of his songs on this blog and I wanted to share another song that is absolutely amazing and so powerful. It, to me, shares beautifully our theology, our hopes, and our dreams as we plant Veritas. The song is called Wounded Healer.



The sun sets over the city
And You are good
You awaken the dawn
And You are good
You sent Your Son to live and die
For our sins, He sacrificed
You offer us Your love and You are good
The darkness and the tragedy
The widows, and orphans, and wandering
Through it all You prove that You are good

Wounded Healer
Full of grace
I’m so caught up in myself
I don’t recognize Your face
You made us to be Your hands and feet
So why are we still wondering
When You’ll show up
Shine Your light through me

A soul rises from the ashes
And You are good, a homeless
Child given a meal
And You are good
You beckon us and Your love goes free
From the chains of her captivity
You’ve filled us with Your love
And You are good
The glory and the poverty
Grace that makes beauty of ugly things
Through our weakness, You show
That You are good

The sinners and saints and politics
We’re drowned in affluence, breathe into us
Will You show us what it looks like
‘Cause You are good?

Shine Your light through me
Shine Your light through me