Benjamin Newburn: Archive

Every Part of Me

Something struck me hard during class yesterday. It was something I had known for ages that I learned just now. You ever have that happen? Something just hits you in a new light? I knew it, but it struck me, I am an extravert. I actually really need to be around people. Like really. I need to be around people to be really happy. If I spend too much time alone, I’m just not at my best. It’s how God...

Feb 3rd

“Dear God, Please help the food get ready. Amen”

– My 2 year old nephew Ezra

Dec 18th

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Nov 3rd

Back to the Basics

I really wanna get back to the basics. I really wanna rediscover my first love. I really wanna see miracles. I wanna see Gods presence move in ways it’s so undeniable that it’s nothing of us, the music we play, the flow of the service, our own good ideas, I wanna see God move so powerfully that it’s undeniable Him. I wanna see people that are just coming in saved. I wanna see...

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Oct 27th

God is Not Nice

Nice is not the right word to describe God. Internally loving, surpassingly gracious, aboundingly kind perhaps, but He’s no nice guy. He doesn’t pass over something that isn’t right because He doesn’t want to be uncomfortable. He doesn’t fail to speak up when something He sees is sub-par. He isn’t a weak leader. If you read the Bible. You know that one book,...

Oct 26th

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Oct 24th

“God is willing to have the awkward conversation about sin because on the other...”

– Joel A’Bell

Oct 23rd

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Oct 8th

“Person 1: How’s it goin? Person 2: Not much.”

– Every Person in the World at Some Point

Sep 30th

“Garman: Haha, if she tells me I’m gay I’ll just punch her right in...”

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Aug 20th

Question: I don’t feel like doing anything today....

Answer: Because I’ve chosen to live a certain way, and do certain things, and unless I’m willing to go back to the way things were, when I was completely undisciplined and let all my goals and dreams slip away, I need to push forward. I need to tell myself to shut the hell up and do what it’s told. Or to get biblical, beat my body into submission and make it my slave. So I guess that’s what I’ll...

Aug 11th

The Center of my Universe

I know I’ve talked about this, but with what I’m about to say, of course I’ve talked about this. I have to, need to, want to be continually pushing God into the center of my everything. I was gonna say center of my life, and yes that’s part of it, but I also need God at the center of my thoughts, dreams, relationships, actions, beliefs, everything. I want God at the center,...

Aug 6th

I Need Words.

I need words. I need words to describe my love. My fear. My hope. The world needs words as well. Maybe I can give the world the words it needs. I just have to find them first. To be continued…

Jul 30th

Watch

matthamner: THIS is how it really goes down at Church for us. thecarts: Get inspired by this “behind the scenes” presentation of Hillsong Church. A brief glimpse of the heart behind.

Jul 19th

JOEL BICKFORD: Jesus or Darkness →

joelbickford: Imagine, for a moment, that you are outside on a bright and sunny day. There are clear blue skies, perfectly green grass, and a bright red ball you are kicking around. You kick the ball across the field of grass, shooting a good distance away. You reach in your pocket and pull out a match and a…

Jul 16th

“You are loved.”

– God

Jul 16th

Life. Love. And Everything I've Ever Learned About...

So here’s what I think I might have gathered. God made us (as in all of us) with the choice to love and trust Him, or to not. We (as in all of us) are knuckleheads and have done our own thing. God is ridiculously cool, and so even though we sure as hell don’t deserve it, he let’s us still have a relationship with him. Which again we can choose to take advantage of or not. I think...

Jul 12th

“And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those...”

– Romans 8:28

Jul 11th

My life from fail to fly

There are many reasons why I journal. But the reason I am journaling right now, I mean the actual reason I am journaling, not the philosophical reason, is that it popped up in my to-do list today. Pretty simple. That’s why I journal pretty every time you see a post. I have had this miraculous thing happen. And it actually is pretty miraculous. I have gone from someone who didnt set actual...

Jun 25th

Jun 18th

Hmmm.

1. I dont know my future. 2. I have known for my entire life that I could not know the future. 3. It bothers me I don’t know my future. 4. That’s weird. I should probably just chill out and trust the one who does know my future. The end.

Jun 18th

“A microphone doesn’t make you a leader, it just makes your voice louder.”

– Jad Gillies

Jun 11th

Seasons

How wierd is it that sometimes life is so good, and sometimes so bad? Like sometimes life is so flippin good. Smiles are often and easy. The world seems to fit in its place. There’s plenty to look forward to, everything is alright. But sometimes…. none of that is true, life is a flippin challenge. It’s hard to even get out of bed, and what comes after that is even harder. Things...

Jun 8th

Jun 6th

Here in India.

I’m in India. Spending time w God just as I would anywhere else. And God is here. He is here in a nation that gives him next to no recognition. He’s here maybe even more. God doesn’t show up because we recognize him. I reckon he shows up because he loves us. Because we need him. God blows my mind.

May 25th

Who the flip is God anyways?

I really want to know God. Someone said we don’t worship or pray to God as he is, we pray as we know him to be, we know him as our version of him. Wow, that’s both disappointing and exciting. It means I don’t really completely know who I’m praying to, but it also means I have the rest of my life to get to know the real God, and that’s awesome. It’s easy for myself, who has lived his entire life in...

May 11th

A comforting thought

God is with me. That’s a really cool thought. It never gets old. I guess the only reason that it’s actually comforting is that I know who God is. Cause if God was out to bring me harm, or even just give me what I deserve, it wouldn’t be such a comforting thought that God is always with me. It would be scary as. But the fact is that God wants the best for me, and he’s always there, mostly I just...

May 7th

This song is probably the reason I am best friends...

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Apr 10th

Come Away With Me by Norah Jones + the rain = Win.

Apr 10th

My dreams scare me. Well, no. My dreams excite me, but going after them with all the unknowns, scares me. And yet, I know God is with me, and if it’s him doing it, I’ll be ok. I’ll make it through. No I won’t make it through, I’ll do so much more than make it through, I’ll make it. Not in the way man says it. “Hey he’s made it, look at him.” No I’ll make it in the way the Jews made it to the...

Mar 28th

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Here’s a trailer from a college project I worked on, a bit of behind the scenes.

Mar 13th

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Tired but oh So Happy

I’m tired, I’ve been pretty worn out. I have been going flat out doing the things I love and am honored to do, and I’m actually not at a place where I need to do less, well less of those things, but I do need to say no to all the things I can though. God has given me the honor of looking after all the production stuff I’ve been doing (which still blows my mind) as well as music, singing, playing...

Mar 5th

Feb 24th

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“My College trainer: I know I am not a perfect trainer. For example I am not the...”

Feb 23rd

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