"Blå Kors" (Blue Cross) is a Christian organization focusing mainly on helping folks with alcohol problems.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Full time job with addicts
"Blå Kors" (Blue Cross) is a Christian organization focusing mainly on helping folks with alcohol problems.
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Nordic Fest 2009
Destruction Fest
Grindhouse Construction
Intense Sanctuary disciple week
Saturday, September 19, 2009
In the States aGAIN
There are many important things in life. And then there is love. Above them all, love.
So now I’m back in Illinois to spend some good time with Amanda, which feels like the only right thing to do at the moment :)
It’s wild how God has created us with such strong feelings and emotions. Many times I’ve felt love (being in love) as a disease! But love is also what keeps us going!! It’s what makes life worth living. AND the greatest and most everlasting knowledge I’ve got about love, is that God is love! The true core of love is seen in the eyes of Christ!
1 Corinthians 13 "The Excellence of Love"
8Love never fails; but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away.
9For we know in part and we prophesy in part;
10but when the perfect comes, the partial will be done away.
11When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things.
12For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known.
13But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love.
(... Realized that we still haven't got a good picture of Amanda and I... This time you therefor you get a picture of her alpakkas, who are living in the backyard)
Band/Musicians Retreat
A weekend minded on all the Christian heavy metal musicians in Denmark. Pastor Bob Beeman flew to Denmark to teach these three days, and we REALLY appreciate that man! :-)
The weekend reminded me a lot about our Green Light District Festival with the best teaching (but more this time) and the best fellowship (but more this time). We had seminars on being a hard music band of Christians sharing the light of Christ.
When I started out in Barricades (2003), it took me a while before I realized my responsibility as a Christian musician. Especially when you’re in a band playing concerts, many will look at you to see if you “live what you preach”. Many look for their role models amongst musicians, which is a great thing to be aware of. Stay humble and stay focused. I once went to a seminar on how we as musicians are the preachers of the times. A lot of people don’t read book... but they listen to music.
The main goal of the weekend was to get together, get to know each other more as fellow musicians in our country, share stories with each other and be encouraged to keep the faith. Our goal is also to help musicians getting useful tools in how to be a great and outstanding band amongst thousand of other bands.
It was an awesome weekend of fellowship and teaching, hangout until 5 in the mornings and brunch at 12 noon. A very blessed time, where a couple said that they’ve never experienced such a strong fellowship at a camp before. All in all we were 40 people during this weekend.
Pastor Bob and I and planning on doing these band/musicians retreats in many different countries, where Sanctuary Denmark will do one every year.
Glory to God!
Monday, July 13, 2009
Hanging with the homeless in Nashville
Sunday, July 12, 2009
New ink
I'm still using this tattoo at night, going through the day and meditating on however my days actions has been defined by these things. Every day I get to the point that without the God of Trinity and prayers I can't achieve this at all!! By His Spirit and His grace I can slowly grow in character, becoming more like Christ.
Railyn McCavanagh
Amanda
Cornerstone Festival
This was the 2nd year I’ve been to Cornerstone Festival in Illinois. I love going to metal festivals and meet friends and well known faces from all over the world!
More than 50 stages and several hundred bands gathered for six days in the cornfields of Illinois. Last year I played 3 times with the Sanctuary Worship band, and this year I've been so blessed to be able to play with SOLACE THE DAY here!!
We played everything from a the big Sanctuary tent full of folks to a couple of shows right on the grass at the generator stages.
Our American friends from the great band A Hill To Die Upon helped us out a lot with borrowing gear. Respect! And tons of respect goes out to the guys behind the Sanctuary Stage/Tent. It was one more awesome year!!
This last picture is from one of our 3 concerts at the Sanctuary Stage. Rumors started running that our live show was pretty crazy and that I destroyed myself completely at every show (which I did)... I'm very thankful for the good support we got at all our shows.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Back in the USA!
Sweden survival weekend
And this was totally a great vacation! My team were kano paddling about 30 km during the day, then we slept two hours under the open sky, got up at midnight, went paddling a little and then we walked about the distance of a marathon (42,195 km) through the night. Besides that there was different tasks that we had to do.
I really like pushing my own limits, and we certainly did that :-)
It was amazing paddling through the night, and then walk for 7-8 hours through the woods with animals jumping around and stuff. GOD'S NATURE IS AMAZING!!!
Copenhagen Marathon
A month ago I ran the Copenhagen Marathon together with my dad and Jonas from Solace the Day. A really good experience once again. This was my 9th marathon. It's incredible how God has created us human beings. On one hand we, our mind and bodies are capable of conquering grand, grand things; and on the other hand we're so fragile!
In both situations I'm in need of God!