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Artist - Steve Parsons | Blog (7)
Me and my Heart |
| steveparsons (12/20/07 08:02:23) Tag: Apologetics_&_Theology |
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I had to go to the Cardiology and Respiratory Unit to get wired up for a 24 hour ECG. More of that in a minute - but let me tell you a humorous side of the story... My appointment was for 10.30am. So I got out of bed nice and early and just did a few jobs here and there. And then before I knew it it was 10.15 ! I jumped in my car and drove as fast as I could to the hospital, which wasn't that fast because I kept getting stuck behind slow drivers. So I started getting stressed and flustered. I got to the hospital car park for 10.25 The problem was that I couldn't find anywhere to park and so I scrapped that Idea and drove further down the street to park. Now I was really stressed... and it was 10.27 I started walking back towards the hospital but quickly realized that I wasn't moving fast enough - so I started to run. I ran as fast as I could and made it to the hospital by 10.29 out of breath - heart racing... Inside the hospital I discovered that the Cardiology Unit was located on the First Floor and so I ran up the stairs. As I walked into the Unit the irony was not lost on me. Running, stressed and breathless to an appointment at the Cardiology Unit! It did make me smile. Now in case your worried that i might have a serious health issue - relax. I'm not planning on checking out just yet. What I have is some kind of Arrhythmia. An Irregular Heart Rhythm that flairs up from time to time. Most days my heart beats nice and normally. But sometimes it decides to beat in a really peculiar way and when it does it's not very pleasant. So I'm having this 24hr ECG so they can keep an eye on what's happening. I've had this condition (on and off) for 10 years and most of the time I don't even think about it. But when it happens things just feel 'weird' in my chest. One Doctor explained it to me like this. He said that there's a part of my heart that's responsible for pacemaking. It's job is to keep my heart beating in proper time and rhythm. But Occasionally another part of my heart tries to take over pacemaking duties. These two parts of my heart then are in competition. That's when my rhythm becomes irregular. And that brings me to the real point of this blog. You see I think what I've just described might be a really good picture of what happens in our spiritual heart. When we give our lives to Christ and surrender our hearts to him, our hearts start beating to the Rhythm of His Spirit. We have a new nature and a new rhythm. All is well. We are at one with God and we have a sense that everything is OK. But there's this other part of us. The Flesh. The Carnal Nature. And it has a different rhythm. A different agenda. And it will try to take over the pacemaking duties of our hearts. And if we allow it, we end up with a kind of Spiritual Arrhythmia. Two different parts of your inner world competing to regulate your inner heart beat. So you worship one minute. And lust the next. And feel 'weird'. The good news is that we don't have to live with spiritual arrhythmia. We can choose to put to death the old pacemaking attempts of the flesh. Each day we can choose to say "Jesus, have your way in my life." "Let my heart beat with the rhythm of heaven" Guard your heart for it is the wellspring of life. So here's to our hearts. May they beat for Jesus - always. SP. |
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CHRISTMAS TOUR (part four) |
| steveparsons (12/18/07 05:23:39) Tag: Music |
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The final weekend of Christmas dates went quickly and well. I spent a lot of hours behind the wheel, driving from the North to the South of the country and back again. The concerts were really enjoyable. In Lytham I played to a small crowd in the SOURCE Coffee Shop. It was the first concert that the guys who run the shop had organized and it was a privilege to be first in line. Even though the crowd was small, they were appreciative and listened intently as I made my way through the set. All was going great until right at the end I started to rapidly lose my voice. I think it was just 'dried out' from not drinking enough fluids and spending a lot of time lately in Central Heated rooms. I had to abruptly end the concert when my voice packed in altogether - the people took it well. So I was a little apprehensive as I drove the next day to Seaford to reunite with Dan for a concert in his local Church. I drank gallons of water all day. The only problem with that was that what goes in has to come out and so I was constantly stopping for bathroom breaks during the long drive. I didn't need to worry though as my voice recovered well in time for the concert. Neither did I need to worry about the drying effects of the Church heating system as on my arrival I found out that the Church boiler was broken and so we did the concert in the cold. The audience were brilliant though and sat through our set in their hats and coats (one guy was even wearing shorts...!) while we tried to feel our fingers so that we could actually play. We didn't need a smoke machine - people breathing in the cold air had a similar effect... The church also provided a dazzling array of desserts after the concert which we gladly helped consume. The next day we moved on to Lakenheath. I've known the dear folk at Abundant Life Church in Lakenheath for many years now and all I can say is that they are some of the most gracious and warm people I know. They always listen, they always encourage me and they know how to laugh. Before the concert I realized that it was my last gig of 2007. And so I was determined to give it my best. Dan and I played, sang, talked. The people listened, laughed and cried. And afterwards we all ate more delightful food and desserts! What a great way to end the year. Driving home I thanked God for another year of ministry. Another year spent singing and speaking to people. I'm amazed that God lets me do this. We'll see what next year brings. |
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Christmas Tour (part three) |
| steveparsons (12/13/07 03:44:50) Tag: Music |
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CHRISTMAS TOUR (part two) |
| steveparsons (12/09/07 06:20:46) Tag: Music |
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It was actually really great to be back working with Dan and the concert seemed to go really well. You can usually tell if things are going ok because time goes fast. There's nothing worse than when you're playing to a tough crowd and after playing what feels like 20 songs, you realize that you've only actually been on stage for 15 minutes and it's going to be a long night. Last night however was short (even though it was long) so i'm hoping that's a good sign of a happy crowd. All the venues for these Christmas dates are Churches, and while setting up Dan and I had a chat about the varying quality of Sound Systems / Engineers that you find in Churches. Last night wasn't too bad to be fair; but we had a bit of a laugh as we recalled stories from our travels of annoying sound systems and frustrating engineers. (*important note - both Dan and I have worked with some awesome engineers over the years and this blog isn't about any of them... in case they're reading this...) So here's a list of frustrating sound related issues from touring Churches... 1. When you ask the church if they have a sound system and they tell you that it's state of the art - when you get there you find that it's a 30 year old announcement system (the kind of thing you would find at a cattle market.) 2. When you ask the church if they have a sound system and they tell you "yes no problem" - when you get there they point you to a karaoke machine with a plastic microphone. 3. When the Church has recently spent a fortune on a new sound system but nobody has a clue how to operate it. 4. When someone in the Church thinks they know how to operate it - but they don't. (this is very common) 5. When the person who is mixing sound treats you (the artist) as though you don't know what you're talking about. 6. When the church won't let you touch or move any of it's precious equipment. Everything is labeled and taped to the floor and nothing is to be moved in any way. So you end up singing your song 20 feet from the edge of the stage, hidden behind the podium and a flower pot and seventeen music stands, wedged between the drumkit and the keyboard players 5 keyboards.... and afterwards the Pastor wonders why you weren't 'connecting' with the congregation. Still, I'm confident that Dan and I won't run into any of those kind of antics tonight. We're driving to Exeter this afternoon after a nice relaxing morning off. More Christmas cheer to spread.... Steve. |
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Christmas Tour (part one) |
| steveparsons (12/05/07 00:56:08) Tag: General |
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This means that Christmas is upon us. So about 5 months ago I was talking to Dan Wheeler (www.danwheeler.net) and we decided to do some joint concerts in December and spread some Christmas cheer! Our first bookings were this past weekend in Bollington (my home church) and Poynton which is a town just a few miles away. Nice and local start! So we made our plans and learned some songs and then the day before our first gig, Dan had to pull out because he has a cold and has lost his voice! Poor old chap - lying in bed watching tv while I hold things together... So the first 2 nights of our 'joint' tour ended up being me solo. Things did go well however and I enjoyed singing some different material. I've reworked some trad christmas tunes and worked up some covers of some modern christmas songs. Also some of my own songs thrown in for good measure. The crowds haven't been big (50 or 60 people) but they have been warm and appreciative and pulled the best out of me (however good that might be). A friend of mine called Pete came along and helped me on the second night - which was really handy with him helping to lug sound equipment and instruments around and selling CD's for me. In fact about 15 minutes before I was due to start we realised that I'd left all my CD's at the first church so Pete did a 'super hero' and made a quick dash in his landrover back to fetch them. So we're off. It was nice this weekend. I slept in my own bed and ate at my own table and didn't have to miss my wife and kids. I will now be bugging Mr Wheeler to get well and recover his voice in time for the next concerts in Cornwall and Devon in 5 days time. To be honest I can't be too hard on the fella. Last year I had to cancel 2 concerts because I had lost my voice and had Diarrhea. But that's another story... |
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| steveparsons (05/04/05 11:55:53) Tag: default |
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BOOKING INFO |
| steveparsons (05/04/05 12:00:59) Tag: default |
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Just wanted to let you know that I am available for bookings. If you are interested in getting me to where you are, send me an email and we'll talk about it - no pressure. |
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