This song probably incapsulates the purpose and meaning of the whole project. From any direction, from any place, from the bottom of the bottom, from the highest place, you can call on Jesus name. Thanks for joining me on the You/r/re Coming of Age journey. Peace out. (Tomorrow's song is a remix of one I did A LONG time ago).

Thanks so much for sticking with me throughout this project, it has truly been exhilarating, also exhausting. Wowsa.  I like the robot visual for this concept. Just like if a piece was missing or a program was messed up with a robot, the whole thing would go off the rails, so it is with our lives the more we try to live apart from our creator. 

Are you poor in spirit? Proverbs that the poor in soul do not understand justice. I would argue that as we draw nearer to the Lord will see more opportunities to stand for justice....not less. 

Do you know what fake is? The Bible tells us. We all maybe have our idea of what fake is....maybe it was that one girl in H.S. that could only talk about boys, or the one you could never tell a secret to in college. Or the kid in class that was always putting on airs. Fake is "open love, secret disdain." It's the "friend" that would never tell you the truth in a million years. It is not telling people the truths that are evident in scripture, that is what real fakery is, because one of these days, we are ALL going to run up against it and bow the knee to Jesus Christ, and we can't separate Him from His Word.

Here's the one with no chorus, but the point is all the more clearer, I believe. I think that is the urge of hymns, as if they are crying out "get this one thing", "'tis so sweet to trust in Jesus," for example.  The point of this one? Let's stop fooling ourselves and lean into the Lord. 

Hands up if you're done with war....lots o peeps out there ignoring the "turning the other cheek" thing and justifying it. Or even loving our neighbor as ourselves. We've adopted a theology that props our countries exploitive exploits. That's called Christian nationalism....idolatry. Ain't no one ever been bombed into freedom, friends. Make the Bible great again is what I gotta say about that. This is You/r/re Coming of Age.

This is my testimony. God revealed how weak I was when problems came. I retreated like a poodle next to a bear. Ultimately all the pain that comes with growth was leading me to one thing, a boldness for the gospel. Eee oh. You/r/re Coming of Age.

Much like partaking in poisonous food we can buy into what the world is selling us and not realised that we are filled with the ways of the world. This is You/r/re Coming of Age.

Music by Ezra S.

This sounds a little Jennifer Knapp---y so I am sorry in advance if there is a copyright issue (promise I had no song in mind, and am certainly NOT trying to raise myself to her level). I will say this, I have listened to Kansas probably 100 times. That aside our first step in the right direction is the realisation we are capable of going the wrong direction, or that there are even directions (which is the world we live in). This is You/r/re Coming of Age.

I have said it before, with a lot of people misunderstanding me, that there is no marriage plan, sexual identity plan, tax plan, hormone plan, holiday house rental, Walmart employee rules that should cause us to fear anything. "None o it" will overcome God's Word, and there is no army of God that will rise up without the Holy Spirit (I do not care how good 'ol boy they are, or how many tractors they own).  Get some bravery, friend (speaking to myself here).  Greater is He that is in you. Now, run the ball.