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Really?

Josh Collesano — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 02:39:54 +0000

Not sure what to think of this…

It could be worse

Josh Collesano — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 02:39:02 +0000

Last night I watched a network news report on Haiti and my heart was again broken and on the floor. The disaster, the chaos, and the suffering and pain wrecked me. A couple hours later we lost our hot water. “No big deal” we said, they’re on it (referring to our landlord) and went to bed….

Goodbye 2009, you were good to me

Josh Collesano — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:20:37 +0000

2009 was a year that most will never ever forget, and for obvious reasons. As I look back on this year and even this decade, I can’t help but be thankful for the ways in which God has provided and led, all the while making himself known in my life.

God, thanks from the bottom to the top of my heart for:

Emery Daniella Collesano born Feb. 6th 2009

Another amazing year with my wife and best friend Rachel

The Outloud EP which released Oct. 2009

The completion of a Bachelors degree: Dec. 2009

The opportunity to lead thousands of your people in passionate worship at NorthRidge Church

I can’t wait to see how God will lead and move in 2010………Josh

Creativity at its simplest

Josh Collesano — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:29:50 +0000

thanks to Carlos Whittaker at Ragamuffin Soul for posting this today. I felt obligated to pass it along.

Creativity in its simplest form is always the most riveting

thanks Carlos

A glimpse of hope

Josh Collesano — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:47:26 +0000

photo by: Sharon Vanderwalde

Story #1. So It’s 1:00pm on Sunday and I’m processing everything I experienced this weekend. I need to start with the first thing I saw yesterday when I pulled into the parking lot of NorthRidge. I was sitting in my car letting the song “If my heart was a home” by Owl City finish playing (love that song…anyways I digress) and aside from my car and a couple others, the lot was empty. I saw a car pull in near me and a man and his 3 kids got out; about a minute later an suv pulled in and a woman got out. The kids ran straight towards her… and then it hit me; these parents are divorced, and dad had the kids for the weekend and is now returning them to mom for the week and they chose NorthRidge as the meeting place… I wanted so badly to go over and invite them back in a few hours for service, but I didn’t so I prayed that they would come.

Story #2: This weekend I was blessed by multiple individuals who made many attempts to find me to get a copy of my EP (it’s not sold at NorthRidge (yet) and not up on iTunes (yet)) I was thinking we would meet up somewhere in the church after the service of their choosing and they would give me $5 and I would give them a cd. I was wrong. The kind words and blessings that came from the mouths of these individuals touched my heart in a way that I can’t really explain, other than knowing that they spoke a special word of blessing into my life that I won’t soon forget. Thanks everyone who bought an EP today!

Story #3: When I was picking songs for this weekends set list I had this undeniable urge to introduce the song “Great Are You Lord” to our church… If you haven’t heard this new song please do, it’s an amazing song declaring just who God is to us that I hope will be one that resonates with the hearts and lives of NorthRidge Church (the people, not the building).

so that’s all… just my thoughts as I download a bit from a great but busy weekend full of cool surprises from God.