Our Reward is the Promised Land of Christlikeness

Officially being released on Bandcamp as a download on June 5th, Sivan  6 Shavuot 1/Pentecost.

Special Guests:

Fly Nightmares (Jason Hovis): @jason-hovis-57299691
On every instrument on the intro track minus the vocals.

YUSU 유수: shorturl.at/emDIQ
On Electric Bass + Scat Vocals on Irreducible Complexity.

Chiefo (John Jones): @jonahjohn
On Synth Bass, Drum Programing, and Backup Vocals on Separate Mind Friction.

Rabbi Yitschak Breitowitz: shorturl.at/lpuvS
Narration on He is Our Great Reward

All Songs are Engineered, Mixed, and Mastered by Bob St. John of PDQ Studios.

Track List

1. Fly Nightmares Intro (Feat. Jason Hovis)[1:15]
2. Unquestionable Presence [4:26]
3. Romans [1:02]
4. Irreducible Complexity (Feat. YUSU 유수)[4:04]
5. Separate Mind Friction (Feat. Chiefo) [3:19]
6. He Is Our Great Reward (Feat. Rabbi Breitowitz)[2:17]

G-d Bless all of you. Love you!

06. Spicy Invalid - He Is Our Great Reward (Feat. Rabbi Breitowitz)

Good Passover to all of you.

First off, I give a special thanks to Bruce Conover (@conover ((his profile picture is the spitting image of my dad circa mid 1980s. I sent a screenshot to my extended family and they all thought is was Kevin Windle, my dad))) for giving me sage advice concerning the mix. Please check out his page. He has amassed a collection of golden masterworks spanning decades.  

This song has been in the works for a good while. 
Perhaps it was because I asked my prospective collaborators to play or sing whatever they wanted with one caveat... it had to be about the ideal Father. And for me, that would be God, because I know that God is a Father, and that He is the most perfect Father. 

Since there are a great many people that hate the idea of an All-Powerful, All-Knowing, All-present, Unchanging "Sky Daddy," I also know that the idea of singing about one would be a tad too much. Other prospects I'm sure were otherwise too busy with other projects to contribute, and yet others had no idea on how to contribute.

Anyway, I then proposed the song to one Day Body (@day-bodine). And, Day is an all-out genius and a super humble dude. I have known him ever since I've been on this platform. Now, we never had any deep convos about faith and what life really means to each other, but when I proposed this idea he unabashedly tackled the project with sheer grace and a masterful panache that boggles my mind. The lyrics seem to spark the collective consciousness of the ancients. They evoke the timeless history of our Spiritual patriarch, Abraham...

Well, at least that is how I choose to hear the lyrics, and you all free to do with them as you wish. My only desire is that as you listen, please, reflect on the subject matter of a perfectly loving father who spared the life of His perfect Son, so that you may inherit perfection for yourself for all eternity, but only if you truly desire it. 

Shalom, shalom. And Good Passover to you all!

Lyrics:

Many years ago there traveled a man
for a family to a life giving land
He was raw and willing
Made from his heart
valuable tiding that earned us our start
Fast forward today, I thankfully stand
in awe, devoted to good father's plan

Let me follow, aspire to climb
and pass the wisdom to my next in line

Young seed, reach out to your sun
Family legacy strong
Vow to carry on
Until thy will is done
Faithfully your son

Day Body & Spicy Invalid - Abba (Passover Song)

Does anyone still give credit to "the universe" for orchestrating blessings in their lives? I have known many people that will talk about the universe as if it is a living entity that bestows fortune and divine appointments into their lives. The Torah of YHVH Elohim has predicted this behavior for well over five thousand years. And even before the earth was created the Creator YHVH knew how every "wise" person would think.

If you give credit to the universe for the manifestation of fortune and grace in your life, then in a roundabout way you know He is real. So cut to the chase:

"For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Professing to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things."

Romans 1:20-23