My friend Cleve turned me on to Derek Webb last month while at Annual Conference. Derek is a prophetic voice in the church today and challenges me with his lyrics. This song is about the Church. How often I have been guilty of whoring out God’s bride. The words are poignant and powerful and do not pull punches. The name of the song is Wedding Dress.
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[...] Webb: Wedding Dress I found this song on Chad’s site. I added the lyrics because I had to read them after listening. How often are we guilty [...]
wow…
That’s probably my favorite Derek Webb song.
Have you been to noisetrade.com? You can download his latest album (and his wife’s latest album) for free, or pay what you want.
Josh-
Thanks. Yeah, I was there yesterday and downloaded the new cd.
The line that gets me on this song everytime is: I have one hand in a pot of gold and the other in your side. Ouch.
peace,
Chad
HW- yeah….wow.
This is geat. Thanks for sharing it.
Mike – thanks for dropping by. Nice blog you have, btw. Upper Room…..are you a Methodist by chance? I ask only because we Methodists have an Upper Room publication that goes out and it reminded me of that.
peace,
Chad
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