Malachi's Very Unscientific Hypothesis

Christian circles have exploded with talk about the recent news that Michael Guglielmucci, the writer of Healer, lied about his fight with cancer. From Twitter, to blogs, emotions and opinions are high from both ends of the spectrum. I confess I was shocked when I read this news. It has spread very quickly since the story was released today by Australian newspapers. Even Hillsong, who featured this song on their most recent album, has removed the "Healer" story from their website.

I must agree with Los, when I say that despite the shortcomings of a messenger, God can still anoint a song and we shouldn't condemn Michael because he made a mistake. We have all made similar mistakes. Some more public, some hidden. Some on a larger scale, some minute. God is a God of second chances.

Right now I think the best thing we can do is to pray for Michael, his family, his church and for the church worldwide. There will be a lot of people who will be hurt and offended at Michael and at God. I think this gives another opportunity for God to really heal the hearts of people.

And as for Michael, hopefully God can now really be his healer.

- Malachi

I'm listening to Phil Wickham's new album and I have to say, it's absolutely phenomenal. Thirty seconds into the first song I was absolutely awestruck, thinking "wow, this is amazing". I was seriously worshipping, almost in tears, in my cube. Why is it so amazing? Well, there are a few reasons. First of all, it's FREE! Second, Phil is a great writer and vocalist. Third, he is anointed. Fourth, it's live and you can really hear the passion in the crowd.

One thing that stuck out while listening: There are a couple people in the crowd who are singing some good harmonies. I really like it and I really hope it wasn't added in post-pro.

I have to point out something amusing too. You can hear the people in the crowd who are real Phil Wickham fans because they imitate his really quick vibrato. Now, in the past I have tried to imitate vocalists I like, but c'mon, the vibrato? Now, I am not trying to knock his vibrato, because it is unique and it's his own style. But it is funny when you can hear the audience imitating it too. Phil, if you ever read this, I am seriously not making fun of your vibrato... seriously. It's cool, lets do coffee, on me.

- Malachi

This morning in the shower I was thinking about objects that have 2 names, depending on their location at any given time. Here is what I came up with:
Lava- Magma
Canker sore - Cold sore

Hm.. I thought I had more. But I guess that's it.

Anyone else have others?

- Malachi

Blog-folk,
I've added 2 new widgets to my sidebar, What I'm Reading and Blogroll. They are pretty self explanatory but I'll give a short explanation just in case:
What I'm Reading is a short list of blog postings that I've read recently, usually within a day or two. These aren't just any blog posts though, these are ones that I found particularly interesting.
Blogroll is a list of blogs that I read on a daily basis. They range in topics from gadgets, to church-folk, to people I just find interesting!

Hope you enjoy.
- Malachi

I did it - I joined the twitterati! I entered into twiterdom. You can
see my 5 most recent tweets in my sidebar or follow the link (http://twitter.com/melguera
) to see my total tweet history. So go ahead and start followin me!

- Malachi

Today: Malachi's Top 10 Favorite Hillsong United Songs

Song - Album
10. Jesus Lover of My Soul - Best Friend
9. Your Spirit - King of Majesty
8. King of Majesty - King of Majesty
7. Glory - To the Ends of the Earth
6. Now That You're Near - To the Ends of the Earth
5. God Is Moving - Everyday
4. Hosanna - All of the Above
3. All - To the Ends of the Earth
2. To the Ends of the Earth- To the Ends of the Earth
1. More Than Life - More Than Life

This was one of the hardest tasks I have ever undertaken (undertook?) in my LIFE. There are so many great songs by United and so many areas that you could consider when making a list like this. This was originally a Top 10 Hillsong songs, but how can you ever judge something like that? So I decided to make it my Top 10 Favorite by United. How did I choose? These are the songs that had the biggest impact on me musically, lyrically, emotionally, creatively, inspirationally and spiritually (hmm, how many more adjectives do you think I could use?) Next, I will do my Top 10 Favorite Hillsong (adult) Songs. Then if I'm brave enough I will do my Top 10 Hillsong Church (both United and adults) Songs. I might also do some lists by musical content, lyrical content, creativity, ingenuity/originality, or anointing (perhaps). I'd love to hear from some other people their "Top 10 Hillsong" lists.

- Malachi

I am in theater 13 at Krikorian in Redlands waiting to see The Dark Knight! We got here at about ten when they were letting people in to the theatres. Who would have thunk they would open up the place 2 hours before the movie actually starts!? Anyways it is now about 10:40pm and the movie doesn't start until 12:01am. Melissa left to get some coffee with stacey. I love my iPhone. I can blog from anywhere!
Ok, I'm gonna go finally sign up for twitter.

-Malachi

For the last 6 months or so I have been using ear plugs when playing drums. I really enjoy the muffled sound of the drums and its amazing how loud the drums sound now without the plugs. It has also been great knowing that I am saving years worth of hearing. There is only one thing that has bugged me about carrying around ear plugs I'm my bag, and that was that they would get dirty rolling around in there. So since I've started wearing the plugs I've been looking for a small case to carry them around in. Well, yesterday I was telling mi amigo Antonio about my woes and he told me that another friend of ours, Lucas, was just given a bunch of ear plugs with neat little cases. It just so happened that Lucas was walking by at about that same time. Next thing you know, I have new ear plugs with a fancy carrying container (pictured above.) Much thanks to Lucas, the savior of my ear drums.

UPDATE: the ear plugs hurt like a mo-fo so I tossed them. I will be using my old ear plugs in the aforementioned container.

-Malachi