Well, I don’t know if Maria will be doing much posting in the near future(see Guitar Hero post), so I thought I’d give a few quick hit updates. Maria and I were all set to go out for my birthday but didn’t really have any thing in mind to do. I was at work, and she was at home when independent of each other, but at the exact same time, we found out that Peter Mayer was playing a show that night. Peter Mayer is special to us- not because we have a long history as fans or that we have every album he’s ever put out, but because one of his songs has become very meaningful to us. The song is called ‘Holy Now’ and it in many ways describes the journey we’ve been on and how we’re looking at the world now.

Double-click the play button below to hear it


Holy Now, by Peter Mayer
When I was a boy, each week
On Sunday, we would go to church
And pay attention to the priest
He would read the holy word
And consecrate the holy bread
And everyone would kneel and bow
Today the only difference is
Everything is holy now
Everything, everything
Everything is holy now

When I was in Sunday school
We would learn about the time
Moses split the sea in two
Jesus made the water wine
And I remember feeling sad
That miracles don’t happen still
But now I can’t keep track
‘Cause everything’s a miracle
Everything, Everything
Everything’s a miracle

Wine from water is not so small
But an even better magic trick
Is that anything is here at all
So the challenging thing becomes
Not to look for miracles
But finding where there isn’t one

When holy water was rare at best
It barely wet my fingertips
But now I have to hold my breath
Like I’m swimming in a sea of it
It used to be a world half there
Heaven’s second rate hand-me-down
But I walk it with a reverent air
‘Cause everything is holy now
Everything, everything
Everything is holy now

Read a questioning child’s face
And say it’s not a testament
That’d be very hard to say
See another new morning come
And say it’s not a sacrament
I tell you that it can’t be done

This morning, outside I stood
And saw a little red-winged bird
Shining like a burning bush
Singing like a scripture verse
It made me want to bow my head
I remember when church let out
How things have changed since then
Everything is holy now
It used to be a world half-there
Heaven’s second rate hand-me-down
But I walk it with a reverent air
‘Cause everything is holy now


Anyway, we really enjoyed the show, which was very intimate and fun. We discovered we like a lot more of his music and bought a few more albums. It was a nice night to just be grownups together.


That Sunday, Maria’s family came over for cake and ice cream. I appreciate everyone that came over to wish me and Tanner a happy birthday. It’s nice to live so close to family.