Michael Carr // personal blog of ponders & travels

This week at the Banks House has been jam packed full!

We got back from the United Pursuit summit Sunday evening; Monday was the first day in the studio with Andrea. Her goal is to complete 15 songs within 4 weeks. Today she realized how emotionally draining the process of recording her songs is. With everyday being a party at the Banks House, it’s been near impossible to get these guys to go to bed before 2 each night. I’m mostly concerned about Andrea’s health with all that work & play… [...]

Tennessee! Pulled in last night for a show at the famous Bijou downtown. Now we’re in the mountains with the United Pursuit crew for the last day of their (very) official summit where the future of United Pursuit is being discussed. Exciting stuff.

Monday starts three weeks of production for Andrea (Marie Carr)’s album. This project is going to be pretty amazing (keep tabs at AndreaMarieCarr.com). The studio (“Banks House”), which doubles as a guys house, is located in an older suburb of Knoxville. We’ll mostly eat, sleep and live in these four walls for the remainder of the month.

My dad is here for a week to pour out his father’s blessing over us as we embark on this project. He’ll return to Wilmington to start work on the house of prayer and be with the rest of the family. I’m excited about this month and grateful for the time with these genuine hearts.

Ahhh.. The song of Jesus is beautiful. He sings through his bride and it’s His people who will display His glory.

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul:

And he said, “I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.” – Psalm 18:1

Ah! The days are flying by! December has been a fairly “quiet” month for the Carrs. With little travel this month, we’ve been able to focus on prayer and family. There’s been rumblings and stirrings (more than usual) over the house of prayer the last few weeks. Not just expanded vision for the house of prayer but the workings of a permanent building! We’re close, but I wont tell the details (awesome details) until it’s official. [...]

Here is a quote from A. W. Tozer. I was in “The Knowledge of The Holy” today:

“Upon God’s faithfulness rests our whole hope of future blessedness. Only as He is faithful will His covenants stand and His promises be honored. Only as we have complete assurance that He is faithful may we live in peace and look forward with assurance to the life to come.”