There are many moments over these last thirteen years at
"A Place for the Heart," where God's blessings have been so
incredible that it almost feels too good to be true. One of those
is that my Dad is not only my physical father, but my spiritual
father too. Over the years he has instilled many core values
into my life. One in particular that has always pierced my heart
is this: “Home is where we live out what we like to preach about.”
More than just words, my dad has dared to live it out.
For the last 5 years Melissa and I have had the privilege of leading
schools and internships. Out of the many students that have come
here, the Lord has chosen a handful to stay and partner with us. More
than becoming staff, they have become family. Four of them make up
our full time band. They have literally traveled around the globe
with us making music. This year we decided to take a few weeks in the
winter and record an album with this amazing community. The unique
approach to this album is we are going to record all the music in our
home. Our desire is to create more than just another album, in an
over saturated market of music. We want to capture the beautiful
sound of a community worshiping together. Richard Foster said "All
good books are written in community." I think the same is true with
music. We invited each member of the band to contribute a song. The
songs that we have chosen are the melodies that have carried us into
the Lord's presence as a community. For the last few years our staff
has been meeting in the mornings to begin the day with worship. We
also meet every Tuesday evening in our home to worship and commune
with His presence. I can honestly say that we have worshiped more in
the secret place than we have on the stages we played on around the
world. The sounds and songs of this album are truly going to be an
overflow of the rhythms of worship we have cultivated as a community.
We also felt led to capture these songs in the beauty of video.
Youtube has become the radio of this culture, and we want a generation
to taste and see the love of God in these songs. We want to open a
window and let the world see the remarkable presence of Lord that is
resting here at "A Place for the Heart."
The core value of my parent’s journey has become the beautiful
foundation of all of us here, whom we affectionately call, “The Farm
Family.” This place that the Father has carved out for us is where we
are getting to sing the songs of our lives. I believe that our
ministry is really successful when it looks like family. Remember the
words of Jesus. "I only do what I see my Father do." Everything the
Son of God did in his ministry was an overflow of his relationship
with Father. Please watch our website in 2013 for the release of this
new project. ––– Jonathan David Helser
"A Place for the Heart," where God's blessings have been so
incredible that it almost feels too good to be true. One of those
is that my Dad is not only my physical father, but my spiritual
father too. Over the years he has instilled many core values
into my life. One in particular that has always pierced my heart
is this: “Home is where we live out what we like to preach about.”
More than just words, my dad has dared to live it out.
For the last 5 years Melissa and I have had the privilege of leading
schools and internships. Out of the many students that have come
here, the Lord has chosen a handful to stay and partner with us. More
than becoming staff, they have become family. Four of them make up
our full time band. They have literally traveled around the globe
with us making music. This year we decided to take a few weeks in the
winter and record an album with this amazing community. The unique
approach to this album is we are going to record all the music in our
home. Our desire is to create more than just another album, in an
over saturated market of music. We want to capture the beautiful
sound of a community worshiping together. Richard Foster said "All
good books are written in community." I think the same is true with
music. We invited each member of the band to contribute a song. The
songs that we have chosen are the melodies that have carried us into
the Lord's presence as a community. For the last few years our staff
has been meeting in the mornings to begin the day with worship. We
also meet every Tuesday evening in our home to worship and commune
with His presence. I can honestly say that we have worshiped more in
the secret place than we have on the stages we played on around the
world. The sounds and songs of this album are truly going to be an
overflow of the rhythms of worship we have cultivated as a community.
We also felt led to capture these songs in the beauty of video.
Youtube has become the radio of this culture, and we want a generation
to taste and see the love of God in these songs. We want to open a
window and let the world see the remarkable presence of Lord that is
resting here at "A Place for the Heart."
The core value of my parent’s journey has become the beautiful
foundation of all of us here, whom we affectionately call, “The Farm
Family.” This place that the Father has carved out for us is where we
are getting to sing the songs of our lives. I believe that our
ministry is really successful when it looks like family. Remember the
words of Jesus. "I only do what I see my Father do." Everything the
Son of God did in his ministry was an overflow of his relationship
with Father. Please watch our website in 2013 for the release of this
new project. ––– Jonathan David Helser
