Roy's spontaneity.

So I was on my way to Baton Rouge, LA to speak about & lead worship. I had a rough morning. I won't bore you with the details but it involved changing a flat tire at 5:55 AM and getting lost in Queens after mistakenly exiting LaGuardia Airport.

On my flight, I ended up sitting next to Roy, a man who was also attending the worship symposium. He is a worship leader who has been in the charismatic renewal for 30+ years. All during the flight, he asked me if I knew this song or that song. Often I did not. When that was the case he would break into the song, not singing loud but certainly loud enough that our neighbors could hear. What I found ironic about Roy and his moving seamlessly from conversation to praise, is that I was to speak on "worship as a lifestyle". Roy is the embodiment of that. For Roy, praise was continuous ... unceasing. "Amen" is not a period at the end of prayer, but a comma ... a pause to reflect.

This is the liberty that is present where the spirit of the Lord is. I want this.