Chris Burkmenn's Blog

Tonight I spent the evening listening to music with a good friend of mine. We went through CD after CD trying to find some new music. Some were quality, and some were not my type of music. While looking through new and old we came across a vast variety of music. After several attempts we finally came across GOLD! I took one listen and knew that I had a new favorite song. My song of the week for Music Monday is Beauty in the Broken by Hyland. This song comes together to bring an uplifting encouraging song for all age groups. Sharing the Gospel telling the amazing redemption offered in the Lord Jesus Christ. We can find Beauty in the Broken no matter what you have been through no matter where you have come from. No matter how hopeless life may seem. Because God has a promise for your life, and Gods promises can never be miscarried. The band Hyland, is made up of four young men. Jon Lewis, Mitch Hansen, Ben Early, and Steve Weigel for this incredible band driven on impacting th...

Often, I look at my circumstances and feel that all odds are against me. Thinking I am not equipped enough, I am not prepared, or even I am not the right person for the job. I remember I was home in St. Louis for Christmas vacation with my family, retreating to be reloaded. When I thought back on 2012, I remembered the struggles and how difficult the year had been. Wondering, "Why God would let me go through these things?" Even in the blessings I remembered thinking to myself, I am not ready.  Most of the time I tend to sell myself short. Trying to get by with the bare minimum in order to sustain where I am. I am not the biggest fan of change. Currently I am reading Forgotten God by Francis Chan, and in the book he says that we begin to ask God to repeat what he has done in the past, whether it be in worship or in a season in our lives. Francis says, that we shouldn't ask God to repeat old thing, but to experience something new from him. That blew my mind! I never thoug...

God has been pressing on me lately, "What am I willing to fight for." What means more to me than anything. What am I passionate about, and how much does it mean to me. That may seem like a simple question or for some that may be a very thoughtless question, but for me there is importance. There is value there because if it means something to God then it means something to me. I know first and formost I would fight for my Faith, I would fight for Christ because I believe so strongly that he has saved me from myself and that is something that I am forever grateful for. He transformed my life from nothing to something. His Love is forever and there is so much value in that for all of us. We need not search anymore because he is all that we need in life. His relationship shall sustain anything we ever thought the world could give us. Have you ever thought where you might be if not for the Man who saved us. He was brought into this world to give us life and life mo...