6 posts tagged “mindy boyd”
Dear GOD,
Waterfalls were a very good idea.
Love, Amy
P.S. Autumn and Mindy were also very good ideas.
Favorite Song Of 2007 To Harmonize To In A Retirement Home Award
"Every Reason" by Mindy Boyd
Favorite Song Of 2007 To Harmonize To At A Lemonade Stand Award
"95" by Mindy Boyd
Favorite New Movie Of 2007 Award
Amazing Grace
Favorite Scene In A Movie From 2007 Or Possibly Ever In All Of History Award
The scene in "Amazing Grace" where William is sitting out in the grass & his servant comes out & sits down with him & they talk about GOD.
Favorite Rendition Of An Amy Gustafson Song Award
"You Are Excellent" by Grant Storey
2007's Heroic Person Who I Am Eternally Grateful To For Using His GOD-Given Gifts To Fix My Deer-Smashed-In Car For Less Than $400 Award
Ken Hill
Favorite New Person In My Life Of 2007 Award
Miriam Storey (the list of worthy competitors was long...but she won out because of the overwhelming cuteness factor. see below)
Favorite New Person In My Life Of 2007 Who Speaks With An Amish Accent Award
Mindy Boyd
Favorite New Person In My Life Of 2007 Who Speaks With A Southern Accent Award
Autumn Calvert
Favorite New Person In My Life Of 2007 Who Has Most Influenced My Understanding Of The Holy Spirit Award
Patrick Oden
Favorite New Activity Of 2007 That I Never Imagined Myself Doing Award
Favorite French Moment Of 2007 Award
Singing at the Bastille Day Festival in downtown Portland (am still trying to convince myself that that actually happened)
Favorite Four Trips Outside Of Oregon During 2007 Award
Nashville, Tennessee--March
Pennsylvania--May
Chicago, Illinois--September
Southern California--December
Favorite Brushes With Greatness Of 2007 Award
Scott & Christine Dente
Steven Curtis Chapman
Perhaps the Stupidest Moment Of 2007 Award
Having a famous producer tell me that I looked familiar and did he know me from somewhere? and saying no and making a joke that horribly failed instead of jumping all over that kind of unrepeatable occasion that more with-it musicians would kill for :).
Hello, dear friends!
It's been an awfully long time since I've sent out an email like this! Well, after such a full summer, I kinda took the Fall off to rest & pray & write, which has been an invaluable time for me.
CALIFORNIA-BOUND
But now I'm venturing back out to the coffeehouse again :)...this week I've got my first ever gig in California!! If you're down there, or you know anyone down there, I'm playing at Steamers in Sierra Madre, CA,
on Friday, Nov. 30, from 7 to 9 pm or so. If neither of those
conditions applies to you, you can kindly being praying from afar :).
I'm also helping with the worship service at Altadena Baptist Church in Altadena, CA on Sunday, Dec. 1st, at 11 a.m., which will be the first time I've done anything musical with my cousins Sarah & Bill, and I'm very excited to do so!
SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL ARTISTS
Anyone
looking for Christmas gift ideas? Drawing from the minds, hearts,
& talents of some incredible people I know, I have a few
recommendations, some of my favorite things from 2007:
It's A Dance: Moving With The Holy Spirit
by Patrick Oden
Written
by a friend & fellow Wheaton graduate (and a very talented writer),
this book--through the narrative of a conversation in a pub between a
pastor & a journalist--sheds a great deal of light on who the Holy
Spirit is & what He does. Must read!
Coming Home--Mindy Boyd
This
is the first solo album by indie artist Mindy Boyd, who not only has an
amazingly beautiful voice, writes stunning original songs, and
ministers to deep places in people's hearts with both of those things,
she's also in the top running for Amy's Favorite New Person In Her Life
Of 2007.
In The Real World--Brad Reynolds
This
is an excellent collection of songs, masterfully crafted by my friend
Brad, the gifted songwriter who convinced me to sign up for
Indieheaven. Though it's hard to pick a favorite track, I think "The
Edge" might be mine...
My Beautiful Everything--Evie Haskell
I had the privilege of sharing the stage with Evie at this year's Clackamas County
Fair...and I could've listened to her angelic voice all night. I've
been enjoying this collection of original songs since--beautiful
worship!
Need more ideas? Let me know...more where those came from :).
with much love & thankfulness for you all, 
Amy
...we just may have a winner.
In an undisclosed teleconference earlier this evening, Mindy Boyd submitted her entry for the Christmas Song Challenge 2007.
After hearing the submission, Amy was heard uttering the words, and I quote, "I surrender."
As the jury is still out discussing the validity of the entry, the details have yet to be released to the public. But I'm sure with enough haggling, Mindy Boyd could soon be persuaded to share her entry.
Well, right after she kicks my butt for posting this...
[maniacal laughter]
So Mindy and I were talking the other day and we discussed the possibility of making some sort of Christmas recording. Neither of us are terribly fond of Christmas music, but we'd both like to write some original stuff...you know, do the noble thing and do our part to redeem the genre ;). Neither of us have any good ideas yet...it feels so "all been done"...
We tossed out the idea of making it an Indieheaven collaboration (then we'd get to come up with less ideas), and Mindy came up with the BRILLIANT title "Indieheaven Got Run Over By A Reindeer", which three days later is still making me laugh so hard I can't breathe.
Then we were joking about a Christmas Song Challenge...like setting a date & we'd both have to have something by then.
Anyway, I actually started coming up with a song the past couple days.
I've got a verse, a chorus, and a bridge. But before I can sleep easily I need someone to give me a lesson of passable uses of the phrase "was made manifest"...Anyone?
The Christmas Song Challenge 2007 is on, Mindy Boyd...what have you got? The loser has to come to the other person's state to make the recording. You'll like Oregon this time of year... :)
