SCC delivers and God reigns/rains!

Eric and I attended the Rockies game this afternoon for the purpose of hearing Steven Curtis Chapman sing the post-game show. The man is an incredible witness with an amazing sense of humor, even after all he has been through in the last 2+ months. And something I have always appreciated about him is that he doesn't sing his songs in concert the same way he sings them on the albums - he varies them according to his mood at the moment, sometimes changing lyrics to fit the environment or current events, sometimes just playing with timing, rhythm & melody. It keeps things especially interesting and real.

We had an unplanned intermission due to the rain. It was kind of humorous at points. Steven was so intent on getting his important message songs squeezed in before the storm that he changed the concert order and kept singing and playing as the band and crew covered the stage with plastic. They eventually even covered his keyboard with a tarp as he continued to sing and play! He joked, of course, that when he prayed that God would reign over the concert, he should have specified the spelling. When the rain passed, probably 1/2 to 3/4 of the audience remained for the conclusion of the concert, which included the song that he has sung at every concert of his I've ever attended, the song he wrote for his wife, the song that I sang for Eric at our rehearsal dinner, "I Will Be Here."