The Weight (Thrice Cover)
A few years ago, I recorded a bunch of just-for-fun covers to share with friends and family. One of the songs I recorded was The Weight by one of my favorite bands, Thrice. For whatever reason, I didn’t think the performance was up to snuff, so I didn’t share it with too many people. Well, […]
Thanks Dudes
Happy Thanksgiving! Today I wanted to share a few words about three relationships that are very important to me. This year in particular, I am very thankful for the friendship I share with my bandmates in Flight Metaphor. Last weekend, we released our first project in over two years. In that time, we’ve seen more than our fair […]
Rambling on the Resurrection
On Easter Sunday, I shared this tweet: The Christian response to Easter: Philippians 3:10-11 — Mike Harvat (@mikeharvat) April 5, 2015 The passage referenced reads, “I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection […]
Recapturing Joy: A Short Testimony
This week, I was invited to do something I haven’t done in a while: to be quiet before the Lord. I know what you’re thinking. But Mike, don’t you do that all the time? Well…no, I don’t. It’s a common assumption that pastors get up before sunrise every day to pray for three hours, but that’s […]
United in Christ Interviews
Between 1998-2000, I published an e-newsletter called United in Christ. As a young teen sensing a calling to ministry but with no clue where to start, I went with what I knew: the internet. I was an avid reader of the Jesus Freak Hideout and a member of several online communities, so I created my own hybrid of […]