phil wing

Gibson Jude Wing came into my life around 8:30pm on Saturday, April 23rd, 2005. Today, he turns 1 year old.

It’s hard to believe a year has gone by already…but I’ve loved every second.

When Gib came into the world, I was pretty unprepared as a father. Obviously, I was quite inexperienced at this type of task so a lot of things caught me off gaurd. One of the things that I was least prepared for was a whole new relearning of love.

I realized that God made us with a much bigger ability to love than I’d ever imagined. He put within us a small glimpse of how He loves. I see that now because of my son.

Gibson, as cute and fun as he is, hasn’t really done a whole lot to earn my love. He doesn’t really serve me or encourage me, he doesn’t really understand quality time yet, etc. But ya know, even though he’s done nothing to earn it, I love him SO much. Usually, I wouldn’t love someone who hadn’t earned it…I’m just being honest. Or, maybe I shoud say, I wouldn’t love someone THIS MUCH if they hadn’t earned it. My friends earned it, my wonderful wife earned it, but Gibson didn’t. So why do I love him so much?

Because that’s what God created me to do…to love like Him…or as close as I can anyways. Gibson is my son - I’m his father - I can’t help but love him. Even if I tried not to, I don’t think it would work. I was made to love him like this. If true worship is responding to who God is and what He does, then seeing His fatherly love and and responding to it would probably come out in the ways of gratitude and imitation. So I guess you could say that I worship God by loving my son…and I really enjoy this worship!

Happy Birthday Gib!!! You’ve made our lives so much better this past year and I cannot wait to see what the next year will bring…especially when your sister arrives. I love you bub.

go check out the new philwing.com

My blog’s address will no longer be philwing.com, but rather http://philwing.com/blog (don’t forget to change the address if you have RSS feeds and whatnot)

The new site will be the home for all the musical happenings in my life. You can see the band’s schedule, pics, read what’s going on, hear our songs, and other craziness. Go check it out…no, for real, go check it out!

Many thanks go to Ian for all his hard work building the site and to Josh for designing a great look for it. Even more thanks go to those guys for putting up with us and our constant questions, ideas, and revisions.

so, why are you still here? go check it out!

we have a few songs from our True Light EP up on our myspace and purevolume sites. check em out when you get a chance.

also, don’t forget about the True Light Art Exhibit coming up April 14th. that will be our CD release party + teaching from Rob + 14 local artists displaying their “true light” art. It’s at Apex and it starts at 7:00pm.

…listen…

Last week I had the pleasure of taking a road trip with my brother. We left chilly Ohio behind and made our way down to the sunny Atlanta, GA. We were going to a conference called “Thirsty” which is basically a leadership conference for those involved in the college culture.

Seeing as how Apex has a few hundred college students, we figured it’d be a good thing to check out. Here’s a few highlights:

Spending 3 days with my brother was probably the coolest thing. It was great just to spend so much time away. We were able to catch up on some much needed brother bonding…even though he was on his computer for 7 of the 10 hours we traveled back home.

“You make everything glorious…and I am Yours…so what does that make me?” - DCB
“Jesus paid it all, all to Him I owe. Sin had left a crimson stain, He washed it white as snow. Oh praise the One who paid my debt and raised this life up from the dead!”

4 marks of a true worshipper - 1. Always asking “is God pleased with this?” 2. the knowledge of a “Big Picture” mercy at work 3. Transformation 4. Demonstration - Louie Giglio
I’ll definitely be changing the way I think. The question “does this please Him” should come up way more often than any other.

“Do you know what a butterfly’s wings are made of? do you? They’re made of crystalized ‘waste’…so the analogy here is??? God takes my ‘mess’ and makes something good.” - Francis Chan

“You cannot manipulate God into doing your will!”
“Faith is confidence in who God says He is and what He says He will do” - Andy Stanley

It was good to hang out with some of the One80 crew…including Mr. & Mrs. Ted Rastatter.

Matt Redman walked by us and I tried taking a picture…but he ended up looking more like a ghost…you can see right through him. Creepy.

The last day we were there, I decided to take a bunch of pictures of random lights…ya know, to go with the whole “true light” idea.


<—– this one is my favorite.

so, there’s a bunch of pics and some great quotes. all I know is that I needed it and that God was pleased with it.