Inspiration from the south

Some days ago i was out eating lunch with Jakob and Amos. Amos is from Madrid and is here visiting and singing. We had a typical swedish chinese buffé and we ate til we couldn't stand up. And during we spoke almost constantly about music of some kind. It's so great to have this thing in common with a guy i've never met before and to hear him speak so passionate about something i love as much as he does.

And so today I got to meet with Amos and Jakob again, this time at Jakobs and his wife Annas place here in Stockholm where we had dinner with a bunch of other friends. We ate and we sang! Great! You know it's not a very Swedish thing to do at a dinner, to sing. We have this weird thing here that means you shouldn't show off and you shouldn't brag about your talent or wathever.
But I meen, why not? If you love it, do it! And if you believe in it, let people know!


That's what music is about, and I guess that's what beliveing is about too.
Don't be afraid to put yourself out there. I made a new friend out of it.
Thanks Amos!

Praise Unit Live!

15 days left!

Hi everyone! Today it's 15 days left to our october tour in Germany! It's going to be so much fun and I'm really looking forward to it! We've been working on the concert program and I hope that you all will like the new show=) You still have time to listen and learn all our songs so that you can sing along and dance with us!

I hope to see you all soon!
Hugs Maria

New stories to tell

Hi!

This is the percussionist speaking…writing…typing? It’s my first time bloging here in the Praise Unit blog. I have my own though, www.toffesrevival.blogspot.com.  In swedish, but maybe you can google-translate it? =) It’s not that interesting really, just a lot of sportstalk. And for the moment not at all updated. Anyway…

A short presentation of myself:

--I am the one in Praise Unit (besides Jocke) that has done the most number of PU-gigs.

--I once accidently booked a trip to Greece with my girlfriend on the same dates as we were suppose to go to Cologne with PU. 

With the Germany tour soon coming up, a few memories from the last tour in 2008 is beginning to pop up again, featuring the band. How we all (except Andreas) shaved our heads during the tour. Or how we kept all of Dettingen awake during our late night jam session in the church. Or how we got lost in Kassel by night and couldn’t find our hotel. And this i just a little taste of it all. Maybe I can reveal more stories later on here!

I am really looking forward to new great stories to tell. We have already been talking about saving beards before the tour, but I guess it’s a little to late for that now...

Singing together!

One of the great things on our upcoming tour in Germany is that we will get the chance to sing together with a lot of singers from the different cities we meet. In Husby, Kassel and Witten we will do music together with others. It's a privilige for us and we know that a lot of great things can happen when we let God use music to get people together!

Jesus wants everyone

As I'm writing this I'm watching the news on the television and in one of the features they report about a woman who is fighting for her right to recieve sickness benefit from the Swedish government. She used to work as an economist but after being involved in some kind of accident she's no longer able to work. However, she hopes to one day regain her ability to work but she's unsure about in what field that could possibly be. The last thing that was said in the feature was said by the woman herself and her words were, "But who would want me? Not even I want myself."

O. My heart broke, and I could help but saying the one thing on my mind out loud: Jesus!

Jesus wants her. Jesus wants me and he wants you too. It doens't matter what you look like, what you've done, what you're thinking and whether you call yourself a Christian or not. Let us remind each other, and ourselves, that Jesus wants everyone.

Tour preparations

It's three weeks to go before we leave our homes and go for a funky gospel party on the mission field in Germany. We decided to open this blog again, since we want to share our preparations with those of you will come to concerts or wish that you could come to the concerts. There will be new things to read everyday!