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I'm Phil Christensen. I'm my kids' dad, my Beauty Queen's husband , my churches' Worship Pastor and my Master's servant. In Autumn 2010, I'll begin my 10th year of service at Stonebridge Church (The ministry formerly known as CHEF), a rare and wonderful place where I serve and serve with some of the finest folks I've ever known. Dr. Randy Scheil is one of my heroes of the faith, and the team around me humbles me with their gifts and heart for God. A few years ago, we relocated the campus to a new 29-acre site on Stoney Point Road. I love the Lord, love people, and love a Big Purpose; the best of all worlds is when I can help God's people connect to their Big God and find their Big Purpose. Redeemed men and women are - as David said - the " glorious ones, " and the ultimate human endeavor is to declare God's glory. Sometimes I wake up at 3:00 a.m., humbled to have the best, most exciting, life-changing job in the world. Under my hood, that's the revving engine. If I'm known beyond our doors in Cedar Rapids, it's probably for my 15 years of articles at Integrity Music and features in Worship Leader Magazine . I've also written a couple of books , and my work has appeared in CCM, Christianity Today, Rev, and other places. Musically, I carry some 1500 songs around in my heart, favorites from a couple decades of worship renewal, classic praise and hymns. Over the years, I've written lots of music with the BQ; many of these have been praise-songs and you can listen to a handful of them on-line by clicking here .On the technical side, I enjoy audio production and the amazing realm of live interactive worship technology. Captain Steve Boyd is a miracle-worker. We routinely run a live 4-piece band on the platform and seamlessly add pre-produced loops or insert a pre-recorded bass part. The team of stunning vocalists, musicians and technicians around me are gifts from God. I like podcast production, multi-track editting, and am having a BALL working with my #1 son, Jr. Phil, a great musician and my wingman. In addition to his work as a writer and producer, he's helping equip a new generation of musicians to declare God's glory with the arts. We probably need a shingle that says "ChristenSen and Son." I'm thrilled to see my #2 son, Stefan faithfully serving as Jr. High Pastor at North Hills Baptist, where he shepherds a flock of young people and is completing his internship from Frontier Bible College. You rock, Stefan! Go the distance! In this last season, I've been immersed in two millenia of history, particular the writings of the Christian Contemplatives and the powerful Scriptures that fueled those writings. Regardless of their century or culture, these giants consistently arrived at similar conclusions. I won't try to summarize those ideas here, but it's become increasingly clear to me that humble worshipers of the True and Living God will find themselves being conformed into the image of His Son, Jesus. They will walk the path of descent, like their Master did , and they will display increasing degrees of His goodness, justice and compassion for the downtrodden. This level of discipleship and transformation has very much captured my heart.

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