About

Mary-Kathryn feels like she is a “musical missionary,” and describes her musical style as world fusion music with pop sensibilities. She incorporates sounds and instruments from other nations. Her music is birthed from her worship to God, and she feels like this is part of the message that God wants her to share. She’s always felt God has given her a freedom and told her not to withhold anything in worship. People are intrigued by her worship style, which inspires more people to be free to worship.   She feels her call is to be a psalmist; her music is for healing ...

One Spirit

[caption id="attachment_110" align="alignleft" width="294" caption="Buy online at CDBaby.com"][/caption] It is more than the title of Mary-Kathryn's album. It is her calling, her mission, her passion. "We are called by One Spirit," she says. "One Holy Spirit. We serve One Lord. We are One Body. We must come together in unity under the headship of Christ, for we are much more powerful together than when we are divided."   The songs of One Spirit were birthed out of a mission calling to the Body of Christ.  It is a means of encouraging the members of the body to stir up their gifts and callings, to ...

Dreams & Visions

[caption id="attachment_117" align="alignleft" width="301" caption="Buy online at CDBaby.com"][/caption] On her fourth album, Dreams & Visions, Mary-Kathryn blends elements of soft pop, rock and folk with world music influences as diverse as the continents to create a spiritual amalgam that transcends musical boundaries.   Sophisticated without being elitist; understated without being simplistic, Mary-Kathryn displays an emotional depth that can only be described as remarkable. The album features appearances by Hugh Marsh on Violin and Fergus Marsh on Chapman Stick & Bass, Tony Morra on Drums & Percussion, the Finnish vocal group Fire 4U, co-produced by Paul Buono and Mary-Kathryn and mixed by Tony Palacios ...

A Perfect Season

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dream tag: mary-kathryn, Matthew 5, season, Super Bowl

I’m not a huge football fan, meaning I don’t follow the different teams’ progress from the beginning of every season, but I do love watching the champions compete in the playoffs and ultimately the Super Bowl, which is coming up soon.  In Super Bowl XLII (2008), the New England Patriots played against the New York Giants.  A few days leading up to that big game, I remember hearing a sportscaster announce that the New England Patriots had had a “perfect season.”  They hadn’t lost a single game they’d played. (www.reuters.com/article/idUSGOR01951620071230)  God used that announcement to get my attention and reminded me of a scripture I’d read a million times, but had always stumbled over.

Most of us are familiar with Matthew chapter 5 (The Beatitudes, The Sermon On the Mount) but the very last verse of that chapter says something that always puzzled me.  It says, “Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.”  The Greek word for perfect used there is “teleios” which means – perfect, full-grown, mature. But being perfect as God is perfect never seemed possible.  How could He expect perfection from anyone?  After all, we’re so obviously. . . imperfect. But then He reminded me of another scripture in Romans 8:37 that says, “No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.” 

Do you hear what God is saying?  Unlike the New England Patriots, who made history that year by being the first NFL team to pull off a perfect season, God has a perfect season EVERY year!  And because He does, so can we!  We’ve been given the ability to MORE than conquer in every season of our lives and over time, there’s a maturity that comes in our walk with the Lord, very much like it did for the Patriots.  That football season they practiced and practiced, and played and believed until they had won every game – one game at a time.  In a similar way, the Lord is teaching and testing and perfecting us to win every battle we’re ever faced with.  Every season holds challenges we must face for the perfecting of our faith.  And every season we are given the ability to MORE than conquer, more than overcome, by the power of the Holy Spirit.  So be encouraged in this New Year.  It’s a new season to dare to “be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect!”