MUSIC VIDEOS

Day By Day - A COVID Memorial

COME THOU FOUNT

Words by Robert Robinson.

It is an unfortunate turn of events when a young boy is forced to grow up without a loving father. This was Robert Robinson's fate. His dad passed away when he was only eight years of age. Robert was born on Sept. 27, 1735, to Mary Wilkin and Michael Robinson, a customs officer in Swaffham in the county of Norfolk, a market town and civil parish in the English county side. To make Roberts circumstances much more difficult, his maternal grandfather, Robert Wilkin, a wealthy man, who had never reconciled himself to his daughter's lowly marriage, disinherited his grandson and provided an inheritance for him of only ten shillings and sixpence. As soon as Robert was old enough, he secured a job as an apprentice to a barber. Even in his youth he endured the hardship of having to be the breadwinner for his widowed mother and himself. His formal education was limited. However, his knowledge was varied and extensive because he spent many hours in study. There was an adult-like quality deeply ingrained in him, and it allowed him to accept the responsibilities of adulthood, even as a teenager. As he grew older, he came under the influence of the famed evangelist, George Whitfield. On Dec. 10, 1755, Robinson could not push from his mind a particular phrase used by Mr. Whitfield in one of his sermons: "Oh, my hearers! The wrath to come! the wrath to come!" He was wondrously converted and became a minister of the gospel; first, in a Baptist church, then in a Methodist church, and later in other denominations. In one location his congregation grew to 1,000 in attendance. Unfortunately, and for some unexplained reason, he became disillusioned from his faith and walked away for a season. On one occasion, years later, he found himself the fellow passenger of a young lady on a stagecoach. It is reported that she began to sing to break the monotony of the trip. She sang Come Thou Fount. As she finished singing, the young woman asked Roberts what he thought about the song. His startling reply was: "Madam, I am the unhappy man who wrote that hymn many years ago, and, I would give a thousand worlds if I could feel now as I felt then."

In this arrangement, you will hear the young lady's voice in the third verse singing the words, "Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it." Perhaps we can all relate to a time in our faith when we, much like Robert Robinson, drifted away for a season. I hope that the fourth verse will be the resounding anthem of each life that hears this song.

ARRANGED BY ZACHARY HORNER - MIXED AND MASTERED BY MATTHEW PARKER - RECORDED AT BROADSIDE PRODUCTIONS - PERFORMED BY JUSTIN BARBER AND ALLYSON HORNER.

Commonplace

It is easy to grow discontented with all that is happening in the present and to long earnestly for the story that will unfold when the next page of life is turned. But it is in moments of solitude; in the commonplace of life that we are often reminded of the glorious beauty of the present. It is then that we are reminded as if by a still small voice, that godliness with contentment is great gain. 

MUSIC PRODUCED BY ZACHARY HORNER - WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY ALLYSON HORNER - DIRECTED, FILM, AND EDITED BY JUSTIN BARBER

HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD

Pastor Jason’s testimony is powerful. He was an unwanted baby. After his mother failed to kill him through botched abortion, she abandoned him. Jason became a Christian and now serves as a pastor and worship leader in his church and other local churches. Though he bears the deformities that impact his mobility, he was able to teach himself how to sing and play the guitar. While I was in the Philippines in 2019, I was able to collaborate with him to produce this performance video of How Great Is Our God by Chris Tomlin.

ARRANGED AND PERFORMED BY JASON CARAMAYRAMAY - DIRECTED, FILMED, PRODUCED, AND EDITED BY JUSTIN BARBER

Before the Throne

Before The Throne describes the gospel through imagery of a High Priest. In the old testament, the high priest offered sacrifices on behalf of the jewish people to atone for their sins. It was offered over and over again because the sacrifice was insufficient to cover all past, present, and future sins. God the Father sees our sin until through faith we receive the gift given by our great High Priest. Jesus, our High Priest, then pleads our case before God the Father, presenting his blood as the payment and His righteousness as our own.

ARRANGED AND PRODUCED BY ZACHARY HORNER - MASTERED BY MATTHEW PARKER - FILMED AND EDITED BY SETH HALEY - DIRECTED AND PERFORMED BY JUSTIN BARBER

MOVIE

The Wednesday Morning Breakfast Club

Newly-hired waitress, Megan, gets a taste of customer service when three elderly men walk into the restaurant one Wednesday morning. Crotchety, persnickety, and eccentric, the three men give Megan a run for her money. In spite of snide remarks by her co-worker, Megan works to be the best server possible and a warm friendship develops.

Directed and Produced by Justin Barber - Written by Amanda Barber - Cinematography by Seth Haley - Music Composed by Richard Barber - Starring: Stacey Bradshaw, Werner Riedel, Hans Willer, David Maysick, Amanda Barber, and David Cade.