so do you know what it feels like to be surrounded by people but feel completely alone?
i do.
Thursday, August 26, 2004
Tuesday, August 24, 2004
the big show
gotta show at clay street this weekend that should be really good. i crack on these guys alot because i want to see them reach the potential that i see for them but one area that i really admire them for is allowing folks to come in and do their thing (as far as music and preaching is concerned). so many facilities around here will let you come in but only if you look and smell and act like they do. well hell. if they are just like you, then you don't need them to come in. ah hah, said the blind man to his deaf and dumb girlfriend...
anyway, there will be 4 bands this saturday and i have arranged for my pro sound guy that does big shows to come in and set some things up. this has always been a dream of mine, really since i was little, to be a part of something like this. it will be even better because the first set will be worship (i think) and the second set will be Wade Sparkman who has developed over the years and is amazing on vocals. Sets 3 and 4 are SA bands that may or may not be any good.
just for some extra thump we are gonna bring in some much larger sub cabinets cause the JBL 18" cabs that clay street has need to be re-coned. these are supposed to be rated at 5,ooo watts each with at least 2 subs in each cabinet. apparently you need a couple of guys to move them. to power these cabs we will use special 3-phase amps that put out who knows how much power. of course to power the amps we will have to bring in a generator b/c the building just doesn't have enough power. doesn't this just sound goooood. after this is done we will bring in 2 trusses of lights (not sure what will be on them) that we should be able to hang from the rafters. to power the lights we will use a hog 500 controller that i hear is pretty neat. to put all of this in perspective...this same equipment was used for the linkin park / korn concert at verizon wireless amphitheater last weekend in SA. of course we will only use a fraction of the equipment.
well that's enough for now. i hope you have a great week and come to the show if u are in the kerr area this sat around 8p.
anyway, there will be 4 bands this saturday and i have arranged for my pro sound guy that does big shows to come in and set some things up. this has always been a dream of mine, really since i was little, to be a part of something like this. it will be even better because the first set will be worship (i think) and the second set will be Wade Sparkman who has developed over the years and is amazing on vocals. Sets 3 and 4 are SA bands that may or may not be any good.
just for some extra thump we are gonna bring in some much larger sub cabinets cause the JBL 18" cabs that clay street has need to be re-coned. these are supposed to be rated at 5,ooo watts each with at least 2 subs in each cabinet. apparently you need a couple of guys to move them. to power these cabs we will use special 3-phase amps that put out who knows how much power. of course to power the amps we will have to bring in a generator b/c the building just doesn't have enough power. doesn't this just sound goooood. after this is done we will bring in 2 trusses of lights (not sure what will be on them) that we should be able to hang from the rafters. to power the lights we will use a hog 500 controller that i hear is pretty neat. to put all of this in perspective...this same equipment was used for the linkin park / korn concert at verizon wireless amphitheater last weekend in SA. of course we will only use a fraction of the equipment.
well that's enough for now. i hope you have a great week and come to the show if u are in the kerr area this sat around 8p.
teen spirit
some where in my mp3 download days i klepto'd a copy of a tori amos live version of smells like teen spirit and it is amazing. i know that one of my fellow bloggers is probably her biggest fan ever, but this one song makes me want to buy everything she has ever recorded. i don't understand how she can make the piano come alive and move you to emotions you didn't know you had. oh, and i hear that this isn't even one of her "good" songs. wow!
Friday, August 20, 2004
what box?
i read something this week published by a motivational speaker for businesses but it applies to churches as well...
you can't have an out-of-the-box experience when all you have are in-the-box metaphors.
the other one i like that we have all seen is...
a fool is a person that keeps doing the same thing while expecting different results.
people come on. step up to the plate and bat! get in the game, get off your butt and get after it. clay street if you aren't gonna do anything then give yourself a break and attend mass somewhere that is insect free. if not, then start kicking some ass and let's change this community. out of the 4 guys in leadership, only one understands (also the only one that will probably read this) and you have a tough job ahead of you, but i know you can do it. just write some things down, get a little more organized, get everyone on the same page, and get on with it. oh, and i would pray like you've never prayed before.
have a great week!
you can't have an out-of-the-box experience when all you have are in-the-box metaphors.
the other one i like that we have all seen is...
a fool is a person that keeps doing the same thing while expecting different results.
people come on. step up to the plate and bat! get in the game, get off your butt and get after it. clay street if you aren't gonna do anything then give yourself a break and attend mass somewhere that is insect free. if not, then start kicking some ass and let's change this community. out of the 4 guys in leadership, only one understands (also the only one that will probably read this) and you have a tough job ahead of you, but i know you can do it. just write some things down, get a little more organized, get everyone on the same page, and get on with it. oh, and i would pray like you've never prayed before.
have a great week!
Wednesday, August 11, 2004
where??
i'm in utica, illinois today and it's about 55 degrees outside. sorry to all of my friends back in texas that are sweaty and smelly in the heat (that sounds tacky - but sounds like me) but it is really nice here.
anyway, have a great week.
anyway, have a great week.
Sunday, August 08, 2004
when heaven invades earth
i just finished a book by bill johnson called when heaven invades earth. it is about the miraculous power of God coming to our everyday lives. it was completely liberating because many of my frustrations with the church, for a long time, were dealt with. i sincerely feel that as believers we have adopted an non-biblical tradition and teaching because we suck when it comes to experiencing the power of God. face it, we do and we have. to put it differently, i am so glad that i came to know christ at an early age, because the traditional modern day baptist church on every corner or the post-modern wanna be warehouse (traditional baptist) church doesn't have anything for me. nothing.
anyway, i am going to walk down a new path with others who believe that God still moves in the physical, through his saints (that's us in case you have forgotten). i've never seen the gold dust thing, or oil on the hands or feathers, but i am not so closed minded to think that if God wanted to do something like that he could and certainly would. personally in my life right now, i need some of God in the physical. i guess you could argue that i need more faith or whatever, but really i just need more of Him - the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit - the whole package. And i want to be the whole package. i want to walk in His power and not mine anymore.
on another note...my dj friend that made it big in the business has just accecpted Jesus and is looking to turn his life around and is moving back to kerrville. so it looks like the church on bluebonnet street has a new member.
blessings!
anyway, i am going to walk down a new path with others who believe that God still moves in the physical, through his saints (that's us in case you have forgotten). i've never seen the gold dust thing, or oil on the hands or feathers, but i am not so closed minded to think that if God wanted to do something like that he could and certainly would. personally in my life right now, i need some of God in the physical. i guess you could argue that i need more faith or whatever, but really i just need more of Him - the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit - the whole package. And i want to be the whole package. i want to walk in His power and not mine anymore.
on another note...my dj friend that made it big in the business has just accecpted Jesus and is looking to turn his life around and is moving back to kerrville. so it looks like the church on bluebonnet street has a new member.
blessings!
Tuesday, August 03, 2004
show me your power
you know part of my frustration with the local christian community is that i really don't know anyone that is experiencing the abundant life that we are supposed to have in christ and most of the churches in town have no real energy or excitement. not talking about music, there's good worship in the town, but the overall power of god is just not there. now i'm not talking about hope, i know a bunch of folks that have that, otherwise none of us would have made it this far. i'm talking about the stuff jesus talks about in the gospels. i'm just not one to believe that all of that was only for that period of time. i really think that would be clear in his teaching if that was the case.
the other thing is that we all say that we want the holy spirit to come in power and wonder and all that stuff but we freak out when anything outside of regular mundane church life happens. i'm as guilty as anyone on that - but not anymore.
i've reached a point in my walk with christ that i want to stop trying to understand him in physical human terms - admit it, that's what we do most of the time as believers - and allow him to be whatever he is, in whatever that looks like. i'm not sure where this will take us but dianna and i are committed to traveling this path. as i learn more i'll pass it along, but in the mean time i'm gonna put myself in a place where god can speak to me and through me in new ways.
oh, by the way...none of this involves us drinking any specialty Kool-Aid. more to come
the other thing is that we all say that we want the holy spirit to come in power and wonder and all that stuff but we freak out when anything outside of regular mundane church life happens. i'm as guilty as anyone on that - but not anymore.
i've reached a point in my walk with christ that i want to stop trying to understand him in physical human terms - admit it, that's what we do most of the time as believers - and allow him to be whatever he is, in whatever that looks like. i'm not sure where this will take us but dianna and i are committed to traveling this path. as i learn more i'll pass it along, but in the mean time i'm gonna put myself in a place where god can speak to me and through me in new ways.
oh, by the way...none of this involves us drinking any specialty Kool-Aid. more to come