WHY DO WE SING?
“Why do we sing?” This question has been the foundation of the David Crowder*Band Fantastical Church Music Conference (CFCMC for short) that just wrapped up a few hours ago. I couldn’t think of a better reason to gather, discuss, and learn than over a question as vast or profound as this one. Wrestling with this [...]
WHAT? IT’S ONLY BEEN 6 WEEKS?
So, what? It’s only been 6 weeks since I posted anything… I’ve heard a lot of people talk about how they get burned out on blogging and they feel like the need a break. A “blogatical” if you will. Then they come back and they have all of these profound things that GOD taught them [...]
UP TO SOMETHING//
Tonight for this journey we’re doing at Crosspoint, we went on a field trip with our LTG (small group for you non-XPTers). Pretty simple idea. Show up. Get handed a CD. Insert it in the CD player in your car. Listen & drive. We went to the school where we meet now, then to the [...]
A CHALLENGE, PROMPTINGS, & A GIFT CARD
So, last week at CROSSPOINT we were given a odd challenge. Actually, the challenge wasn’t weird, the method was. About halfway through Curt’s teaching he asked everyone to reach under their seat and pull the envelope taped to the bottom of the chair out. Every now and then we have these moments where we’re told [...]
11 OTHER PLACES I COULD LIVE//
I like change. I just do. Angie and I think that there may not be two pictures in our house of me with the same beard structure/hair style. I love the change in seasons. I like to rearrange my office. I just like change. I’ve never lived farther than 30-45 minutes from the town where [...]
BUSY TIME//
There are a couple of times a year that are CRAZY busy for those of us whose occupation entails church work. Church work is a weird term… really we all do church work if we say we believe and have faith. Belief is a weird thing. We all believe in something… even Atheists believe that [...]
I NEEDED THIS TODAY//+Fact
The last 2 weeks have been particularly difficult for me & Angie. It’s not what you think. We’re not having issues with each other at all. In fact, we’ve grown closer in the last year to each other and to GOD (individually and together) than we’ve even been. But, last week started with us both being [...]
THE LAND OF THE LIVING//
So, Angie and I spent the last 2 days between the bed and the bathroom with the flu. It was awful. I don’t do well with stomach bugs. Never have. Likely never will. There were honestly moments where I thought (no exaggeration) that I thought the grip of death was near. Then a friend said [...]
REFLECTIONS//
It’s no hidden fact that I love my son. The doctor told me yesterday that she “loves seeing dads treat their kids that way” (the way I was being so affectionate to my sick son). GREAT! They notice! I thought. Maybe I AM qualified for this job (which no one truly is). So, if I [...]
CAN’T WE JUST GET OVER OURSELVES?//
I just lost about an hour and a half of my life that I will never get back. (Enter Doc Brown from a frozen/smoking/tred burning Delorian)… I got sucked into reading a series of blog posts and the ensuing comments from someone who thinks he has something to say about Christianity. Let’s be honest. That’s [...]
LIVE ON CREATIVITY//
No way could this kind of creativity come from two molecules colliding one day in space…
CHRISTMAS AS AN ADOPTIVE DAD//
There are things that just change the way you live… Moving, new jobs, getting married… These are change a lot of things, but kids… seem to have the power beyond them all. I’d always wanted to be a dad, but 12 months about I had no idea what it would actually mean. Sure I expected [...]
POWERFUL STORIES//
I love stories. I think you can’t really know a person without knowing their stories. I have a story. I tell it every time I write here. You have a story. Every time you read mine you chose if you make it part of yours. That means that WE have stories. These are two good [...]
THE ART OF CHANGE//
So, we entered a new phase in life last week. Isaac started rolling over last week. He was starting to make us nervous not showing much interest in it all then someone flipped a switch and he’s everywhere now. Literally over night he figured out all directions: left & right, front to back, back to [...]
AND…//
So, you know those days when you’re super-psyched about what you have planned. Work, school, family time, whatever… Then it kind of goes south… Sucks doesn’t it. + This morning @xptonline we had one of those moments… er … hours. It was tough to stomach, but logistically, it was just one of our worst services [...]
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE, ROB BELL, & MY OWN BROKEN SOUL//
About 3.5 hours ago, Angie and I walked out of the movie theater having just seen Where the Wild Things Are. For some reason, maybe because it’s the story of a little boy’s wild imagination, I connect with this story. He gets in trouble, is sent to bed without his supper (a horror that no [...]
LIKE FATHER. like son. //
There’s a beautiful spiritual connection between fathers and son. Every son, whose dad is around, wants to be like his dad some how. I did. My dad was a cop. He stood for what was right. He was honest. He had guns. He hunted. He was handy. He was a manly man. I still want [...]
MY FRIDGE WOULD BE STOCKED WITH THIS//
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bwc3a1O9lY&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00] I would totally drink this. PJT//
CROSSPOINT LOOKS AT HOW PURE SEX CAN BRING HEALING//
We know what you’re thinking: “Oh, great! Here we go again. The church wants to talk about sex.” Hey, at least give us a chance! If you’re expecting a bunch of tips to get your moral merit badge… that’s just not going to happen. If you envision three weeks of polite euphemisms about the birds, [...]
OH MY, HOW TIME FLIES…
This evening after we both came home from work and before I had to jet out to rehearsal… (did I just use the term “jet?” Hey the 50′s called… they want their slang back!) we were sitting on the bed and Angie was holding Isaac. She said, “I don’t remember what he was like when [...]
FIRST 100 DAYS//
CLICK FOR TODAY’S PICTURES It’s 11:43 on DAY 100. It’s been a crazy 3 months, 10 days, 11 hours, 13 minutes since Isaac was born. In 100 days, we’ve seen quite a bit of emotion. We’ve come to know grace in new ways. We’ve been able to share our story with quite a few people [...]
NOT A LOT TO SAY//
Anyone that knows me, knows that there are few people out there with more extraverted tendencies than myself… I know a couple, but not many. I can only think of 2 after giving it some thought… I like noise. I don’t like to sit still. I HAVE to be going somewhere. I’m the guy that [...]
FATHERHOOD//
I had this thought the other day. I’m a dad now. Not in the sense of a “daddy-o” (apparently, 60′s jazz lingo is making a comeback). But, in the sense of it’s now after 1am and I’m simultaneously watching TV and a baby monitor. It’s still very surreal. We’ve only been home for the hospital [...]
