Bloggin' in 5.1 surround sound...
Good weekend...if not a bit "packed" with things going on. Church Sunday went pretty well...it was very good to have most of the music committed to memory, so it freed us to engage the crowd and "feel" the music better. The feedback that I got was that everything was much better, including the mix. Thought Dave did a good job, too. A good morning, overall, and I think our guests enjoyed it.
I hope we keep the dialogue about developing "passion" onstage going...where does it come from? We don't want to "manufacture" it...instead, we want it to be something that genuinely overflows from inside us. Part of it, of course, should be passion for music and getting into the "groove," but as worship leaders, I think we should always realize that the best stage passion comes from allowing God to work in our lives. BAM! That's the ultimate bottom line. And that doesn't mean God's going to work the same way in each of us. Just as long as we let him work - I think that's the key. So that in some way we're connecting with him and carrying out his mission all the time...
Anyway, after church we (Me, Stacey, J-mo, Jord-o, and Kailyn) headed over to Huntsville for...well, most of the day. Ate lunch at Landry's (note to self: Lunch at Landry's, though good, is ridiculously expensive). I'm just glad we didn't order the king crab legs for $34.99 market price. SHEESH! Afterwards, went to Best Buy, where I got to watch J-mo start the process of plopping down a lot of coin on a new computer. He bought a cutting edge Radeon card. I wound up buying an Antec case for stacey so I can start the process of upgrading her PC...and mine, since the process was "accidentally" started a few weeks ago. Went to CompUSA later, where I wound up buying Stacey a new computer keyboard to replace the ancient one she's using now. After that we headed to PetSmart so Jonathan could find something to nurture his "work" fish back to life...LOL.
Went home, goofed off for a bit, then met up with Jack, Pam, and J-mo...we headed across the street to Dave's to present him with a present: A new Kenwood surround sound system. After everything Dave and his family have done for us (especially stacey and I), it was the BEGINNING of the very least we could do for them...
J-mo retreated after a bit to play some B-1942, then Eli FINALLY showed up to hang out with us. We watched import Video CD's of Friends episodes, yapped a bit more, than everyone went home and pretty much crashed. A good end to a good weekend.
KEY PHRASES FOR SUNDAY: "Give God your 'undevoted' attention." "Jordan, you DID tell your parents we were going to do more things in huntsville than just eat lunch, right?" "Um, yeah...I think I did." (sigh). "Sorry your $20 salad sucks." "I'm not sorry my $18 shrimp did not suck." "Did our hostess used to be a man?" "Why are there clothes in the pool?" "No, we still have one more worship song." "Why don't people update their blogs? Oh, wait...I don't...or, as Kyle would say..."Woooooooooooooooooo." What the heck does that mean, anyway?"
BEST THOUGHT OF THE DAY: If God gave you a chance to write less than 1 percent of the Bible, what would you say?"
I hope we keep the dialogue about developing "passion" onstage going...where does it come from? We don't want to "manufacture" it...instead, we want it to be something that genuinely overflows from inside us. Part of it, of course, should be passion for music and getting into the "groove," but as worship leaders, I think we should always realize that the best stage passion comes from allowing God to work in our lives. BAM! That's the ultimate bottom line. And that doesn't mean God's going to work the same way in each of us. Just as long as we let him work - I think that's the key. So that in some way we're connecting with him and carrying out his mission all the time...
Anyway, after church we (Me, Stacey, J-mo, Jord-o, and Kailyn) headed over to Huntsville for...well, most of the day. Ate lunch at Landry's (note to self: Lunch at Landry's, though good, is ridiculously expensive). I'm just glad we didn't order the king crab legs for $34.99 market price. SHEESH! Afterwards, went to Best Buy, where I got to watch J-mo start the process of plopping down a lot of coin on a new computer. He bought a cutting edge Radeon card. I wound up buying an Antec case for stacey so I can start the process of upgrading her PC...and mine, since the process was "accidentally" started a few weeks ago. Went to CompUSA later, where I wound up buying Stacey a new computer keyboard to replace the ancient one she's using now. After that we headed to PetSmart so Jonathan could find something to nurture his "work" fish back to life...LOL.
Went home, goofed off for a bit, then met up with Jack, Pam, and J-mo...we headed across the street to Dave's to present him with a present: A new Kenwood surround sound system. After everything Dave and his family have done for us (especially stacey and I), it was the BEGINNING of the very least we could do for them...
J-mo retreated after a bit to play some B-1942, then Eli FINALLY showed up to hang out with us. We watched import Video CD's of Friends episodes, yapped a bit more, than everyone went home and pretty much crashed. A good end to a good weekend.
KEY PHRASES FOR SUNDAY: "Give God your 'undevoted' attention." "Jordan, you DID tell your parents we were going to do more things in huntsville than just eat lunch, right?" "Um, yeah...I think I did." (sigh). "Sorry your $20 salad sucks." "I'm not sorry my $18 shrimp did not suck." "Did our hostess used to be a man?" "Why are there clothes in the pool?" "No, we still have one more worship song." "Why don't people update their blogs? Oh, wait...I don't...or, as Kyle would say..."Woooooooooooooooooo." What the heck does that mean, anyway?"
BEST THOUGHT OF THE DAY: If God gave you a chance to write less than 1 percent of the Bible, what would you say?"
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