Dance Till We Die Tour

staple

last tuesday

the new ending

a hill to die upon

dj gt

Media Interviews

1. k100 with beau spencer

2. casting influence podcast with jeff kossack from iycm

evan on casting influence 1.8mb - interview segment only
check these guys out. acoustic screamo engaged
i think i am going to enter the american eagle live your life contest

Crazy Fedex Routing

I ordered some new mic cables for the staple show. here is the route it took from musicians friend

Jan 26, 2006 8:00 AM On FedEx vehicle for delivery MT. PLEASANT, IA
7:56 AM At local FedEx facility MT. PLEASANT, IA 3:55 AM At dest sort facility CEDAR RAPIDS, IA
Jan 25, 2006 5:39 PM Departed FedEx location INDIANAPOLIS, IN
12:58 AM Arrived at FedEx location INDIANAPOLIS, IN
Jan 24, 2006 9:09 PM Left origin KANSAS CITY, MO
5:10 PM Picked up KANSAS CITY, MO
2:42 AM Package data transmitted to FedEx

Probably a lil bit quicker to go from kansa city straight to iowa, but what do i know.

Snowboarding Accident

Went skiing yesterday at snowstar. it was 52 degrees out, incredible. it was like skiing on a slushie. Only bummer was that i was here for a couple of hours with a student.

Wish aaron a get well soon

Finally High Speed

Both our church and home will be getting off of dialup today, and finally switching to wireless dsl. so i thought this morning while im on dialup, i would post the download speeds, and then tonight post the wireless dsl speed.

dialup 9:43am 22k
wireless dsl 6:34pm 492k

Should be faster tomorrow after signal boosters.

Conversation with Jeff Kossack

What i learned... (from conversations with jeff kossack)

1) easier to tell people about jesus, than showing them. both are effective, but which one needs to be done more? does one come before another? what does showing them about jesus look like?

2) a discipleship process is needed for the youth ministry. and an understanding that discipleship is a lifelong journey, not a ten week sunday school class.

3) students want to change the world, we must give them the opportunity

4) maybe youth services aren't the best way to evangelize jr. high and high schoolers. or should unchurched students even be a target during a service? or should our target be to teach our students to be jesus in their world?

5) during worship and message time at h2o, feels like xxxxxxx xxx xxxxxxxxx xxx xxxx.

6) acoustic worship might be a good idea, to get back to the heart of worship for our students who are concert saturated. need a separation from one another.

7) what is the role of an adult in youth ministry? elder?

Lost it all

Ended 2005 with shame. Was leading in our pot-limit holdem game after an all in raise, and won with the high pair of 10s. see chip stack below

What sucked was the next hand, had pocket 6s. I think at this time only 4 people were left in the game, with 3 in the hand, so i was feeling pretty confident about it. when the flop came, no luck, the turn nothing, but on the river provided me with another 6. so i bet the pot. not realizing, that the 6 had completed katies straight, and i lost the game.

finally finished blue like jazz. incredible.