Mark Driscoll

For my birthday I several Mark Driscoll books, including Vintage Church and Vintage Jesus and his "Books You'll Actually Read" series

Here's him on ABC's Nightline discussing the existance of Satan:

Nightline

Here's some notes from another blogger about the event: notes

Unfortunately, Mark Driscoll carries alot of criticism with him. I personally disagree with alot of it, but Im going to link to it in fairness... criticism

John Mayer's Pedalboard

Yea, Im a John Mayer fan... Thats a view of his pedalboard, and another from his touring rack (with his POG)

its from his twitter...

Sickness

I've been sick since monday night. With Everything... stomach, fever, headache... I got my first IV yesterday at the GA Tech Health Dept. Fortunately Im doing much better. Unfortunately I missed my first indoor game Tuesday night, we lost 12-5.

Mission Trip

Im back and have enough time to write about the spring break mission trip called "Numbered"

The breakdown (by day)

Saturday:
we drove to Nashville, TN and stayed at the Lamb's house

Sunday:
we attended First Baptist of Hendersonville where Ed Stetzer is the interim pastor. Afterwards we ate lunch with him and discussed his research and the Church

Monday:
we worked at the Feed the Children organization and we opened boxes. Then we ate lunch with Jeff Slaughter (creator of VBS music). In the afternoon we went to Vanderbilt and checked out their BCM. Then we drove to Dodge City, AL to a lakehouse.

Tuesday:
Spent the entire day at the lakehouse...

Wednesday:
Drove to Birmingham, AL and worked at an urban garden with Urban Ministries

Thursday:
Worked with the BBA apartments with people who are waiting to receive organs, in the afternoon we visited the Civil Rights museum and the 16th St. Baptist Church (where the four girls died in the bombing). Then we drove back to ATL.

Friday:
We painted rooms in the bottom of First Presbyterian Church of College Park (I think thats the name) and then we ended...

it was very tiring and exhausting

Currently Listening 03/15/09 and 03/22/09

Yea, because of spring break, Im combining these two weeks...

Top 5:

1. Josh Wilson - Savior, Please
2. Big Daddy Weave - What Life Would Be Like
3. Rascal Flatts - Here Comes Goodbye
4. The Fray - How to Save a Life
5. Lincoln Brewster - Today is the Day

(Hopefully) My Next Guitar:

Hopelessness and Scary Movies

I'll be completely honest. Scary movies scare the crap out of me. This past weekend I saw The Strangers and What Lies Beneath. As I watched them, I couldn't help but wonder: "why didn't they just give up?" It makes sense, you're trapped in some horror story and you know there's no way out. The thing that made the movies actually "scary" was that the audience (me) accepted the hopelessness of the characters. Feeling (empathizing with) that hopelessness made the movie so much worse. Its times like this when I'm thankful that there is a higher cause out there... there is hope... for real.

Spring Break 2009

This spring break (next week) I'm leaving Georgia Tech and going on a mission trip to Nashville (TN), Birmingham (AL), Dodge City (TN), and back to ATL. This sunday I will get the chance to sit down with Ed Stetzer who's a mover/shaker in the Lifeway machine. I'll try to describe my trip as I go (assuming I have internet).

Currently Listening 03/08/09

Top 5:

1. John Mayer - Heart of Life
2. John Mayer - Belief
   
3. John Mayer - Gravity
4. John Mayer - Waiting on the World to Change
5. U2 - Magnificent

Yea, I've been in a bluesy mood lately

U2's Top 10:

No Line on the Horizon

Currently Listening... 03/01/09

My Top 5:

1. Ryan Cabrera - On the Way Down
2. U2 - Breathe
3. Goo Goo Dolls - Better Days
4. Lifehouse - First Time
5. Hillsong - Time Has Come