life and stuff

lifes been nuts!  school sucks as usual… but it is what it is. we’ve been leading worship a lot more as a band, and that has been great.  its good to get our original line up (almost) back in order.  ive missed traveling with my pals.

God put something cool on my heart.  I am thinking/praying about starting a worship blog/open forum for worship leaders and worship musicians to share thoughts and ideas.  Maybe itll be cool, maybe not.  Im just praying right now.

oh yea, sharp top cove is the jam

-chris

Fresh Start!

So my break from the internet was amazing.  It definitely gave me a breath of fresh air.  I definitely want to moderate how much time I spend on this joker from here on out.  

Night of worship at buckhead was amazing.  If you missed it… try and find it online because it was awesome!

Michael Phelps is a beast…

School of Worship was a good time.

gnight all!

-chris

A Break!

So here’s the deal.  I spend way toooo much time on the internet and I know that a lot of you guys can relate.  So here’s what I’m doing and here’s what I challenge anyone who struggles this to do.

I am not going to get on the internet, facebook mobile, myspace, or twitter for a total of 5 days.  In all of the spare time that I have I am going to make it an effort to dig into God’s word more and finish some books i’ve been wanting to read.  Basically, I’m ditching the internet for a few days to make my life more productive.  

Sorry if no one replies to your messages/comments/friend requests for a few days.  please dont be offended.

-chris

one more thing for today…

So the movie, “What Women Want” came on tv today.  I didn’t watch but a second of it because i’d seen it before.  Here’s the deal though, Mel Gibson knows what women are thinking at all times.  For about a second I thought that might be cool, but at the same time that would defeat the purpose of us being men.  Life wouldnt be near as much fun if we always knew what gals were thinking.  That would take all of the fun out of things.  I cant even recall how many times I have made a fool out of myself thinking I knew what a girl was thinking and was horribly wrong, but it makes for a good story.  It keeps us being spontaneous and, “spitting game” in a sense.  haha thats all

-chris

Legacy…

If you didnt already hear…Skip Caray passed away yesterday at age 68.  It has been awesome to see what everyone has to say about him.  It’s been really cool to see his life and the legacy he left behind.  Not as a Christian or as an announcer, I’m not even sure if he was a Christian, but just as a person.  So I am going to do this and I challenge anyone who reads this to do the same thing.

what I hope people will remember me as when I die… (not in any order)

- a great, reliable friend

- a “Godly man” (I’m still figuring out exactly what that looks like)

- a great authentic, genuine worship leader who really cared about the kids/people he led for

- a great well-rounded, focussed musician 

- maybe a great husband and father…maybe 

i’ll probably add to this list as I get older/wiser

-chris

Super Summer is over for me…

So I just got home from one of the craziest weeks ive had in a long time.  We did a week out in kansas and it was definitely a great time.  I found a few awesome things out about myself.  here they are.

I got to invest in a lot of kids this week, and I gota tell you it was pretty amazing.  I think id rather play for 400 kids and be able to invest in a few of them that play for a million kids and not be able to invest in any of them.  I have found out through my short career as a worship leader what my strengths and flaws are.  I am obviously not the best communicator in the world… I stutter and I’m super scatter-brained.  However, I believe that I have found my strong point and thats being able to invest myself in kids.  I think its because I’m so close to their age that they trust me and I love that.  I am going through a lot of the same things that these kids go through so I can talk to them in a way that no one else can.

John Mayer said something similar to this in his new dvd, but this is what I’ve found out.

I’ve done a lot of things in my 20 years of life.  I’ve pretty much tried it all (not drugs, sex, and stupid things like that).  I mean, I’ve tried everything to make myself happy.  I have played in front of thousands of people (only happened like maybe once or twice but still haha), I have bought a ton of stuff, I’ve dated people just because they made me feel whole.  But there is only ONE thing that makes me truly happy and that’s loving people.  I know it sounds corny… But its true!  Love is what makes me happy.  I love… i mean I LOVE the kids that we play for.  I love them because I was in their shoes two years ago and I want so bad to see them worship Jesus.  This is heavy stuff I know, but it’s so true in my life right now.  Giving and receiving love is what its all about (call me a hippy, i dont care).  I’ve tried it all and that’s where joy is at!

-chris