whats playing on my ipod

1.  anything top 40 country (sorry im a sucker for twang, a good hook, and a banjo)

2.  Whiskey Town- Strangers Almanac

3.  Saves The Day- Through Being Cool

still no ryan adams… I cant dig him yet, everyone tells me im crazy.  I like what he did in whiskey town but his other stuffs boring to me.  sorry haha

gnight

-chris

busted

so today i got “busted” for the first time in a long time.  mostly because i havent been doing anything stupid recently, but i got caught scanning my card and dipping at chapel.  not a huge deal in the long run, but definitely not an honest move on my part and I certainly regret it.

In me getting punished for what I did I found out that people in charge at my school read my blog.  Not a huge deal, I havent said anything on here that I regret or that I didnt mean but it was definitely a shocker.

Im looking forward to my small group tonight.  I love my dudes, they are awesome.  Living room is gona be great tonight, clay is really challenging us this series!

-chris

what’s happiness?

so what is happiness?  its something ive been searching for recently.  heres what i can tell you its not.

1.  your friends (they seem to come and go, even the best of them)

2.  things

3.  money

4.  dreams (I make new ones every time the old ones come true)

5.  health benefits and a salary

Here’s what I can say does make me happy in this order (i know, its sad ha)

1.  family (they don’t change… no matter what)

2.  being on the road

3.  my guitars and my gear

4.  my dog

5.  growing in my relationship with Jesus
I know what youre thinking… Chris, youre a worship leader.  How come growing with Jesus isnt your first priority?  I would answer that every day for me is a battle to change that, no excuses.

-chris

dreamin’ big!

so its been a long time since my last post… ive been real busy doing life as usual.

things have been changing a lot for me and im real stoked about it.  this is my last semester at atlanta chrisitian college (praise the lord), I am most likely transfering to ksu.  Its been long overdue, i cant believe ive stayed there as long as i have.  I am really stoked to get a new fresh start with school if i get to transfer.

a lot has been changing in my heart recently.  I have been thinking about praying a lot about what my “dream” is.  obviously, its playing music… but more specifically.  Ive been asking myself, if I had the chance to do anything in the world what would that be?  For me it would be touring playing country music.  Thats just definitely my “dream”.  Heres the deal though… I am about to be 21 years old, if there is ever a chance for me to play country music on the road its going to be now when im young and still have an “edge”.  Im definitely praying about persueing my dream and how im going to go about persueing it.  I am praying thing somehow God will work it out for me to able to be able to serve him on such a huge scale while still following my dreams.  Its gona take a huge leap of faith but i think im ready for it.  what do you say?

-chris

life and stuff

life been nuts as normal.  i finally realized how much i miss my parents.  i know, i know it sounds dumb.  ive been a mommas boy my whole life and i’m just use to being able to go home and see my mom and thats gone.  its not a huge deal i just miss her and my dog a lot.  luckily my dad is still around some so i still get to see him some.

I’m really trying to get my life and goals in order again.  I feel like i’ve kind of gotten in a rhythm of doing what im “suppose” to do rather than what’s best and what I want to do.

If I could go back and change anything i’ve ever done I wouldve never come back to acc this semester.  I really need a fresh start with life, especially my life as it pertains to school.  I am officially transfering schools next semester.  I know i just added 3 years on my college career just saying that, but I can say with confidence that I know its the best thing for me.  Its going to be hard and Im not even sure that I can do it, but im praying hard about it.

This weekend is my first inside out at north point and im so excited.  I cant wait to see what God has instore for this semester and I’m even more excited about what he’s doing at inside out.

I gota crash though.  gnight.

-chris

papa smurf…

so last week, i was driving from north point to a gig I had that night when suddenly my trailer tire fell off.  it was definitely an interesting afternoon.  my dad came to help me out and we quickily realized that papa smurf was not going to be making it home that night.  long story short, papa smurf is in my garage now and needs a new axle.  very sad… we have had lots of memories together and I hope that we can have many more.  Its funny how things never give you problems until you start knocking them.  I always loved my trailer, but recenetly I have been talking about how crappy it is and then the tire falls off.  i cant help but think papa smurf was just paying me back haha.

WE LOVE YOU PAPA SMURF!

-chris