And was horrified by what I saw.
This post is neither deep nor profound. I just have to tell someone what I saw.
I was waiting by the mongolian grill at my local Chinese resturaunt and I looked inside the kitchen door.
The only way I can explain what I saw is with the phrase Chicken Holocaust.
Oh the humanity!
I know that over the last few months my posts have focussed mainly on music and pop news. The truth is I have been very busy and rather than post about something deep and challeging I have chosen to post about shallow and easy things.
The time for mere talking is quickly coming to an end. I am excited about a new focus that I have been given and I am determined to do more with the blog.
I read this today:
Essentially there are two jobs that define the role of the church. The first is to speak the language of the church to the culture. And the second is to be the connector for the other (cultural) influencers. (Buisness, Politics, Education, Family, Arts & Entertainment, and the Media)
How can we begin to do this? How can we begin to do this together?
Be on the lookout.
Peace,
Micheal
Just a quick update…
I had an amazing time at Catalyst. Great teaching, great experiences.
Gary Haugen was an incredible treat. Someone said that Gary is the type of guy you want to grow up to be. Busting criminals and setting children free. Haugen is part of International Justice Mission. Please visit their site and pray for their workers around the globe who are freeing innocent people from bondage.
I am still just processing everything.
Stay tuned.
I’m in Atlanta.
My iPod died on the flight.
A picture of a sick iPod appeared on the screen right in the middle of a great song.
I’m at the Apple store in Lennox square awaiting a vertict.
Keep you posted.
U2.Com has announced that U2 will release their third “Best Of” CD on November 20th. The album will contain sixteen previously released tracks and two new releases, one of which is the U2/Green Day collaboration “The Saints Are Coming”. According to the story, both new songs were recorded at the recent Abbey Road sessions with Rick Rubin.
Time doesn’t ever take care of things like that. Bold moves by convicted people bring about change, not time.
As much as I am digging on the smooth rhythms and great guitar work on John Mayer’s newest, Continuum, I get a little frustrated with the first track.
“Waiting of the World to Change” is a beautiful track. I love it.
But, come on, what kind of philosophy is that?
I’m tired of waiting. I want to be a powerful force for life-change..
How about you? is there something that you want changed. Quit waiting.
Like Andy always said, “Get busy livin’ or get busy dyin’.
Life is too short and too important to be content with waiting on the change. Make it happen.
Mtv has posted some pics from the latest Harry Potter flick, The Order of the Phoenix.
The pics include the first looks at Luna Lovegood and Dolores Umbridge.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is scheduled for release July 13, 2007.
I would argue that Al Gore has done quite a lot of good this summer creating a dialouge in our country about creating a better and more adequate respose to the enviromental choices that we make and how they affect the planet on which we live.
However, all that goodwill looks to be forgotten now that Gore may have crossed into his “I’ll-say-anything-to-get-attention-like-I-created-the-internet” style of speeching by claiming that the Marlboro Man might be contributing to this past summer’s heat wave.
Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore warned hundreds of U.N. diplomats and staff on Thursday evening about the perils of climate change, claiming: Cigarette smoking is a “significant contributor to global warming!”
I have a hard time accepting that statement. A very hard time.
Al, you have a bad habit of engaging the country and then thowing it all way. Keep your most outladish speculations in the lock box where they belong.
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It is Friday.
What I’m Listening To Today
Marvin Gaye is so much more than “Let’s Get It On.”
His prophetic album, What’s Going On still give me chills whenever I listen to it. Although it has been 35 years since he recorded it, the album is just as relevant and as stirring.
From “What’s Happening Brother” (War is hell, when will it end, When will people start gettin’ together again) to “Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)” (Crime is increasing, Trigger happy policing, Panic is spreading, God know where we’re heading, Oh, make me wanna holler) Gaye sense of social justive will always shine brighter than his sone sexual freedom. The entire album puts social justice firmly at feet of the broader spirtiual contexts.
His song “God is Love” is a great homily about our Father and what he expects from us.
Don’t go and talk about my Father
Cause God is my friend
Jesus is my friend
He loves us whether or not we know it
Just loves us, oh ya
And He’ll forgive all our sins
Forgive all our sins
And all He asks of us, is we give each other love.
If you haven’t ever listend to this album you haven’t lived. I mean it. Without being too melodramatic, this album will change your life. You can’t listen to it passively. It demands action.
So, wow, this weather…
It is currently 68 degrees outside today. I think once my laptop charges I’ll head to the great outdoors to finish the day.
5 days to go…
and then I’m off to Atlanta. I look more forward to the Catalyst conference than any other conference I’ve ever been too.
Andy Stanley always blows me away with his grasp of leadership ideals and his skill at apply the Word to my life. This year I am looking forward to hearing from Rick McKinley (Imago Dei), Gary Haugen (International Justice Mission), and John Stott.
Catalyst truly lives up to it’s name. Check it out!
4 days until…
The new Killers album. Oh, you know you liked the first one. Don’t lie to yourself. The new one looks to rock harder than their new-waveish freshman release. I hope to check out their performance on SNL this weekend.
Sam’s Town drops on Tuesday.
i hope everyone has a great weekend. Peace out!
