Everybody and their mother is writing about how disappointed they are in the Australian who lied about having terminal cancer to add a little more emotional flavor to his song “Healer.” We did this song two weeks ago and we are doing it again this Sunday so I thought I would throw my half a cent into the mix.

The words of the song are still accurate. God can heal any affliction and nothing is impossible for Him.

I believe everyone has something they need God to heal including being a compulsive liar.

If the devil himself wrote the song, God could and probably would still use it to bring glory to His name.

My only question is this: when I do sing this song again (which I am going to do because I believe it is powerful and needs to be sung), will the people in the audience who know about the person who wrote it be able to get beyond it to worship God the way He deserves to be worshiped?

I deeply believe Christian leaders are and should be held to a higher standard. Not for the people who will judge but for those that need an authentic example. But I’m sure that every song we have every sung was written by an author who has a long list of faults and every worship leader that has ever existed has made poor decisions that reflect negatively on his/her character and integrity.

When you hear this song the next time, how will you respond?

Did you ever see Minority Report? Remember the touch screens Tom Cruise used to sort through the data? Pretty crazy impossible stuff, right? Nah…check the video below.

Music Monday has become Muxtape Monday. I was never really good at writing reviews anyway.

this is the same one from two weeks ago but I’m repeating it for those who never took a listen.

So go listen

Want to offer suggestions for my next mix?

More records being broken at the Leaf. Highest attendance ever outside of Easter today. 2nd service was almost 100% full and 3rd service was 114% full. Seriously. People were sitting in the isles. We’ve also noticed a bit more cultural diversity in our seats. I don’t know how much of that has to do with the guys we’ve been playing flag football with on Sunday nights or not but it sure is welcome! Can’t wait to see what happens to this thing when we get the House of Rock open for business and if people really take to heart Michael’s challenge to be a light in the community and invite spread the love of Jesus.

Here is the set:

• Be Still (Goodwin)
• Stand in Awe (Jeremy Riddle)
• Marvelous Light (Halll)
• Shine Your Light (Goodwin)
• Now Is the Time (Delirious)

Last night we kicked off the second annual SOW with an acoustic concert from Matt Papa, some Q&A with Billy Foote, Chris Orr, Jake Gutledge and I, a little old school medley sing along, and some pizza. Not your typical opening session but it worked great.  Today was jammed packed with 60+ breakout options from some really, really great teachers and one main session led by yours truly and another by Chris Orr. We were honored to have Billy Foote and Wade Morris be our main session speakers and are already working on having some pretty big surprises for next year. Thanks to all the people who helped make it another successful year!!!

I was really only supposed to teach 2 classes but due to some last minute requests and a last minute teacher (read: really late), I ended up teaching four.

1. Building a Functioning Website (this was way out of my skill set as anyone who visits here regularly will know)
2. Sound System Basics (again…not something I really prepared for but I think somebody got something out of it)
3. ProPresenter and Keynote: Reason Enough to Buy a Mac (I really thought I was prepared for this class but I’m pretty sure nobody walked out of there wanting to change what they were already doing)
4. Making A Video Basics (this one was fun but I think I might have talked a bit too much)

By the way, if you were in my video class, I’m going try and salvage the videos we made and post them on here in a day or two so check back.

no good excuses, but I should be getting back on track. I’ve got a TON of stuff I’ve been wanting to write about so expect quite a few posts in the coming days.

For those who can’t (or don’t won’t to) break out the cash to get some custom Westone molds, could JVC’s new in-IN-ear headphones just be the toy you need. They claim serious isolation, better sound quality, and little to no sound leakage since it is so deep in the ear canal.

They are hitting in Japan first but for $38 a pair, should I make my players go pre-order a pair?

I know I probably should have written about this the day it happened but I wanted to post my favorite picture of the moment and not just throw something up and say I had written about it. My wife and I debated long and hard and spent many hours praying over whether or not we should baptize Ean at such a young age. Questions arise about the validaty and sincerity and how much a 5 year-old can actually understand.

Then we heard, the friday before the baptism, a story of Godly man who, for the same reasons we were skeptical, dodged his son’ pleadings to become a Christian until he felt his son was old enough to understand. That is until his son heard a guest speaker at the christian elementary school chapel ask if anyone in the audience would like to give their life to Christ. The protective professor’s boy was the only one to raise his hand. He prayed with the speaker and called his dad immediately after and said, “I asked Jesus into my heart and you couldn’t stop me.”

See, we sort of did the same thing. We talked about it but never put pressure on our son because we didn’tbelive he was ready. Until one day he told us he prayed on his own in his bedroom for God to forgive him of his sins and come live in his heart so he wouldn’t sin anymore.Needless to say, if it wasn’t already obvious fromt the title and the picture, we allowed Ean to be baptized and I couldn’t be more proud.

Not only was I personally able to baptize him (thank you Oak Leaf) but Jamie and I both see an obvious change in his behavior, vocbaulary, and desire to learn more about God. He asked me to read him all the stories in the Bible so we’re starting at #1 and going through Revelation. If you could only see my swollen eyes right now.

Now my other son…that’s a working progress.

I’ve tripped over quite a few cables in my day but I wonder if this will actually work.

If it does, would you get one?

I realize I’m a little slow getting on this band wagon but it took me hearing one that made since to get behind it. And now I’m in love. Not only that, but I’ve discovered that by combing fluid to create a coverflow effect, you get a jaw dropping look into the excting world of mixtapes for the digital age.

Try mine…

…then tell me what you think.