It has not been officially announced yet but the word on the street is that the popular duo behind the ever popular Passion movement are planning to start a church together in the ATL. Now, considering the relationships between Tomlin, Giglio and all those involved in another pretty large church spread out over the Atlanta area and the fact that Passion’s headquarters are located right down the road from the main campus, it makes me wonder what is really in the works.

May God bless them and they be pursuing His will before anything else. Though I’m sure their first Sunday will not have shabby attendance.

What do you think about it?

I’ve worked with a ton of communicators and many of them are just as cliche as the next guy. Honestly, I’m not really one to talk since I’m sure I’m just as much cliche a worship leader to all those guys. But David Platt brings the Scriptures unashamedly and let’s the power of the Gospel be what draws people in and keeps their interest. I love it and wish every week I was with someone who communicated the Word like he does. Wait a minute, I’ll be with Johnny Hunt next week. Man, this summer keeps getting better.

I love Johnny hunt. And I am so proud he is the new president of the Southern Baptist Convention. Though I believe the denomination thing as a whole is on the way out, there is not a human being I admire and respect more nor do I believe has the passion and ability to lead change and help a struggle group understand the current trends. Go get ‘em Pastor Johnny. Jamie and I are praying strong for your family, your ministry, your success, and bunch of willing hearts.

just a little more patience is all I ask. It should be back to normal by Monday. Sorry.

I don’t know what is going on butmy posts are not posting and my email is not getting to me. So…I’m leaving Lunarpages and heading over to a more trusted server site. This may take a couple days so please bare with me.

Steven Curtis Chapman’s youngest daughter was killed last night in what I believe to be one of the worst accidents imaginable. Read about it here. There will be mounds of support from the music community but there is no better support anyone can give than to lift this circumstance and the Chapman family up in prayer. This is an absolute tragedy and I can’t imagine being in their situation.

Lord give them peace, give them assurance, give them whatever they need to overcome this and know your plan is greater than any tribulation even when it is almost impossible to understand.

My band and I were headed to Utah/Idaho to lead worship for a student event out there this weekend. My drummer was not able to go so I had to find another drummer to take his place. Not a big deal, right? Wrong! According to Delta, even though I paid for the ticket, I am not allowed to decide who gets the ticket and who does not. They overbook their flights by about 7 seats and actually need people to not show up so they have enough room for all the extra seats they sold. Even though I bought a ticket and had someone to fill the seat, they claim I did not actually buy a seat but rather a contract with Delta that says I agree to fly delta and that contract is exclusive to the person whose name I originally told them would be flying.

Long story short, I had to make a decision at about 2:00 AM (about 6 hours before the flight) whether to not take a drummer or spend the $1800 for the only seat available on the flight - in first class. So, I chose to take the loss and take a drummer. But I’ll never fly Delta again.

There are some wired things happening at the Leaf office and at my house concerning the internet. Some of my posts aren’t posting, and some I’ve typed and saved for later have disappeared. Myspace and Facebook won’t load pictures and every once in a while the whole thing just stops working. Even the pictures on my site acts funny and will not load in the center. ARRRGGGHHH!!! Since we are both with the company formerly known as Bellsouth, I’m betting they are the problem. Anybody else having issues? Is it time to become Comcastic?

UPDATE: I figured out how to fix my pictures but it is WAY more work than it used to be.

So some guy is fed up with having to deal with all the poop that is Myspace and declared Jan 30th the day everyone should shut their page down day as a way of sticking it to the man. I rarely ever check my Myspace and when I do I hate having an inbox full of “this profile no longer exists” messages. I’m pretty sure I don’t know all the people who are in my friends list. There is also that whole “controversial” side of Myspace that keeps it blocked by most conservative parental filters (even though sites like perezhilton.com have no problem getting through). I guess I can understand where this guy is coming from but…

…I like thinking I actually have that many friends so I’ll just keep ignoring it like I’ve been doing for almost a year now. Anybody up for Twitter?

When I was younger, I always used to wonder (oohh…that could be fun song lyric) why we took off MLK day from school but didn’t take off the combined birthdays of our first and one of our greatest presidents and why that “special” day wasn’t on either one of their birthdays. I have since grown to highly respect the work and ministry of Martin Luther King and personally feel like much of what he stood for and fought against has long since been forgotten or distorted. Even though it is not as obvious or celebrated and in many cases the table has been turned in the opposite direction, there is just as much hatred, racism, and discrimination in America today. Trying not to dive into too much politics and debate here, I’ll ask a single question that has been on my heart all week. Has the church decided it is not important to celebrate MLK Day anymore?

I heard of one story that moved me and made me ask myself why this kind of celebration or joint Christian effort is not happening more often in more places. If you think about it, most church congregations are mostly white or mostly black. There are few that successfully blur that line. And if there is one time of the year that line should always be ignored, it was this past weekend. I understand that certain people like certain styles of worship and get uncomfortable (or bored depending on what side you are coming from) in worship environments they are not “used” to, but I personally think it would do us all a lot of good to do what ever it takes to keep the color lines blurred.