Post of overflowing thoughts

February 15, 2008

After spending the week with a congested brain, now that the cold/fever/plague I had (and Patti still has) is starting to break, I can’t help but let some thoughts spill out:

1. Yeah, my attempt to use my blog for journaling was another epic fail. Look for me to contribute to the 21 day challenge blog, though, alongside other Suncrest staff.

2. I’m trying to grow a beard, after watching the movie Once and admiring the glorious beard worn by the main character, an Irish busker (if I wasn’t an American worship leader, I’d be an Irish busker, I think). Problem is, I don’t know if I can pull it off. To those around me who are currently experiencing my budding beard in its various states of horribleness… sorry!

3. I’m also growing out my hair, apparently, after being (intentionally) bald for over a decade. Will it last? Should it last?

4. LOST (yes, I’m mentioning the show again) is known for alluding to major philosophers and scientists through its character names… John Locke, Desmond Hume, etc. One of the recent ones? Charlotte Staples Lewis, referring to Clive Staples Lewis…. CS Lewis. Couldn’t get more obvious, or more awesome.

5. In possibly-cooler-than-Lost news,  I watched the trailer for the fourth Indiana Jones movie this morning, which looks to contain a car chase… in the warehouse where they stuck the Ark of the Covenant? Incredible. Proof that people (especially Harrison Ford) get cooler with age.

6. Excellent, upbeat worship songs… do they exist? So easy to find mellow ones, but good songwriting and upbeat tempos seem to be a major challenge for us today… as do well-written songs that challenge us, as the Bible does, to care for the “orphan and widow,” and be socially conscious.  The songs are out there, just not necessarily ones that work well in a corporate setting. If anyone has any suggestions, let me know, I’m on the hunt. And no, the “Happy Song” does not count as a well written song. Or a song.

7. I’ve got two very, very big announcements to make, sometime next week. But you’ll hear one of them if you’re at Suncrest this weekend (and dare I say, awesome as it is, it is actually the smaller of the two?)! Keep an eye on this space for more.

Posted in Kevin's Life