Archive for September, 2007

Aida turns 4 on Wednesday (Oct 3rd) and for her birthday she went and got her ears pierced today. She thinks she’s a big shot now!

In celebration of DCB’s new album Remedy, you get a supersized Weekly Crowder.

First, here’s a Remedy taste:

Then, here’s some random Crowderness:

And lastly, Sean had asked me why Crowder hates squirrels. Well Seanny, Christmas comes early this year. Here you go:

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I think that if we’re really followers of Christ, we should be a restless bunch. Searchers. Seekers. Explorers. We should always be striving to follow after the wildness of Christ. Are we meant to be stable or stagnant? Hardly. It’s a journey that we’ll never fully arrive on, but one in which we must keep moving. We have to keep moving. Our soul depends on it.

I was working today and listening to the radio (www.pandora.com) and heard an old song by U2 – I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For. It really spoke to those restless places in my heart. So how many of you are searchers and seekers? How many are burdened by the feeling that ‘there’s more.’ I love the fact that the Gospel is too big to live in our hearts and constantly forcing us to search and seek and live bigger. Let us not settle. Let us keep exploring.

I have climbed highest mountains
I have run through the fields
Only to be with you
Only to be with you
I have run
I have crawled
I have scaled these city walls
These city walls
Only to be with you

But I still haven’t found what I’m looking for
But I still haven’t found what I’m looking for

I have kissed honey lips
Felt the healing fingertips
It burned like a fire
This burning desire

I have spoke with the eternal angels
I have held the hand of a devil
It was warm in the night
I was cold as a stone

But I still haven’t found what I’m looking for
But I still haven’t found what I’m looking for

I believe in the Kingdom Come
When all the colors will bleed into one
Bleed into one
Well, yes I’m still running

You broke the bonds
And you loosened the chains
Carried the cross
Of all my shame
all my shame
You know I believe it

But I still haven’t found what I’m looking for
But I still haven’t found what I’m looking for
But I still haven’t found what I’m looking for

Well not really, but it’s amazing and FREE. There’s a new website called Pandora (www.pandora.com) and it’s a customizable internet radio station for your listening pleasure. It’s run by the Music Genome Project which I have no idea what that means, but it’s an amazing service.

You simply pick an artist you like and it plays music from that artist and others like it. As you listen to songs, you rate them and it customizes them to your preferences. And you can also mix genres as you listen. Right now I’m listening to a combination of U2, Dave Matthews Band, David Crowder Band and Matthew Good. Like I said, it’s amazing.

Go here for Pandora.

Jacki has challenged me to do something she already has on her blog. I’m supposed to come up with 200 things about me. Well, I’ll one up her and go for 201 things about me.

1. My father, James (my first born son) and I all have the same middle name – “Patrick”
2. I was born and raised in Atlanta, Ga; yet have no accent – go figure.
3. My wife was born in Chicago and has an accent.
4. I’ve been close to death twice (that I can think of) once in a car accident and once due to pneumonia.
5. When I had pneumonia (mixed with my asthma) I was about 10 min from dying (due to lack of oxygen – lung capacity 10%)
6. I was afraid of heights till I started rockclimbing
7. I have only dated one person
8. I married that person.
9. I started dating that person at 16 (she asked me out).
10. I have 4 kids
11. James (5yrs old)
12. Aida (3 yrs old)
13. Samuel (2 yrs old)
14. Tristen (1 month)
15. My wife, Miriam, had a dream when we were first married and saw all 4 of our kids and we’ve always known their names.
16. Tristen (Tristen Haley) is named after my sister Haley (Kristen Haley) who died when I was 13.
17. I’d prefer to preach without notes or shoes
18. I didn’t really like coffee till I met Kevin Bussey
19. The first concert I ever went to was Dave Matthews Band
20. I bite my nails and so does my daughter Aida
21. My wife homeschools
22. I enjoy Spongebob as much as my kids do
23. I do a mean Bette Middler when karaoking
24. Braveheart is my favorite movie
25. Green is my favorite color
26. Someday I’ll live in New Zealand (don’t ask me why, I don’t know… I’m just certain I will)
27. I can eat pizza at any meal
28. The only thing I miss about living is the South are the warm beaches (the NW does not have warm beaches)
29. My wife is my bestfriend
30. My favorite moment in youth ministry was when I got hit in the crotch with a baseball bat
31. I’ve met John Eldredge and he’s a super cool guy
32. Chuck Buck of Buck Knives signed my knife
33. I have autographed baseballs from John Smoltz and Tom Glavine
34. I never just sneeze once. It’s always in multiples of 2.
35. After going to a chiropractor for months, I figured out how to do 90% of the adjustments myself to myself.
36. I love ebay (but don’t buy much on it)
37. I had 7 wisdom teeth removed
38. I often get in over my head
39. I’ve been drug by a car
40. I’ve been hit in the leg with a hatchet
41. I’ve been knocked unconscious by someone else’s shoulder
42. I’m currently drinking green tea
43. In a restaurant if the waitress keeps filling my coffee or water, I’ll keep drinking it
44. I don’t mind tipping big, but don’t like paying much for food
45. My sense of humor is usually misunderstood
46. I only tease you if I like you, otherwise you’ll be generally ignored
47. The pastors in our church are required to wear suit and ties. I’m a pastor in our church (licensed pastor/missionary)
48. I never wear suit and tie
49. I often wear my chacos to church
50. I don’t read my Bible enough
51. I’m a hypocrite
52. I’m good and creating and editing videos – but hate doing it
53. I am deeply mournful for the present state of the American church
54. I have a passion to see the church restored to what it was meant to be
55. I work in a ministry outside the church, but believe that one day I’ll be called to work for one again
56. I hate talking on the phone, but use way too many minutes on my cell
57. I am crushed by the weight of my own criticisms more than I am by ones from others
58. I have brown hair
59. In high school, I tried to change that and ended up with orange hair
60. I hate shaving
61. I like foreign movies
62. I’m listening to Counting Crows right now
63. I’ve blogged every day for the last year and a half
64. I made a commitment to blog daily
65. I don’t have enough faith
66. Even though the Lord has provided amazingly for the past 2 years, I struggle with support raising (as a missionary).
67. I love breakfast food
68. I have bad eyesight
69. I’ve been in 5 car wrecks (2 were my fault)
70. I like all things Pixar
71. I want to learn to play guitar
72. I hate taking pictures, but am good at it
73. I have a sweet tooth, but get sugar OD easily
74. I don’t think Mike Meyers is funny anymore
75. I can’t believe I’m already at 75
76. I like mowing the lawn
77. My two favorite books of the Bible are Joshua and Acts
78. I find Mormons funny
79. I hate Christian culture
80. I do not what to ‘rock it for Jesus’
81. I am randomly cheap
82. I hate people who over price things at yard sales
83. I hate bicyclist who do not follow the rules of the road
84. I hate covers of songs (there are only a handful that are actually good)
85. I don’t like rap
86. I rapped in a 5th grade talent show (DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince baby)
87. I was/am a dork
88. I prefer my coffee black and never decaf (it’s a mental thing)
89. I will drink any form of coffee you put in front of me though
90. I have bad posture
91. I hate whiners
92. I’ve found that cursing is a choice, not automatic
93. I hate excuses
94. I love samples at Costco
95. But, I don’t like shopping at Costco
96. I hate Wal-Mart
97. I like fishing, but never seem to go fishing
98. I love baseball
99. I am a die-hard Atlanta Braves fan
100. I hate NFL football
101. I love NCAA football

Forget Halo 3, Crowder’s new album “Remedy” is out today and I’m excited. I’ll review it when I get it. Here’s the initial reviews online:

The Good (thumbs up!)

Dr. Headly 

CCM

NRT

The Not so good (thumbs down)

The Album Project

If any of you have it, post your reviews here as well.

Buy the album here or on Itunes.