Oh boy, I don't know how interesting this blog will be, there are some things that are bothering me, that need to be said sometime, but are not appropriate currently.
First off, I got my financial award letter from pacific and it is basically the same price as George Fox, which will make my decision pretty darn easy.
I am now cleared to shoot jump shots, which has been an interesting experience the past few days. Obviously I am no where close to being at college level for shooting right now, but I have seen drastic improvement in just the past two days. I went from airballing tons of shots, especially deep ones, to hitting a decent amount(40-50%) of my threes at the end of my shootaround today. My legs actually feel like they are getting a reasonable amount of power, I dont feel like I am pushing out the shot much. I am excited to keep seeing improvement.
Tomorrow will be a very different morning for me. I am singing In Exile at chapel. I have practiced pretty good vocal rest in the past few days to make sure my voice is not hoarse so I can hit all the notes well. It is admittedly a bit higher than I would prefer to sing for an extended amount of time, but it is such a cool song I can't turn down the opportunity. I am excited but will probably be nervous when it is time to worship. As Dick Devenzio told me in his book about basketball, embrace that nervousness, because so many people would love to have the abilities to reach that point and feel nervous. Once again, not that I think I have incredible abilities, or think that worship is about me, when it is really about helping people into God's presence.
I watched a video from Aaron Gillespie(formerly of UnderOath, now does this worship group thingy) and he raised an interesting point, "Why was Jesus so personable?" Which he answered with because it is important to meet people where they are. You have to see that people are kind and stuff like that in order to want an association with them. He used another example, I never walk into a country club and see how fancy it is and say, I want a membership! It is the same with our churches, people arent going to see our huge buildings with flat screens and think "I want to be a part of that." They think they don't belong. Our buildings are not what will attract people to go to church, it is the literal church, the body of Christ, that needs to be an example of Christ. This fits interestingly with my second to last blog about meeting people, but I will let you think about that connection.
I wanted to end on talking about music. I bought the Emery CD today, but I am not really very excited about it. In fact, I am listening to Incubus right now instead of Emery. I am growing out of love with boring heavy stuff like Emery's recent stuff. I do like some of the singing stuff that Emery does, but it just doesnt flow like other stuff. It doesnt have the energy and excitement of The Devil Wears Prada, the complexity, variety and energy of He is Legend, or even a refreshing change like Chiodos. I feel like Emery has sort of gotten into this same old routine in the last few albums. Their guitar style was not meant for heavy music. Don't get me wrong, I love Emery, but my favorite albums are The Question and I'm only a Man. Some people hated I'm only a man, but the passion was there, and the originality, and those two albums capture where their guitar style sounds best. They just feel empty when they play heavy. Maybe that is just me. Give me some "Listening to Freddie Mercury" and I am happy.
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