Music and Responsibility

Alright a quick shameless promotion to start this blog off. I have posted several new songs on my purevolume. Yes, they are both covers, but you should still listen to them. They can be found here: http://www.purevolume.com/Accolades70796
Victor and I collaborated on Busy Little Beehive by Neon Horse. We knocked that thing out in like 2 hours, which was nice.
Not in Nottingham was just me performing. I re-watched the cartoon Robin Hood like a year ago and have just wanted to cover that song since then. So no, I did not get the idea from Mumford and Sons. For all I care, they got the idea from me. I saw their version on Youtube after I had started recording this song. It's okay though, because I had a different take on the song than they did.
Meanwhile, Thice and Mutemath have new albums coming out this fall that I am stoked for. It is kind of weird for me at this point because I see release dates and I think "I'll be at George Fox then." It just feels weird to me, not to make that run to Hastings for a new CD, I'll have to find a new music store. (I like buying the physical copy of CD's, I like the looking at the artwork, and I guess just having something tangible to hold.)
After watching those Youtube clips of Driscoll, I decided to watch his most watched sermon "Marriage and Men." I mean, I heard about it and it's a subject that I think about a lot, how to be a good man and prepare for marriage. So heck, I figured I'd listen to. It was really good I thought, and raised some very important points, some things I think I am good at, others I need some work on. But I can see why people might not like it, because it is a sermon geared towards guys, so it is like a coach getting in your ear at times. That harshness is something that can be good and definitely needed at times, but it can also be taken the wrong way. Anyway, I don't want to critique anything and honestly I think it's a bit odd that I brought up Driscoll two blogs in a row. What I really want to say is a point that he made that I love. I have often thought about marriage being the image of Jesus and the church, but somehow I hadn't thought about this before. Driscoll points out that as leaders of the household, men need to take responsibility for their families mistakes. It may not be their fault, but they should take responsibility. A recent image is Dirk taking responsibility for the Mavs wins and losses. But we are shown the most extreme example by Jesus on the cross. Our sins are our fault, not His. Yet he took responsibility, bearing our sins and dying on the cross for us. That is being a man. I don't know why I had never thought about it from that angle, but I like it.
Man, I only have like 35 days or something til I leave for college. I need to continue to spend some time with my friends, and maybe hang out with a few more. I'm looking forward to whatever God has planned for me this year.
That is good for tonight