Matt Redman, Eoghan Heaslip, Tim Hughes, West Coast Revival, Over the Rhine, The Fray, Sting and the Police, U2, Henryk Gorecki, Arvo Part, Bruce Cockburn, Bach, the Zombies, and Copeland.
Movies
Jean De Florette & Manon Des Sources; Rushmore; Hotel Rwanda; Life is Beautiful; Jerusalem ; the Lord of the Rings trilogy; the Apostle; the Fisher King; Sling Blade; Walk the Line; the Princess Bride; K-PAX; the Big Kahuna (warning - very coarse language); Signs; Stranger than Fiction; Monty Python & the Holy Grail; To End All Wars; The Exorcism of Emily Rose; Anne of Green Gables; Ben Hur; Pi; Smoke; Edward Scissorhands; Nausicaa - Valley of the Wind; Babette's Feast; Swimming to Cambodia (warning - very coarse language); Waiting for Guffman; Schindler's List; Brazil; more to come...
Television
24.
That's all.
Just 24.
Books
The Bible - English Standard Version & the Message the New Testament - Richard Lattimore translation Desiring God - John Piper Convergence - Sam Storms Confessions of a ReforMission Rev - Mark Driscoll Godric - Frederick Buechner Travelling Mercies - Anne Lamott A Long obedience in the Same Direction - Eugene Peterson the New Testament and the People of God - N. T. Wright Living the Cross Centered Life - C.J. Mahaney A Circle of Quiet - Madeliene L'Engle Jonathan Edwards: a biography - Iain Murray Pleasures Evermore - Sam Storms Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoevsky The Lord of the Rings trilogy - J. R. R. Tolkein Raising Children to Adore God - Patrick Kavanauh The Pleasures of God - John Piper One Thing - Sam Storms Till We have Faces - C. S. Lewis The Chronicles of Narnia - C. S. Lewis Lilith - George MacDonald Systematic Theology - Wayne Grudem The Foundations of dialogue in Science and Religion - Alister McGrath The Art of Worship - Greg Scheer End of the Spear - Steve Saint J. I. Packer: a biography - Alister McGrath Radical Orthodoxy - James K. A. Smith The Unquenchable Worshipper - Matt Redman Summer for the Gods - Ed Larson Anything else by Dostoevsky, Buechner, and Tolstoy, and nearly anything on the topic of Missional theology or Reformed-Charismatic theology.
Heroes
Jesus, Jonathan Edwards, & George Whitfield.
Not quite 'heroes', but folks I GREATLY respect and admire: Matt Redman, Mark Driscoll, John Piper, Sam Storms, Matt Chandler, C.J. Mahaney, & Michael Fletcher.
University Of Georgia
Athens, GEORGIA
Graduated: N/A
Student status: Alumni
Degree: None
Clubs: Worked for UGA at the Science Library, then as a Campus Minister with WDA for 4 years, whiles playing with Set on Edge and working for the Bean'ry on the weekends.
1996 to 2003
Ohio University-Main Campus
Athens, OHIO
Graduated: 1996
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Telecommunication - Audio: many courses also in Music and English
Clubs: The Bridge, Slicing Edge Music Journal, Campus Crusade for Christ, Navigators, Lutheran Campus Ministry, Central Avenue UMC.
1991 to 1996
Georgetown High School
Georgetown, OHIO
Graduated: 1991
Student status: Alumni
Major: college prep
Clubs: French Club, Soccer, Track, Karate, It's Academic, Olympics of the Mind
About me: Happily married, Christian dad, originally from Georgetown, Ohio, now in Brunswick, GA (stopped off for a few years in both Athens, OH & Athens, GA). I've been blessed with an incredible family: Cyle, my wife is gorgeous, creative, and full of suprises, and my son, Kenimer, is personality incarnate & should have his debut cd released before he's 2.
Formerly an Atheist, God got His grip on me around 1991 and I've been pursuing Jesus since. I help lead worship (and love it) at St. Simons Community Church. I also lead worship with my wife as Saint Lewis.
Good music takes my breath away. I devour multiple books at a time. My favorite color is the line that is formed where the dark green treetops touch the deep blue sky on a clear day in late spring. I am convinced that God is big - no, huge - I'm talking outstandingly beyond our comprehension, and that, if He didn't let little hints of himself peek through the cracks in our reality, we'd be lost as to even speak of Him. And Jesus - well - Jesus takes my breath away. Even when my faith is shaken, I return to the person of Jesus and cannot let go of him (or, rather, He won't let go of me). I'm still exploring the depths of the Spirit. The journey has just begun.
p.s. - my personal quote for the year is: "Minimize self - elevate others." So far, I'm proving to be pretty bad at that.
"Works? Works? A man get to heaven by works? I would as soon think of climbing to the moon on a rope of sand!" - George Whitefield
"God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing." -C.S.Lewis
"I do not come into this pulpit hoping that perhaps somebody will of his own free will return to Christ. My hope lies in another quarter. I hope that my Master will lay hold of some of them and say, 'You are mine, and you shall be mine. I claim you for myself.' My hope arises from the freeness of grace, and not from the freedom of the will." - Charles Haddon Spurgeon
"Christ did not come into the world to make bad people good, but to made dead people live." - Ravi Zacharius
"Try and penetrate with our limited means the secrets of nature and you will find that, behind all the discernible laws and connections, there remains something subtle, intangible and inexplicable. Veneration for this force beyond anything that we can comprehend is my religion." - Albert Einstein
Who I'd like to meet: In first place would be Jesus, and numerous other Biblical persons, but somewhere in that list would also be Jonathan Edwards, George Whitfield, & Bono. Apart from those, I love reconnecting with old friends and acquaintances, especially folks former G-men, OU friends, & folks I was connected to at UGA during my years there. Drop me a note and let's keep in touch!
dang, sendin out the christmas greetings a bit early, aren't ya? anyway, thanks and hope y'all have a good one as well. you comin up this way anytime soon?
Hey Shannon I enjoyed playing music with you again. Try to work on Fred to have another wuts concert. It would be great for all of us to get back together again.
Hey! (um, since you're singing, I assume you'll be there, haha!)
Wanted to let you know about "N.O.W. " - our "Night of Worship" that I'm leading THIS SUNDAY NIGHT at St. Simons Community Church. We're gonna have an awesome time of celebration, praise, singing, intimate worship, reflection, music ...
I couldn't do a "Worship Under the Stars" this year, but I know our church and our REGION is HUNGRY and THIRSTY for true, Spirit-led worship.
Please spread the word this weekend, and consider joining us!
What: N.O.W. - Night of Worship Who: Fred McKinnon, SSCC Praise Team Where: St. Simons Community Church, 2700 Frederica Rd., St. Simons Island, GA 31522, www. sscommunitychurch. com When: Sunday Night, Sept 7 at 7:00 PM
First and foremost...HAPPY BIRTHDAY. Second, I would like to say Amen to the blog about being the miracle. I couldn't post a comment there so I'll do it here. I've been grieved a bit too and couldn't quite say it so eloquently.
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