there is a real estate agent who owns annejackson.com and won’t sell it, even though i offered her everything i own. which isn’t much. which is probably why she won’t sell it.
so…
i need to get a main “author” site up and running soon and already have a fab designer working on it. i just have no idea what to do about the domain.
should i stick with a version of my name? (i already own annejackson.org) or should i use something writer-ish and clever?
shaun is going through this identity crisis too. i am glad i am not alone.
something i love about working on staff at cross point is the amazing amounts of fun we get to have. for instance, taking our parking lot shuttle/golf cart a mile down the road to get ice cream with a bunch of my coworkers.
what you are about to see unfold may take you by surprise. especially if your church doesn’t like to have fun. in the video you’ll meet matt (creative arts director), jenni (executive director), miranda (creative arts coordinator), ashley (office manager/first impressions), chad (dickson campus pastor) and jarrod (music director).
i should also note that even though a DUI was mentioned in the making of this film, the only influence we were under was the influence of sugar. just to clarify.
that the wrong choices seem better than the right choices?
that it’s really easy to be selfish even though you know it’s wrong?
that you know you can choose to forgive and move on, but still hang on to past hurts? even though you know you’ll be so much better off if you just let go?
I got an email from my buddy Brad at Catalyst. The Catalyst Vanagon is on a road trip and drove through the Baton Rouge area shortly after Hurricane Gustav ripped right through. Since it was not a hurricane of “Katrina” proportion, the media let it die pretty fast.
Healing Place Church, led by Pastor Dino Rizzo, is a great church in that area. I’ve known of the amazing stuff HPC has been doing locally for the last several years. LV Hanson (who I had the honor of meeting a couple months ago) met up with Dino to see how the blogging community can help.
Here is what they need:
“As of Friday, Sept. 5th, power is expected to be out in parts of southern Louisiana for 4-6 weeks; homes are destroyed, and many people in “the bayou” have yet to be reached. ?They need help! ?We asked Dino what they need and how the Catalyst audience might be able to help.”
His answer was simple – please send us blue tarps!?
Will you send one (1) blue tarp to Healing Place Church as way of helping the recovery efforts from Hurricane Gustav? ?Our goal is 50 Blue Tarps by Friday, September 12th.?
You guys have pulled together and sent over 100 mosquito nets to malaria ravaged countries. 120 books to pastors in the Dominican Republic. You have fed 80 families for an entire month through the Compassion Global Food Crisis.
Another opportunity to be love in a very tangible and needed way is here!
To send a blue tarp, order one AT THIS LINK and have it shipped to:
ONE (1) BLUE TARP
Healing Place Church
19202 Highland Road
Baton Rouge, LA 70809
225.753.2273
When you have purchased the tarp, please leave a comment (anonymously if you wish) so that they can measure and prepare for how many they will be receiving.
I realize the tarps are a little expensive so if you’d like to chip in toward the purchase of a tarp, please send me a PayPal ([email protected]) with the amount you would like to contribute and I will purchase as many as I can on 9/11 (and send everyone who sent PayPal a receipt for accountability).
Thank you guys SO MUCH. I can’t tell you what an awesome example you have set to the blogosphere. BlogHer (a HUGE estrogen filled website) even picked up on what you guys have done and featured this interview on their HOME PAGE yesterday. WAY TO LEAD THE WAY!!! Let’s keep it moving!
but i do have to admit. i don’t like much meat but I LOVE BACON. i mentioned this to our new programming director, dave, the other day, who recommended i watch this jim gaffigan video on bacon. it is so true.
