:: It was hot and I got a sunburn.
:: It was totally worth the sweat and the prickly skin.
:: Charismatic Christianity still makes me uncomfortable. I can't help but think of Jesus telling the Pharisees to go to their prayer closets and not make such a show of their praying.
:: Third Day helped me fall in love with God all over again.
:: The crowd was a little tiny, eensie bit more diverse than the last time I was in a group of several thousand churchy-type people. I was still uncomfortable, but not as much as in the past. . . I actually wasn't the only person there with a tattoo and our gay-dar went off a few times.
:: Needtobreathe is a very fun group of good ol' boys from South Carolina. It's just a plus that they do music with a spiritual bent. I would like them either way.
:: My favorite quote from the weekend came from Derek Webb, the 40-something front man for Third Day. In talking about how the group has been together for sixteen years he said, "Old people can still rock! Is that all right with you?" I say, "Preach it brother!"
:: And finally, lest I get too comfortable or dare think things are actually changing very much in the church, I was handed this on the way out the gate –
Ahhh, well. I refuse to let one bad apple ruin the whole weekend!
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