Today a bunch of new content is going up.
Online exclusives: SXSW 2004 roundup/report; Little Rock, AR POD concert review; Pillar story (long unedited version written by Lee Haley); Eisley Q&A; Immortal Souls Q&A; XXXChurch Q&A; full, unedited Cannibal Corpse Says Q&A; Apologetix Q&A; JCTV anniversary party; Disciple live review; Bobfest report; and a label profile on Mono vs. Stereo. And then there's the CD and DVD reviews, updated store items, and more. Whew!
Next week is GMA. I'm stoked. We are having a booth, where we're giving away polybagged versions of our May/June issue (with CD sampler inside -- a first for our GMA experience) and some cool HM iced tea glasses. Thanks to Audix we are giving away a nice package of microphones. There'll be some cool showcases and food, too, I'm sure.
A busy day... Just got a call from my publisher (did you catch that? I said "my publisher," like I'm an author or something. ha!) and my book came back from the printer. The person on the phone was looking at it while we spoke. I'm jealous. Perhaps I'll see some copies tomorrow. I'll be selling some at the GMA convention, too. I got a phone call from Jay, the editor over at CCM (notice how I casually said, "over at CCM?" that's publisher-speak for, "these are my peers. I'm cool." ha!), who asked me if I wanted to do a story on Hard Music for them. I accepted that honor and assignment. Even though it's due right in the middle of deadline, it's an article that won't take much analysis on my part, as I kinda live and breathe this music like many of ya'll. Anyway, it'll be good to get back in print in that mag.
On to important things:
In PDL today, it spoke about letting God's Word abide in us. Wow. I really need that. I'm inspired by my grandad, who was used by the Lord to bring my entire family into the kingdom. Such a mighty man of God. Everyone loved him. He always had a couple 3x5 cards in his pocket somewhere, as he memorized certain Scriptures all the time. He'd pull 'em out while waiting in line at the post office (where he was shipping cassette tape copies of sermons to people he bumped into as a 700 Club phone counselor or relatives or people God brought across his path). I look at those little Navigator Scripture memory cards and something about them make me cringe. I don't know if it's the fear of discipline, or the corporate look of those mini (smaller than business cards) cards. Maybe I can customize my own 3x5s ... anything to just get started doing it. I hope I can look back in 3 days and say, 'I've memorized 3 Scriptures (or even 1) in the last 3 days...' and in 3 months look back and say, 'I've memorized Scripture for 90 days now.' There's something powerful about counting off days. Those chips at AA meetings are a powerful testimony/marker/milestone. Being able to say, 'I haven't smoked marijuana in 20 years and 10 months' is a cool thing. It'd be a drag if I slipped up in the middle and had to cut that date in half or something. In the same way with a good habit, like reading to my children... If I can look back in 30 days and say, 'I've read 30 books to my kids,' how meaningful is that? In a word: VERY.
Here's hoping.
My friend, Kelvin Love Sr, apparently has some great reasons to rejoice lately. Seems his son, Kelvin Love Jr, is one of the fastest teens in track and field right now (100 meters). Wow. That's cool.
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Posted by Doug Van Pelt at April 21, 2004 10:14 AM