July 06, 2004
Back from Cstone [+HONESTY]
Made the return trip in record time: 16 hours and 25 minutes.
Whew!
Glad to sleep in my nice familiar bed again.
I'm endeavoring to finish my Cstone review, and hope to put much of it online today, with an invitation for others to add their own comments in order to create a fuller review/recollection of the wonderful (and maybe not-so-wonderful) events of this great festival.
It was another great year at Cornerstone.
Lots of encouragement and one lie.
I was having a nice conversation with this guy outside the HM Magazine Stage tent. We were talking about the current sound emanating from the stage, with its black and death metal hardcore growls. We also talked about football.
And then I told a lie.
Now, it wasn't a big lie. Giving up drugs, promiscuous sex, cussing, and big fat lies -- that stuff is easy (it seems...at least with the delivering power of God transforming your life). It's the subtle things that are harder or perhaps easiest to ignore in growing as a follower of Christ. For instance, I have chosen to try to consistently be honest all the time. When someone asks me, "How's it going?" I don't want to say, "Fine," if I'm not doing fine -- even if it was intended as a rhetorical question. I'll try to respond honestly (which can be difficult to tactfully do if the person doesn't know you too well). In this case, it was a laugh.
That's right: I lied by laughing. This guy is an OU fan (I'm from UT -- we're natural enemies). He finished a joke with a line that was something like, "I told him, 'It was one of Boone's boys...' (or something like that) And, instead of saying, "I don't get it. Who is Boone?" I just assumed that Boone was a coach or something and just laughed with him.
That was a lie.
I'm not going to cry in agony over this slip-up, but I am going to remember it and try to avoid the same mistake again in the future.
Well, please check the website later on today for some updates.
God bless ya'll.
PS For those of you who can get ahold of The Washington Post, check out tomorrow (Wed, July 7) edition (in the "Style" or "Lifestyle" section), cuz there should be a story on Christian music, Cornerstone Festival, and the Christian subculture.
Posted by Doug Van Pelt at July 6, 2004 09:31 AM