*Chad Jarnagin

This amazing 1:42 min. of Darren King of MuteMath is outstanding!!!! Enjoy.

THIS IS TIGHT!!!!

From the dudes that did the diet coke / mentos campaign.

Vimeo.

I love new, next, forward thinking, fresh ideas. NOT just ideas, but actual real things that were once ideas before realities.

Last night I tuned into LifeShare (a 7 day online challenge). LifeChurch.tv and mi amigo Carlos (& Heather) rocked a little rad deal last night on Mogulus. 

A recent article from the Barna Group - Barna Technology Study: social Networking, Online Entertainment and Church Podcasts.

-Right now about 21.8% of the world uses the internet.

-61.71% of households in the USA have internet access in the home. 50.79% have broadband access in the home.

This site has some great insight on where online life is going.

My friend Mark is a part of a great rock band from the ATL. They are going to be on The Tonight Show on July 29th. He’s a great songwriter and guitarist. He and I were a part of a mentoring group together for a few years. Mark and his wife Stephanie are great peeps. They lived here in Franklin for a while, but moved back down I-75.

Ron Roark is one of those guys that you want thinking and working for you. He has an amazing creative palet. Ron and I first met around the youth leadership at TPC. We’ve basically been friends ever since. He works HERE.

Brock is like no one else I know. He’s another guy from the mentoring group who I met at the beginning of my Among Thorns days. He has a rad ministry and travels everywhere. He can even make you disappear.

Nate is one of my young protégé. He is another crazy talented designer, as well as a musician / worship leader. Some of these guys look like him, and have the same last name. He is getting married to Callie in about 2 weeks! Find him HERE.

There are so many other people that I am blessed to call friends that I should give shout outs to, but those will have to wait.

As a part of Creative Chaos today… I find myself itching to take risks and chances in my world of creativity. Be it in the planning and brainstorming for our weekend services, or in other areas of my art. When one area seems unwilling, uninterested, or uninspired in “out of the norm” thinking / planning I tend to focus on my music / writing, drawing, photos, or whatever. I love graphic above!

Yesterday I found myself looking forward to my out of the office coffee hangs at Merridees during the afternoon. Which got to thinking, I love my office vibe, hang, and team but sometimes one just needs to be in on neutral grounds so to speak. Merridees (a bakery-coffee shop in downtown Franklin) seems to be where I feel most creative. I think it is for some of the following reasons.

-I am able to see people outside of the church campus. They look different, talk different, and act different. These are the people I want to keep in mind when creating services / elements.-The windows allow me to see the rest of the world driving and walking around.

-Bottomless coffee (especially my african smoke coffee).

-The locals always remind me where I am. Franklin is all about the music city “hustle”. This allows me to think of them when I create and strategize. I think it also gives me a perspective that this area is NOT normal and that reality check is a good thing sometimes.

We ALL think highly of ourselves from time to time, but the art in which I take part in creating will hopefully show a reflection of the One that we can all find our true value in.

Thanks for stopping by. I realize there is something wrong with wordpress on this post. I have had a few comments and emails about comments not being working, etc. I have no idea what’s up. Frik. Sorry.