*Chad Jarnagin

just to name a few…

how to seek true wisdom,
how to love my wife,
how to be a friend,
how to listen,
how to be patience (as always)

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.

Several years back, I met 3 of the 4 that now make up this band. They were all 3 crazy talented then, and NOW… crazy whack funky talented.

Paramore’s latest release “Riot” is approaching freaking 1,000,000 / platinum status. It’s actually in the 900,000s at the present. I KNOW I KNOW… I talk Paramore a lot. AND I WILL! B/C they are great at what they do, and umm… I am proud of my homies.

A couple of other homies that are getting ready to hit your ears are Joel and Luke. I have known these guys and their family almost longer than anyone I know in Nashville.

Joel and Luke are two guys that come from a talented family. You are destined to hear more from these guys. Real artists making real music. Go grab their EP. It’s great.

Their sis is pretty cool as well.

I tend to have a lot of people asking me what music I am currently listening to. Lately I have been listening to a lot of podcasts, but musically, it’s a great season of new hotness. Here is one of my playlists I rock when at the gym.

Supermassive Black Hole- Muse

Kaliforn-Eye-A- P.O.D.

Chaos- MuteMath

Bleed It Out- Linkin Park

Sabotage- Beastie Boys

Window In The Sky- U2

Millstone- Brand New

Someone To Save You- OneRepublic

Bleed American- Jimmy Eat World

Exo-Politics- Muse

The Only One- Evanescence

Lovestoned- JT and Timbaland

Smile Like You Mean It- The Killers

Easier To Lie- Aqualung

World On Fire- Luna Halo

That’s What You Get- Paramore

Lost!- Coldplay

New Soul- Yael Naim

Stuck In A Glass Elevator- The Myriad

Beautiful Jesus- Kristian Stanfill

Root Down- Beastie Boys 

Picking up from the post on my friend Josh’s art, I decided to keep it rolling with some more friends.

Friendship is something I used to take for granted. I guess the more life I live I am coming to appreiciate good friends, and I’m trying to become a better one myself. Here are a few more and their sites.

Heather and Carlos might be the coolest and most creative parents that I know. Together they are also OWNING the blogosphere as the power couple of the universe. Brad and Angelina could never roll like that.  

Ryan and Patti are friends and family. We were friends, then they married, and now we are family. Ryan writes some amazing work, and makes movies. Patti can make anything. Seriously, everything she crafts is art.

William just received his MA from Fuller. This guy has a gift of conveying the hope of the gospel of Jesus in a very special way. 

Brody has lots of mad skills… “like nunchuck skills, bowhunting skills”… (my first lame Napoleon reference since 2006). Seriously, Brody has fast tracked into the music industry like no one I have know. If you are a record label, artist, band, or agent and want to know some things that will help with online networking (sites / blogs, etc), GET UP WITH BRODY. 

After looking at it, all of my friends from this entry are amazing parents. I need to be taking some major notes around these peeps. Go say hey to them.

There are a few local places I frequent to rest, find inspiration, and recharge. Here are 3 of them…

(Main Street/ Franklin)


(my room)
(Merridees)

… consists of a few things. 

-I lived in Ohio 

-Michael Jackson (was brilliant, but still strange)

-My Cincinnati Reds were not good… and Pete Rose did something bad.

-My Cincinnati Bengals were winning

-I thought I was going to play baseball for a living when I grew up
-Alf

-My Big Wheel (mine didn’t have streamers)

… and that’s about it. 

Many of you know, but most of you probably don’t… Jennifer and I are having our first child. She has been doing great! There is no way I could possibly imagine enduring this 9 month process (forget the delivery process) like my wife or you other strong brave women. No shame in my game… I would be a complete pansy.  

She has a countdown on her site… YES my lovely smart sassy wife has a blog site.

This post is a part of Positive Post Tuesday.

Many of you might know of Rufus. For the last 2 years he has entertained the casa de Jarnagin. Just thought I would let you guys in on some of the fun.

I am glad you were fearfully and wonderfully made my dear. 

Happy birthday. 

 

Stop by her site and wish her a good one.