I'm glad that things are appearing to look up for Corrina, but I bet it's still hard on her. I'm very sorry for your loss. I'll be keeping you both in my prayers.
I clicked your debate link... saw a lot of antagonism toward
Christianity there, especially from the posts of one particular user. (I
wish that one could effectively argue someone into accepting what you
know they should know as true... but all you can do "be ready to answer
for the hope that is within you" and pray for a change of heart. Because
when someone argues you into a corner, your not more willing to take
their side; just less able to keep yours. Right? And "hope doth not
disappoint") What exactly do you do on that site? It looks fascinating.
Hi. How are you? I don't mean to seem pushy or anything, but how is Corrina doing? I've been praying for her, and I'm just wondering if things are better, now, for her.
I think you're probably right about all of that. I really probably shouldn't be so... controversial?... all the time. It's not a good habit. I'll try to not do that. : )
It sounds like you have quite a set-up there. That's an impressive amount of audio equipment. And, no, you didn't hear anything like eye-rolling. I'm quite good at keeping a straight face. : ) Kidding! I'm kidding!
It's funny, but no one has ever referred to me as a teen. I forget that
right now I am one. I've just always been with the adults (even in
Children's Church, I think!) I've always served as an assistant teacher,
and never as a participant. Actually, right now, I've been serving in
an urban youth group as a leader, and an adult in charge. I've never
just sat in a youth group. Don't think I ever could have. I really did grow up too fast.
I don't recall the Bible ever mentioning the ages of any of the apostles
or of Mary. : ) I do understand that that is a very commonly excepted
theory, but... well, eh... Though, the Bible does say "...let no man despise you because of your
youth..." (1 Tim. 4:12) and "...I have written to you, young men,
because you have overcome the wicked one...because you are strong and
the word of God abides in you..." (1 Jn 2:13&14). Long haul, and end
all, you're right, but that one technicality...
oh... are you not supposed to post back and forth on these things? Do
you just send it all as messages then? Though I don't think I'm using
this for anything else. Do you want me to reply somewhere else?
Poor girl! Tell this Corrina that there are people out here praying for her, even if we don't know her, will you? I'm sure that's very hard on her. I can't even imagine.
Oh... see when I ran sound, I had a broken eight channel mixer. Sometimes it worked, and other times not. But I didn't get a sound room. I sat at the back of the church, and my booth was an old office desk. They congregation said that that made me more approachable. This must have been so, because no one had a problem coming up to me during a service and helping me adjust things. In one way, that was good because I learned a lot, but during church? : ) So what did you say that they handed you that project, or was it just something of an arbitrary selection? That's quite a bit of equipment you supervise. How big is your church, approximately? I'm going to guess that with 16 channels on your board, you probably have an average of... eight people?... who have cables (mics and instruments?), and maybe one or two are going to be wireless. The rack is going to be your synthesizers and vocalized effects... perhaps even your panning? I'll guess again to say that you either use Audacity or JACK Studio? So maybe a congregation anywhere between one-hundred to two-hundred fifty? I'm a rotten guesser. Is your youth group twenty to thirty students, or so? : )
I think I assume too much. Anyway, I will certainly be praying for Corrina, and I already said you, so...
I've had to play the part of audio/video personal before! I'll have to admit that it was not to my liking. I ran the "booth" for the small country church my father pastored in
Kansas, and also for all of the Thomas County Ministerial Alliance's
events. Trial by fire was that I had no idea what I was doing, and had
to learn it as I went. I'm very glad that that's over, now. It was stressful. Everyone seemed to be an expert but me...
So what is your current style of music, then? Do you like Anberlin?
