So I went to Des Moines this past weekend to speak at a Presbyterian retreat along with the band Jonah's Wale (Troy, Dawn, and Mark). It was held in the Westminster Presbyterian church near the Drake neighborhood.
It was what I'd consider the first real 39/27 Ministry gig since, to my knowledge, it's the first job we've had together that was pitched as a package deal. For those of you who don't know, 39/27 is the name that we (Jonah's Wale, Son's of Thunder, and I) have picked to represent ourselves in the Christian world as we promote ourselves together for events. If I'm not too lazy here when I'm done with this post, I'll put a link up for our site on the side of the page next to all the other links I've got.
The event was great. Man, do I love Presbyterians. It was pretty clear in the opening worship that Troy's worship leading, cow milking, movie butterfly, river dancing, ways of music were new to this crowd. At one point during worship, Troy said, "You know, this is my first experience with Presbyterians." And a pastor from the crowd answered back, "And this is the first time Presbyterians have experienced someone like you!" Which got a large laugh from the crowd. Troy asked if that was good, to which they all responded that it was.
We ate pizza, camped out in the church lounge, ate at Fazzoli's, watched Mark dissapoint us all by not finishing a hamburger that was as big as his head, and had some fantastic worship. It was seriously the most fun I've had speaking in quite a while, and I really hope that the 39/27 possibilities keep flowing in.
Last night I headed over to Lynnville, IA to speak for the youth group at the Lynnville Friends Church. We had Lasagna (which I choose to prounounce as LUH-ZAG-NAH), and it was fantatstic. I had a chicken/broccoli lasagna that rocked my face off. And the group I spoke to was a lot of fun. Wow, two great crowds in a row! I'm kind of scared to go to the next job . . . but that's back to Gunn Lake, Michigan on December 1st for a Christmas party. And those folks are always great to me!
On a sad note, I've once again given up soda of all forms. I quit about a week ago after a lengthy conversation with good friend Luke Vander Leest about the dangers of addictions. For those long time blog readers (yes, both of you), I gave up once a long while back for about two weeks and then started up again. I was sadly up to about ten cans a day for a while, but I've been clean for a week now.
Well, that was until last night. At last night's Lynnville dinner, all I found to drink was soda, so I had a Diet Pepsi. It was just one! And I'm officially back on the wagon again this morning. Or off the wagon, maybe, because I don't remember which part of the wagon it is you need to worry about when it comes to addictions.
I'm in Michigan for poetry on Dec. 1, Omaha for improv on Dec. 2, and Omaha again for improv on Dec. 9. I'm getting to team up with my good friends in 88 Improv again for a couple weeks of Christmas parties, and I'm really looking forward to it!
Till next time,
Jason
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i know you wrote this a long time ago, but still, i thought i'd give you my two cents on quitting pop.
ask luke when the last time i had pop was. if he remembers correctly, he'll say my 7th grade year. luke and i had a bet that i'd quit drinking pop and last longer than him quitting coffee. to make a long story short, i won and still don't drink pop...5 years clean, man! you can do it!
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