Bloggin the Podcast

Happy New Year! Time for a change of scenery. I wasn’t planning on this, but I was working at Church this morning and things were going well. Bill was back (our Lead Pastor, he was sick last weekend), he was talking about God’s Grace and I was finally starting to feel it for the first time in weeks. It felt so good I wanted to share it. So I asked my good friend Les Faires, he’s the Media Director on staff at Neighborhood Church, if I could shoot a few pictures with my phone. He said sure, go ahead, so I’ve posted some shots of the video control room in action. This is where we edit the video for the video podcast as well as the video venues at church on Sunday. We have overflow services they call “video venues”. One of them has no live worship music, so we shoot the worship music for them at the early service on Sunday. The video podcast can be seen anywhere in the world with an internet connection, and you don’t need an iPod. You can watch it on your computer.

Spirit West Coast ‘07 – Part II

Sorry about that, the old creative juices kind of dried up for a couple weeks there. Well, they’re back and I have a lot to cover. We’ve been awful busy. Spirit West Coast was awesome! How can I describe it? The number I heard was 12,000. Twelve thousand people gathered together to celebrate the love of Jesus! I’ve never experienced anything remotely like it. The atmosphere was different than any other concert or music festival I’ve ever attended. I think maybe it was a feeble glimpse of what Heaven is like.

I also think maybe the unseasonably cool and excellent weather we’ve had the past couple of weeks is no coincidence. I like to think that God noticed all that praise to His name coming from Laguna Seca and thought he would send the beautiful weather back home with Karri and me and all the other people from Redding who volunteered and/or worshipped there. I want to go there every year for the rest of my life.

The smash hit discovery of the weekend for us was Family Force 5! Check ‘em out: www.familyforce5.com They look a little cheesy at first, but don’t let that fool you. Give ‘em a listen. They are just fun. Free downloads here: www.freegotee.com

Apparently they have quite a following, but Karri and I had never heard of them. Karri heard part of their set, bought the CD, got it autographed and we’ve been wearing it out for two weeks now. They’re coming to Paradise Alliance Church on August 24. We’re going.

We got to see Kutless, Third Day and Switchfoot on the main stage. All awesome performances. What a glorious long weekend celebration! Thanks, Jesus!

Spirit West Coast ‘07

We’re exhausted. Here’s some pictures from Spirit West Coast. So much to say, too tired to say it right now. More later.

The Plaza vs. City Hall

My son is a punk. I know he doesn’t mind me calling him a punk, but I hope he doesn’t mind me calling him son. Technically, Christian is my stepson. Anyhow, I’m proud of him. He runs with the non-conformist crowd (I tried to explain to him how oxymoronic that is, but he doesn’t care), just like I did when I was a young man.

A few weeks ago, a new all-ages music venue opened up in town about 200 yards from our apartment. He loved it because all the local hardcore bands finally had a place to play and he could walk there in about a minute. His mom Karri and I loved it because if anything went wrong he could get home, or we could get there, real quick.

The Plaza was open for a couple, three weeks, I don’t know, and then the “authorities”, the “powers that be”, pulled the plug. The city’s position was that they had first approved the business license and zoning approval and all that, but then, well, mistakes were made. You see, there were other citizens who weren’t happy with the situation. There was a lot of back and forth about why, and who was at fault. Christian was one of the punks who emailed the city in protest. And the city responded. Well, just watch the video…

This is part one of five parts. We posted the entire meeting on YouTube. If you want to see the rest of the meeting, just go to youtube.com and search on “scottkarri”. I’ll update this post as the story develops.

Countdown to Spirit West Coast ‘07

Countdown To Spirit West Coast ‘07 Monterey

The countdown is on! Our wristbands are purchased, our hotel room is booked, I have the days off work approved, we’re going to Spirit West Coast!

Spirit West Coast ‘07 Monterey

I’ve been to Monterey before. I’ve been to concerts before. I’ve seen Christian bands and I’ve worshipped outdoors, but I’ve never seen more than 50 Christian bands play at a three day outdoor music festival in Monterey! And I’ve been to church but I’ve never worshipped with 10,000+ people in one place! Karri and I are so excited! What else can I say? The countdown is on…