Pivotal Thought's

Gotta See This Godtube Video!!!

Our C.A.S.T. (Creative Arts Team) Leader @ The SHOW Shemika Berry sent us this video to view. You gotta watch it! I was sitting in Panera's looking like I had it all together and it WRECKED me! I need a Latte or something........

Feel Like I Need To Say Something

I am sitting here waiting for my second oldest Casy to come out and play in All-County Band (Clarinet). As the tech's are setting up all the sound I am getting anxious.

Then reality hit me.....you are not here to speak, you are here to hear your son play. It is amazing how something that is part of you comes out even @ a Band performance. You may ask......"Are you instrumentally blessed?" No!!! I can hardly play the radio.

It is just that the set-up is close to a service, speaking, engagement, etc. Soooo, I am going to sit back now and relax. Feel Like I Need To Say Something : )

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Nobody Voted Off Charitable 'American Idol'

American Idol took its charity theme very seriously this week as it spared all six finalists from being voted off.

Singer Josh Groban, center, poses with the African Children's Choir in the photo room at Fox's 'Idol Gives Back' fundraising television special of 'American Idol' in Los Angeles on Wednesday, April... (AP / Matt Sayles)

To raise awareness and relief for poverty stricken children in America and Africa, the USA's biggest show had a star-filled week as part of “Idol Gives Back,” a two-night special that had sponsors offer money for each vote casted this week.

"All your favourites are still in the competition,” announced host Ryan Seacrest during Wednesday night’s show. “How could we let anyone go on a charity night?"

The news means that all of the remaining finalists will still have at least another week on the program. Because nobody was cut from this week’s performances, however, two of the final six singers will be sent packing next Wednesday.

All the votes that were cast this Tuesday night will add into next week’s tally, so low vote-getters this week may still be in trouble. None of the vote results were released, however, so it is unclear who may be in the doghouse.

While Wednesday’s surprise announcement may have come as a relief for the contenders whose performances Tuesday night received the least praise, it may have been slightly disappointing for supporters of the three Gospel Music Association (GMA)-backed singers who had received quality critiques from all the judges.

Melinda Doolittle, 29, former back-up singer from Nashville, home to today’s biggest Christian artists, was again given a flawless rating for her performance of "There Will Come a Day" by Faith Hill. She has continually shown herself to be one of the show’s frontrunners.

She Drives Me Crazy

Last night one of our Youth Pastors (Lauryn) @ our Leadership Meeting ask me if I saw Mark Batterson's last blog. Of course she knows I am a 80's fanatic (music). So, once I clicked on the video I was doing a Mark Batterson special... walking around the Brew House singing and humming, "She Drives Me Crazy". Enjoy the link below:

I was just walking through the coffeehouse and I had one of those music flashbacks that all of us have. I heard a song on the radio I've haven't heard in at least a decade. Here is a little known fact about Mark Batterson. My better judgment says "keep it a secret."

She Drives Me Crazy by the Fine Young Cannibals was my favorite song for a short period of time in the 1980's. And yes, I sang it in falsetto at the top of my lungs!

Here's a YouTube link. Has to be one of the all-time worst music videos!

Any other song confessions out there?