TWO YEARS!!!

I just realized after posting that this is my 2nd anniversary of blogging!  WOW!  Time flies when you are having fun.  I look forward to many more years of blogging on that for which I am called and that would be using the mediums of audio, video, lighting, publications, web and any other technology that may arise to make Jesus known and make disciples of Him.

Fusion 2007 – Day 1

The Fusion conferences are designed to bring a worship conference and a technical conference and fuse them together.  Very similiar to what Seminars 4 Worship is now doing with there technical track.  Which I believe is the way it should be.  Too often technical directors and worship leaders are at odds at each other and never take the time to see where the other is coming from.  Conferences like this expose this dilemma and take it head on.  Your toes are not only stepped on, they are stomped all over.  The highlights of the day were Travis Cottrell, Travis Cottrell and Travis Cottrell.  Travis leading opening worship.  Travis as keynote speaker.  Travis in concert.  Travis Cottrell hails from Boone, NC but has a very classical voice.  If you like performances from vocalist such as Josh Groban or Andrea Bocelli then you will love to hear Travis lift praise and worship to the only One worthy of worship and praise.  Actually the ladies have probably known about Travis for some time since he has been worship leader for Beth Moore conferences for 10 years.  I had the privilege of mixing for Travis a couple of years ago and I learned of this very special servant of God.  For a sample of Travis Cottrell music visit his website at  http://www.traviscottrell.com/main.html  Opening worship for the conference and the concert tonight were an awesome time of lifting our hands and voices in praise to our Almighty God.  Travis is first and foremost a worship leader.  You can’t help but feel in the presence of God with Travis letting God’s message flow through him.  That is not just in song either.  The keynote address this morning carried this very important message from God to me.  Serve each other in love!  This is a message that has been given to me before but I needed it again.  Travis struck a chord when he said, “It is hard to stay angry with someone when you are praying for them.”  I know many of you technical directors, media ministers, sound guys and gals or whatever it may be that you do need to get in the presence of God right now and pray for your worship leader, your choir director, your senior pastor, or whoever it may be that just doesn’t seem to get it.  Another great point that was made today is that we should moreover be humble servants than to seek recognition or seek to be justified in our position.  I know!  I have been there!  You want to prove that you are right!  Jesus was right but said not a word when taking on our sins.  Jesus said that He had come to serve!  We also should seek to serve others in love.  Thank you Travis for being a vessel.