We just want to let our Haitian friends no that we have not forgotten!

The weather was amazing, the show was in Raleigh, we had great seats and both bands were awesome.

Muse opened up with a 45 minute set that was really good. Muse, by nature is a perfect stadium band, the funny thing is, I plan almost EVERY sermon while listening to Muse.

After a thirty minute intercession U2 hit the stage, the crowd of 70,000 was electric, U2 was high energy and fully into the moment. The one downside to the evening was the sound, it was hard to hear Bono talk in-between songs!

U2 played 23 songs, I think my favorite moment was Bono singing Amazing Grace, pretty epic. I snapped some pics from the iPhone. I think last night was by far my favorite music experience, like I said above, it was really perfect.

Well, this past week, their new CD became available. Click the banner below or go here for more info. Do yourself a favor a GET the CD and rock it.

- Enjoyed hanging with folks at the Q Conference Tweetup @ Spider House Sunday night.
- Lots of fun conversations with Erick, Dan and Charles, they crashed at my place for the Q Conference. We also saw The Soloist at Alamo Draft House, very good movie.
- Spent 3 days attending the Q Conference.
– Great lunch with the Trinity Grace dudes at Chuys.
– Got to meet Armando Fullwood and Mel Mcgowan over lunch at Moonshine. Really cool dudes.
- Tuesday I saw Over The Rhine at The Paramount Theatre with other Q attendees.
- Thursday I went down to UT to see TWLOHA. Really love what they are doing.
- Friday John and I saw Death Cab for Cutie. Great show and it was FREE.
- Saturday, Necole and I saw Over The Rhine @ UT. (twice in one week-awesome)

I love these kinda weeks, lots of new friends, inspiration, music, food, dreaming about what it means to live missional and learning from one another.

The Raleigh Launch Party is coming soon and I can’t wait. Looking forward to hanging with all my friends and also meeting some new friends. It’s going to be a casual evening that includes live music, story-telling and vision-casting!

Live Music:

I’m excited that my good friend Wahba, the Egyptian-American worship rocker will be jamming with us. Wahba is the Worship Leader at Hope Chapel, before that he toured the country for many years. You can purchase his music by clicking here.

Silver will be performing an acoustic set at the Launch Party. They are a local Raleigh band with a great sound. Looking forward to hearing these dudes rock the stage. You can buy their music here.

Non-Profits

Lemonade International will be sharing some amazing stories about their work in Guatemala.

We also have some local Raleigh friends who will share how they are engaging the issues of poverty in Raleigh.

And of course I will share for 10-15 minutes about Help End Local Poverty.

Hope to see you there..

Tweet. Meet. Give.

On 12 February 2009 175+ cities around the world will be hosting Twestivals which brings together Twitter communities for an evening of fun and to raise money and awareness for charity: water.

Movement has become (and for good reason) a massive focus in the global church world. We’re all trying to grasp what it means to start a movement, become involved in a movement and hopefully experience a movement. 

Twestival is a simple example of what a movement is, or could be, simple, effective, community-driven & glocal with lots of “normal” people helping out. It’s really a snippet of the power of movements; tonight in 175 cities across the globe, people will come together and listen to music and while doing that they will provide clean water to thousands of people in developing nations.

I have no clue who is leading this movement. I just know I got asked to go, I trust charity:water and I want to meet some new friends in Austin. Win-win baby!

U2 has announced the date of it’s latest album:

No Line On The Horizon, the new studio album from U2, will be released on Monday 2nd March 2009.

Written and recorded in various locations, No Line On The Horizon is the group’s 12th studio album and is their first release since the 9 million selling album How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, released in late 2004. 

Sessions for No Line On The Horizon began last year in Fez, Morocco, continued in the band’s own studio in Dublin, before moving to New York’s Platinum Sound Recording Studios, and finally being completed at Olympic Studios in London.

The album calls on the production talents of long-time collaborators Brian Eno and Danny Lanois, with additional production by Steve Lillywhite.

They will also be touring in 2009. Definitely have to go since I’ve never seen them live.

Justin Cofield Band recently released a new EP. Check it out and enjoy. These cats are great friends, Kingdom-minded and awesome musicians.

Props to Studio 914 for doing the design work.

1. U2: I’ve never see them live. I will do whatever it takes to see them on their next tour. 

2. Death Cab: Love these cats. 

3. Jack Johnson: My kinda show. Mellow and laid back. 

4. Sufjan Stevens: I’m not sure I really appreciate how good he truly is. 

5. Swell Season: Don’t remind me that they just played Austin this past Friday and my wife show them for the second time in 1 year. 

Do you have any must see gigs? If so who?