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OK. Leeland is my hero! High “B” and “Cs” were being hit left and right and what a passion to sing. Day 4 at re:create was powerful, to say the least. If you know Leeland, then you know what I mean.
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The third day of re:create 2007 began with Third Day (Mac Powell and Mark Lee) giving us an un-plugged worship time. These guys are “real” guys and accomplished artists who have
impacted millions with their music.
Louis Markos is amazing! This fellow came to one of the early re:create conferences a few years ago and since then my mind was spinning. Today just spun my brain further into wonder about many things. His book, Lewis Agnonistes: How C.S. Lewis can train us to deal with the modern and potmodern world, is a must read. As a creative person, this lecture hit home how God has made us “sub-creators” and reveals himself when we create.
More food! We had pork chops, fried chicken, biscuits and a true southern meal for lunch. At dinner I got to spend some time with the Mars Hill Church dudes (Joe and Timothy) 
and Chris (from Canada) and my Florida friend Bobby. After dinner I went to Steak and Shake with my friend Joel, a musician and student at Belmont University. 
I ended up staying up even later to chat with other conference attendees at the hotel lobby bar.
One of the best things about this conference is the relationships. I learn more from conversations with this group of people than ten books. So, that was day three.
Day 2 of re:create 2007 has finally ended. Here is a recap of today.
Dean Batali, a writer of “That 70s Show” shared with us about what it is like as a Christian working in Hollywood television. Imagine being the only believer in a company. I am inspired by the missional attitude that Dean seems to have.
Animator Tim Hodges (who worked for Disney and on Veggie Tales) showed us how to story board. I hope to make my first film soon. (Well, you never know.)
One of the things that keeps me coming back is the time spent with these amazingly creative and intelligent people. They come from all over. Mark Jaffrey found this conference from my blog. Mark is the fellow enjoying the pork rib in the above photo. He lives in Egypt and is a worship director at an international Christian church there. Since he lives in a Muslim country, his appetite for pork has been hard to please. Today we took care of that. What a story this man of God and fellow worship leader has! (See his blog here).
At dinner we went to Saffire and my wife and I visited with Bob Chambless and his wife.
The food was amazing. I had a lobster pasta dish, but was able to taste the prime rib and pork chop from neighbors at the table. None of us finished our plates, but I did manage to clean off the dessert.
At dinner, Bebo Norman shared some songs. I liked his presentation and songwriting. Jon Abel and his songwriting pal shared some worship tunes to top off the evening.
Phew! What a day. I will post a photo gallery of all the people I have met soon. Will I eat too much on day 3, too?
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Yes, that’s right, Amy Grant was the "surprise guest" at our re:create dinner tonight. WOW! What a treat to see her in an informal setting. She did a couple favs, but wowed me with her version of putting Ephesians 6 to scripture. She encouraged us to creatively put longer passages of scripture to memory through music. After her rendition of scripture, she led us in "Thy Word" and ended a delightful evening. She is terrific!
Myrrh/Word records sponsored tonight. We heard from Mike Weaver (Big Daddy Weave), Mark Farren (Pocket Full of Rocks), Jason Roy (Building 429) Adam Agee (Stellar Kart) and new artist Mark Roach. These guys did a Nashville style songwriter-in-the-round, sharing worship tunes for us.
I can’t wait for more surprises!
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