Month: May 2009

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Saturday night adventures in Newtown

Last night we went out for dinner in Newtown. It was a good night, but Dan’s computer was nicked from our car. No worries about the car, bummer about the mac.

Saturday night adventures in Newtown

Here’s Dan’s twitter account of the night (read from bottom up):

  • Tweet 8: now driving home. Window all taped up. Computers are for idiots anyway. That’s what @eugenehor said today anyway.7:08 AM May 30th from web
  • Tweet 7: cops nailed him.7:05 AM May 30th from web
  • Tweet 6: while the cops were looking at the car a kid on the other side of the road graffiteed some scribble on a wall. (dumb)7:04 AM May 30th from web
  • Tweet 5: it had the only copy of our voddy today with @eugenehor and Richard Beeston.6:56 AM May 30th from web
  • Tweet 4: only thing taken was my MacBook. Bum.6:53 AM May 30th from web
  • Tweet 3: went back to @davemiers car after dinner to find it had a smashed window! (even at #mtc!)6:48 AM May 30th from web
  • Tweet 2: went to ya habibifor dinner. Awesome! Then I even got to have a go of belly dancing.6:46 AM May 30th from web
  • Tweet 1 of several: tonight I went to newtown for dinner for Jono m’s birthday. Parked at #mtc6:45 AM May 30th from web
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Love more than one

Here’s an ad from a jeans store window. It reminded me of a certain rugby league scandal. Which came first: rugby league players engaging in group sex? Group sex being used to sell products? Or group sex by ‘consenting’ adults being generally accepted?

Love more than one

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Tedashii – Identity Crisis

Confession time. I like R&B and Rap music. Yep. Boyz II Men. Tupac. Sometimes I say to people that I used to like it during high school, but the truth is, I still like it! I like the beats, the harmonies, the poetry and the jive talk. BUT I came to the point where I couldn’t listen to too much Rap music because it wasn’t the best stuff to be filling my head with. I also realised that singing along to ‘I’ll make love to you’ wasn’t the most edifying gear for me to be singing as a single Christian dude.

Tedashii | Identity Crisis

This week I’ve been listening to a rap album that’s really good AND a lot more edifying for my ears and my soul. Tedashii – Identity Crisis. The album comes out on Tuesday (American Time). Tedashii is a Christian rapper (homies with Lecrae and the Reach Records crew). Here’s the thing. Christian Rap is often C-Rap. But for Tedashii, it’s actually good. Well produced. Not lame. He’s got cred. Creative lyrics. Good beats. Great R&B loops. Sweet R&B singers. Encouraging. (I often use the word encouraging, but I’ve been really encouraged by this album!)

So much of African-American hip-hop culture is about identity. Cars. Cash. Bling. Women. Alcohol. Status. Ripped abs. Gangs. Violence. Identity Crisis is brilliant in the way it re-thinks the idea of identity for the Christian. The identity theme flows throughout the album. Created in the image of God. Fallen. Adopted. Now part of a community. The album has a clear picture of the gospel of Jesus’ death and resurrection and the new identity that belongs to those that believe in Him.

Two of my fav tracks: Hollywood which is Tedashii’s testimony; and Make War which kicks off with a snippet of a John Piper sermon about making war against sin in your life.

This album is the goods. If you’re a young Christian dude into rap – check this gear out – it’s good and will encourage you. If you’re a parent or youth leader who’s got young crew into rap, buy them the album to help them think about their identity.

Tedashii’s MySpace | Reach Records | Buy album in iTunes

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Rice Regenerate Praise – Surrender

Rice Regenerate Praise – Surrender happened last weekend, and it was the goods! Trev Hodge and Deb Fung (and their respective bands) were thoughtful and passionate in the way they led us through stacks of singing. Pete Ko gave a great short talk on ‘Surrender’. Steve Chong led the night well and continues to make saying creeds cool!

Rice Regenerate Praise

Throughout the night a number of people got up between songs that had a word of encouragement from the scriptures to share. This was cool. I helped out with some counselling at the end of the night. It was encouraging chatting to one Christian guy about some areas of his life he needs to surrender to Jesus. I spoke to another guy who isn’t yet a Christian, but I believe he’s close to the Kingdom. It was encouraging to hear of his friend who invited him to start investigating the claims of Jesus about 8 weeks ago.

Go check out a couple of videos at the Rice Regenerate website.