Do You Know....?

This weekend there was a Men at the Cross event to rally Christian men in the Triangle area to come together to be inspired to reach their community for Christ. I like to think of it as a big Campus Crusade for Christ hoo-rah for grown-up boys :)

If you know my Danny -- and his infectious enthusiasm for God -- then you know that this was right up his alley. He was there with two good friends from church. There was a total of 1500 mean that gathered. They heard great speakers, saw some powerful drama (no ribbon dancers), and shared a great time of music worship.

Friday night when he was telling all about it, he stopped to describe the mini-concert worship music time. This was our conversation:

Danny: "Hey, have you heard of a guy by the name of Michael W. Smith?"

Me (giggling): "......Ah, yeah. I saw him in concert..... like when I was 18."

Danny: "OH. Well, he's pretty good."

Me: "Um, yeah. See in the 80's there were two choices in contemporary Christian music. Amy Grant and Michael W. Smith. And if you were lucky, they'd do a song together to mix things up. Michael W. Smith, he's been around for a very longgggg time."

I had to explain to him it was like me saying to a Redskins fan, "Hey, have you ever heard of this guy Joe Theisman?"

I'm not a pro or con Michael W. Smith person. I just know he is a huge staple of Christian music industry.

Okay, everyone old enough to know, sing this with me as you imagine your youth group showing a slideshow of some event or saying good bye to a church staff person....
"And friends are friends forever, if the Lord's the Lord of them . . . "