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Through the years, I've often wondered how so many groups come up with the name of their band.  Sometimes they go the easy route and just name it after themselves, but more often than not, they come up with some weird combination of words that seemly only make sense to someone who works at Urban Outfitters or is really into skateboarding.

Me?  I don't know.  I've always been under the category the ignorant.  I did, however, discover that if you want to come up with a really cool name for your band, you should probably look no further than the NIV version of the Bible.  Why?  Because the headings in the NIV are chocked full of opportunities to juxtapose subjects and verbs that make the average 15-year-old kid go, "uuhh, that's a pretty sweet band name."

Don't believe me?  Here's a list of some NIV headings that might make you change your mind and re-name your band:

1. Nebuchadnezzar's Dream
2. Later Opposition Under Artaxerxes
3. The Gibeonite Deception
4. Oil for the Lampstand
5. Mary's Song
6. Expel the Immoral Brother!
7. Hagar and Sarah
8. The Seventh Trumpet
9. Favoritism Forbidden
10. Paul's Plea for Onesimus
11. Slaves and Masters
12. Envoys From Babylon
13. A Common Destiny for All
14. Advancement Is Meaningless
15. Haman Hanged

It's no secret that within the context of any given conference that I happen to be emceeing, a parody will more than likely show up...maybe even more than one.  Well, I'm here to tell you this: Big Break 09 will be no different.

I will be parodying (is that a word?) Jason Mraz's most popular song to date at the Big Break conference this year and I'm looking forward to seeing what some of you might think.  For now, the subject matter of the song will remain a secret, but at least you have one piece of information concerning how you will be entertained at the Spring Break Conference to end all Spring Break Conferences.

Panama City Beach, Fla., baby!  One month and counting...

The new site is now revealed to all!  This is it, kiddies.  

I'm proud of it and am super thankful for friends that know the world of computers about 2 million times more than me.  They make things work and I don't know about you, but I like working things.

My first gig is coming up at James Madison University on the 29th of this month and I can't wait to see what goes down.  JMU is my old stomping grounds, so let's hope that the reception there is warm and not anything close to the current temperature outside right now.  For the love of Benji, it's cold outside!