Really?

It's hard to think that this is really a true story...

Sopapilla Cheesecake!

What Do You Think?

Here is a new song from Derek Webb. What do you think about it?



(I first saw this on Iggy's site)

The Best Moment of My Life So Far

I'm very thankful that I've been able to experience some wonderful events in my life. Being made a new creation by Christ, meeting my wife, getting married, having a family, and getting to do LIFe Ministries. There's more that would fit in this list but I'll just keep it to this for now...the list isn't the most important part anyway.

This past Sunday, I got to walk into a lake with my oldest daughter and baptize her! It was INDESCRIBABLE.



It was a special occasion for my family and me as we were with the church where Dani and I were involved during college, Brazos Meadows. Billy Edwards is the pastor there and has been a dear friend, devoted mentor, and member of the LIFe Ministries board since we began.

But the best moment was when I looked down at her and realized what we were doing...just trying to say to the crowd that she was doing this because she's exchanged her dead life for Christ's abundant life was more than I could push out. I'm not sure what all I ended up saying, but it wasn't much.

I finally just decided to dunk her. So I did. It is an amazing view point getting to look over her as she goes under and getting to hold her as she comes back up. It's just a beautiful experience that I'm so thankful to be have had this past Sunday.



It's really hard to express adequately all that I felt, and still feel about this event. Thank You, Jesus, for making my daughter a new creation in You and for the experienced blessing of getting to baptize her in Your Name.

Academic Earth

I found this really cool site called Academic Earth. You can watch lectures from professors at schools like Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, Yale, and more.

Check it out if you're interested in getting to virtually sit in on a class.

The website is www.academicearth.org

Don't Say It...

This past Friday, Charlie Hall and Phil Wickham played at Common Grounds in Waco. Dani, Debbie (my mother-in-law),Logan (my brother), and I went to the concert. It was AWESOME! I've like Charlie Hall for years, but this concert was so good. From start to finish, it was Jesus speaking through him. It was incredible. Spending a little more than an hour just listening to Truth is a wonderful experience.

Now, for the past three years I've tried contacting Charlie Hall every now and then to try to connect Living In Freedom with him to see if he would be open to partnering with us in any way...and really just to talk about life, ministry, and to hear more of his journey. I've attempted to contact him because the lyrics to his music most often spells out the exchanged life/Christ-life message.

After the concert, we were hanging out and I saw Charlie Hall walk by. So, I went over to him to meet him. As I went, my thoughts were:

"Don't say that you've e-mailed him several times. Just don't say it. Don't say that you've e-mailed him several times, etc."

When I finally make it over to him, I start off the conversation with:

"Hi, I'm Matt. I've e-mailed you several times."

Man, I can't believe I said that! I was shocked and I'm not really sure what I said after that. Everything was a bit off. Man, I totally felt like Michael Scott from The Office.

Bummer.

New Again

My mom sent me a link to this video so I thought I'd post it here too. Happy Easter!