Gotta Get Back In Time . . .

after having "footloose" in the set this past weekend it got me thinking about all the great movie themes from my childhood. these are in no particular order and is far from an exhaustive list - just 10 tunes that aided me in my movie viewing experiences :

Gonna Fly Now (theme from Rocky)

who doesn't love the strings pumping and the choir of singers singing lyrics you can't understand but make you want to go for a 10 mile run through the city!




Walking On Sunshine (from The Secret of My Success)

Classic Michael J. Fox movie. I also remember hula hooping to this song in 4th grade gym class.









You Could Be Mine (from Terminator 3)

This is one of those songs that made me go see the movie. the second i hear the opening guitar riff there was no question i was going opening weekend.





Axel F (theme from Beverly Hills Cop)

Harold Faltermeyer took the classic instrumental movie theme to a whole new dimension using all synthesizers. this might be the most popular theme song from the 80's.







The Glory OF Love (love theme from Karate Kid II)

I always get this confused thinking its from the original Karate Kid movie. In fact - i'm not sure i ever even saw this movie - HOWEVER i have sung at the top of my lungs every time this song has come up on my iPod playlist.






Ghostbusters

who can forget the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man? even better who can forget the the ORIGINAL version of this song? thanks Huey for inspiring Ray Parker Jr.

Miami Vice Theme

ok - so i know this wasn't a movie at the time BUT i couldn't wait to see the cigar boat screaming across the water every week as the 16th note hi-hat and screaming guitar lick got me pumped up for tubbs and crockett to bust some cuban drug lord.

In Your Eyes (from Say Anything)

Never actually saw this movie all the way through but whoever wrote and directed this thing picked one of the most incredible songs to have cusak play through his jam box! i wonder what song he is jamming to in his latest flick "hot tub time machine"?

Bad Boy (Opening Theme to Three Men and a Baby)

Gloria and the Miami Sound Machine are the 80's soundtrack band! Not only was this movie a huge hit (who doesn't love guttenburg) it created quite a buzz the the "ghost boy" in the background of this pic. turns out it was a cardboard cut out of ted danson in a tux.

Back In Time (theme from Back to the Future)

Huey Lewis and the News solidify their stake as the quintessential 80's feel good band with this hit and The Power Of Love both written for what could be called the greatest 80's movie franchise (after Indiana Jones - and no i am not including Star Wars since it started in the 70's).

i miss the days when songs helped define movies - whats on your list?

kick off your mundane shoes!

wrapped up a great weekend @southlandcc today. always love these weekends where things are out of the norm for us. we added 4 services in 3 different venues, ran volunteers back and forth to sing and read scripture (Tom and i sang "footloose" 7 times!), had staff step up to fill needed holes and created other jobs just to create a more inviting atmosphere and most importantly had more 150 people choose Christ in the pond!

so often we can get caught up in the mundane, week to week routine that programming and executing services can become but its weeks like this that i am reminded how much effort, talents and heart we have at this church. a great example of this was the connection team - they stepped up the intentionality of connecting people at the pond and an event that we have held 3 times in the past year was taken up a notch! it was easy to check-in, there were plenty of people along the way to converse and answer questions, and they accomplished all of this with folks that aren't normally part of weekend experiences. what a great feeling knowing people uniquely gifted to connect people and help them find their "next step" were handling an event that often was an additional stress and not in the "sweet spot" of the weekend teams! i am so grateful for their willingness to step in to the gap!

overall the entire southland staff could be found all over our campuses this weekend. from teaching our children, to prepping communion, even riding the buses as pseudo tour guides! and everyone of them i ran into had the biggest smiles on their faces! awesome family i get to be a part of!

i'm excited to hear stories from our danville campus team that we can add to all the amazing ones at the harrodsburg rd. campus. thanks God for Easter, for Your Church, for Your People, for giving us LIFE that we were able to pour back out over the last 3 days!

if you weren't there you should check out jon's message and plan to join us this weekend! i promise you'll be met with people who want to help you find connection and a message that will inspire you to go deeper with God.