thoughts on my 1st radio interview today

i just wanted to take a few minutes to download my thoughts after my 1st ever radio interview earlier today about some social justice organizations.

*i think it went well overall. thanks to all of you who were able to tune in online or on the radio. i hope in some small way i was able to lift up the name of Jesus and push forward His kingdom.

- it felt a little bit weird that they were playing that "My Humps" song right before i started talking about Jesus and serving the poor. it was just awkward to transition from Fergie belting out her famous question = "whatcha gonna do with all that junk" and then talk about serving Jesus and the poor...

- it was interesting but really cool having an unbeliever interviewing me + 2 others in the room producing who probably weren't believers. the girl interviewer made all kinds of interesting comments like "i thought you were going to be this really weird spiritual guy but you're really cool." ha... i laughed.

- innocent question and i thought it was a great question that she asked = "does serving the poor have anything to do with your faith?" uh... yeah... everything. they are 1 and the same. they can't be separated. faith and action always go together. you cannot have 1 without the other.

- it was great to have my boy Brian in the room also doing the interviewing of me. he "gets" it, so it was cool to have a friend that was "for" all these causes we talked about.

- i could tell i struck a nerve with the unbelievers in the room several times. that was awesome. they were moved by stories via sponsoring kids through Compassion International and building clean water wells through Advent Conspiracy and Living Water International.

- there was always more i wanted to say after some questions... next time i'll know i just gotta be ready to say it. :)

- it takes a little while to get comfortable in that chair and with the mic in my face, etc... i didn't really feel "at home" in the conversation until about 5 minutes in.

overall good times. thanks Brian for inviting me. great experience.