Last weekend, I attended New Organizing Institute’s RootsCampDC. One of the was titled, “Organizing Jesusland” and another dealt with Evangelical faith values and progressive politics. Of course, this got this mind of mine thinking.

A few weeks ago, my friend Steve Knight invited me to speak at Transform that’s taking place here in DC in April. He asked me to reach back into my Social Media know-how and possibly do some sort of bootcamp for Missional Christian types. Of course I was thrilled since I’ve taken a 3 year break from anything Emerging or Missional… or related to Jesusistan. I jokingly asked, “Do people still not know how to use Facebook and YouTube?” So here’s my spin taking my inspiration from RootsCamp. Hopefully, Steve will go for it…

Organizing for the United States of Evangelicals: Lessons from the Obama Campaign’s use of Web 2.0

Looking at the social media tools behind web 2.0, how Evangelicals are using them, and what we can learn from the Campaign for Change. Are Evangelicals tapping into ways to organize missionally or are they sticking to online marketing and evangelizing?

I recently downloaded the remixes of You Found Me by The Fray. I know this song is old (Fall 2008, beginning of 2009), but I never stopped to listen to the lyrics. The beat to the Lenny B mixes insanely drive the meaning of this song home, well at least for me. So I went to wikipedia to find some more information on this song. There I found:

“You Found Me” is a tough song for me. It started from just a song with a lot of hate towards God. More of questions, “why” It’s about the disappointment, the heartache, the let down that comes with life. Sometimes you’re let down, sometimes you’re the one who lets someone else down. It gets hard to know who you can trust, who you can count on. This song came out of a tough time, and I’m still right in the thick of it. There’s some difficult circumstances my family and friends have been going through over the past year or so and can be overwhelming. It wears on me. It demands so much of my faith to keep believing, keep hoping in the unseen. Sometimes the tunnel has a light at the end, but usually they just look black as night. This song is about that feeling, and the hope that I still have, buried deep in my chest. -Lead singer and pianist, Isaac Slade

Don’t need to say too much more, but I think most people who know me well understand that the past few years have been difficult. I’ve had my share of life’s difficulties, but the last few years have taken a special prize… and place, for that matter, in my life. The last 3 years have definitely shaped me profoundly. I’m just coming out of the thick of it and hope to share my story one day, but until then… I leave you only with the video.