Here are some ideas I’ve had over the last few weeks.  Feel free to use any of them you wish:

Online service only
We are going to do this for Good Friday at Fellowship on April 10th, 2009.  This will be a part of a 5 week series we’ll be doing, but will not be on a Sunday, only online at this site.  I’m looking forward to joining our church family in one of two services on Good Friday at noon or 5:00 pm.

What I’ve done
This Linkin Park tune was a killer a few weeks ago to close up a service where we focused on the story of sin.

Picture video of my life
Ever since I was introduced to Animoto on Brad Ruggles blog, I’ve ideated about making a music video of my life from birth through the multi generations I’ve lived until now.  The only decision I would have to make with the aforementioned site would be the theme song for my life soundtrack.  Ideas?

Work on a project with Clay
As one of my closest friends since junior high, I feel very strongly that this founder of conservatismlives.com is a genius.  But I have yet to work with him on some project since we have both blossomed into adulthood.    But one day…

One Prayer pastor/band switcharoo
Last year our church participated in One Prayer, a movement of churches who came together to show the unity we have in Christ.  For 4 weeks we were treated to the wonderful video teaching of some of the best preachers in the country.  So I had this idea to take it to another level.  Would another pastor and church be open to trading places with the pastor of this church (that’s me) and  the bands would trade places too?  Just an idea.

A Marty Party
I would love to have all my closest friends from the entirety of my life and from the many places I’ve lived to come to a party where I can connect them all and convey how much I appreciate them, and I would love this party to take place well before I’m 80 and not to coincide with my funeral.

Surprise Lunch
Using the wonderful technology of Facebook, I would like to announce to all my friends an inpromptu lunch at a specific place in the area I live.  It might be interesting to see who would show up.  Could I end up having lunch with 5 people I haven’t seen in a few years?

Heck No!  We won’t go!
A bit of reverse psychology – I think I’d like to form a picket line around a non profit organization that is doing amazing things here in my area.  Then I’d write negative sarcastic jokes down on my posters about that 501c3 organization, and act like I’m really angry that they exist, then I’ll watch as they gain more support after I picket them than they have had for the last 5 years.

I Scream Sunday!
There’s really no interesting idea here, but thank you to One Bad Pig, the 80′s Christian metal band from Austin, TX for singing these words with all the heart they could muster.

Don’t go postal on me
I think it would be neat to prepare a box lunch of some sort for my postal carrier sometime, especially since she’s pretty ticked off that our box door always sticks.

No email or social networking day
No doubt you’ve received the “please fast from your computer” pleas from friends and family alike, but that’s not what I’m talking about.  I’m thinking that with all the emails I send out and internet communication I do, it might be nice to take any general day and say “Today I’m not going to communicate at all via the internet, but if I need to communicate with someone I would have emailed, I will push myself to make a phone call or go visit that person.”

So that’s the rough draft of my recent idea list.  the next step is…

Last fall, I shared with you my most played songs on itunes.  Here’s the renewed list.
top 25 songs on my ipod list.

25.  Still Here – The Undeserving
24.  Like a stone – Audioslave
23.  Love Bites – Def Leopard
22.  Boston – Augustana
21.  Jesus, You alone – Tim Hughes
20.  I don’t want to be in love – Good Charlotte
19.  Let’s see how far we’ve come – Matchbox Twenty
18.  Move – David Crowder
17.  So Great a salvation – The OC Supertones
16.  A Murder of One – Counting Crows
15.  Stars – Switchfoot
14.  Majesty – Matt Redman
13.  Wonderful – Everclear
12.  Deeper – Delirious
11.  Blush – Plumb
10.  What I’ve done – Linkin Park
9.  Bigger than my body – John Mayer
8.  Unforgetful you – Jars of Clay
7.  Bed of Nails – Jake Holman
6.  Surrender – Sister Hazel
5.  Rise – Robbie Seay Band
4.  First Time – Lifehouse
3.  Give until theres nothing left – Reliant K
2.  All because of you – U2
1.  It’s not over – Daughtry

Holla at me if your favorite music should be on here.

The trends of today, probably because of the connectedness of the world via the internet, and what I believe to be the the Kingdom of God making its way throughout the earth, are to think of others and put them before yourself.  This has been explored by various types of social, media, and entertainment mediums such as U2, Nickelback, Linkin Park, The Disney Channel, Fox news, the NFL and the NBA, CNN, George Clooney,American Idol, and slowly but surely, the church.
One of the things I briefly mentioned in this post about the VMA’s and more specifically, MTV, was their coming irrelevance if they don’t change their ways.  In a world of less selfishness and more love, MTV has become a symbol of a me-first mentality that started in the 2nd half of the 20th century and finally ended as the focal point of a generation (though it certainly still continues) at the end of the same century.

Sorry MTV, a cable channel that focuses on reality shows where the whole point is to see girls in bikinis and shirtless guys trying to tempt them into cheating on their significant others are no longer of interest to a new generation that wants to see something real and loving.  Perhaps its time to…

once again be a channel about music?