You Ask…I’ll Answer
OK. This should be fun.
Only One Rule…
You have to ask in the next 12 Hours.
Then I’ll answer them.
Every Last One One Them.
Anything you ever wanted to know.
It’s 5:30 pm.
Ready, Aim, Fire
Los
OK. This should be fun.
Only One Rule…
You have to ask in the next 12 Hours.
Then I’ll answer them.
Every Last One One Them.
Anything you ever wanted to know.
It’s 5:30 pm.
Ready, Aim, Fire
Los
RAIN IT DOWN
If I had one night to spend in the Greater Atlanta area, where should I go?
Why don’t you move to Austin and be on staff with a brand new (3 years old, 500 people) church called “The Connection Church”???
http://www.theconnectionchurch.org
crap hole. I wanted to be first…JC’s (Jesus Christ? He’s vacationing in Atlanta???) question must have posted as I was typing mine…
- Where did you come up with this post idea?
- You said you live in a basement; explain
- Who was the 4th president of the United States?
- Where do you mostly shop for clothes?
Let’s talk gear… what’s your guitar setup like?
What’s the funniest verse in the Bible?
~ What’s been the biggest culture difference for your family?
~ Do you relate differently with your wife and kids during this transition? How?
~ How do you balance God, work, marriage, family and blogging?
~ Will I ever be as cool as the Ragamuffin?
Who has been your most impactful mentor and why?
have you ever had fresh grape?
Speaking of guitars, What happened to Travis?
Do you ever feel like you have to act/dress/talk differently when you’re with Andy Stanley? Or do you wear the skull shirt in his staff meetings?
Do you ever have doubts with respect to your faith? If so, what helps you overcome them? If not, what would you say to someone who has doubts?
What were your highest and lowest points of ministry? And were there any “weird” moments when you left Sandals?
Be honest, now.
Sorry, but its a Weight Watchers question. =)
Do you use your weekly flex and activity points??
What would be your all time favorite worship set? (limit it to 10 songs)
1.Have there been any thoughts/talks of NP adding a campus to Gwinnett
County (up here in my neck of the woods)?
2. How do I get my iphone to SEND e-mail?? It keeps coming up with a
message about an outgoing server. I get the mail… just can’t send it.
what was the hardest part about moving to Atlanta?
what is your favourite month?
do you go to IKEA often?
what is your favourite part of your job?
how do you “get creative” when you have to?
ps – talked with a friend who goes to buckhead sometimes and she says that she loves it and the services are tight and flow really well….i guess that would be a props to you!
dangit im in trouble.
i cant wait to write this thesis
I’m interested in the basement story too and I want to make sure you don’t disqualify Jake on a technicality.
So what’s the story with the basement?
I am curious about your relationship with your wife, how do you encourage each other and how do you show the love of Christ for her? I want to be the best Proverbs 31 woman for my husband and would like any info you have to share!!!
Beatles or Elvis?
In your opinion…what is the single most important piece to someone who works full time as a worship pastor?
How long have you been playing guitar?
What is the best way to prepare to be a worship pastor?
ps. I know your title isn’t a worship pastor but I know you have much experience within that arena.
How are going to have time to answer all of these questions?
Do you ever have days where you feel authenticity is too hard and you just want to seriously chuck it out the window? If yes, how close have you come to doing that, and how do you get through those moments?
How did you propose to Heather?
Are you & your wife in a married small group?
How is it going?
What are you studying in your group right now?
What’s the best advice you could give to a guy getting married in 153 days?
At home….do you pee standing up or sitting down???? j/k Besides Jesus who are the first people you want to see in Heaven?????
-What podcast do you follow, if any?
-What’s your favorite book?
w00t
Peace
How did you know that God called you to ATL? How can you decide if God is telling you or not?Basicly in discison makeing how do you know that you are in Gods will?
who does your dream band consist of (living and/or dead)?
What’s the one book that completely wrecked your world?
Adopting again? Yes, no, maybe so?
Would you be willing to share this link so others can pray for this amazing family? Their faith is unbelievable and is sparking a revival in cyberspace!
http://www.cfhusband.blogspot.com
Where are some great places to eat in Seoul?(I’m going to travel to adopt our baby girl hopefully in March). Any other travel recommendations?
Can you come visit Cornerstone sometime (Francis Chan’s church)?
Do you ever wonder if your kids are learning that worship is about production values rather than about Jesus?
if i were to drive to atlanta, could i hang out with you for two working days and sit in behind the scenes for one of your sunday services?
(you said ask anything…
)
(oh, yeah – i’d need someone’s floor to sleep on)
if that one backfires on me…. ummmm…
what is your favorite single thing in the whole world to do?
SERIOUS QUESTION….Has anything ever happened in your life where you doubted your religion & how did you get over that?
NOT SO SERIOUS…When did you start shaving your head?
Do you read my blog?
Why are you involved with Compassion International? What drew you to that ministry?
If you could only listen to one album for the rest of your life, what would it be?
What advice would you give to someone working in media at a church wanting to go to the next level and be in a position like you are with such an awesome team?
how do you go about encouraging a change in culture in church leadership, when change is viewed as an indictment against the establishment?
which of new american gladiators is your fave?
How did you and Heather meet?
When’s the next time I get to hang out with you?
Why did you want to abandon the church or Christianity (as you mentioned in the LAInk show) just before finding Sandals?
Best,
RICHARD
When I put my socks in the wash, I know I put matching pairs in. Sometimes only one of the pair comes out.
Where did the other sock go and why doesn’t it ever come back?
What is your favorite thing about your wife?
Do ya’ll go shopping together?
And someone gave you a $10 iTunes gift card, what album do you buy?
Questions-
1. What’s the one thing you do to make sure that your work time doesn’t overlap with family time?
2. Is there really a battle between St.Arbucks and McDonald’s over coffee? Do the arches have a chance? Are the 4 horseman mounting up?
Do you know a nice man I can marry?
Would you rather…
be able to stop time while you slept,
or
never need to do laundry?
you know what i really wanna ask, and if you don’t, well… you’re not thinking hard enough. it has to do with a certain post you should be posting. lol.
a different question:
is that your favorite shirt?
how long have you had it?
where did you get it?
does it scare you when you look the mirror?
do you think Jesus was a drinker?
do you have any activities, games, etc. that get your creative juices flowing?
can you steal me some marriedlife live videos that I need?
what’s your most memorable starbucks experience?
Was there any experience that canceled all doubt on being called to full-time ministry?
How come I like your blog way more than everyone elses?
How are you going to answer all of these?
how are you going to be able to go to uganda, look into the eyes of those kids and not smuggle a couple of them back in your luggage?
we hosted a ugandan orphan choir at our church a while back and had a couple of the kids at our home the weekend they were here…
they loved playing on our mac with photobooth…check out their video on our old blog here
ps…i tried to do a fancy link in this comment, but if it doesn’t work, then my question is how do i insert links into comments?
Maybe it should be one question per person.
haha
You’re crazy, Los.
Do you own more pairs of shoes than your wife? (I know a few guys who put some girls to shame.)
it worked! but the link added an extra ‘L’ on the address in the bar…so, to see the fancy linked video, delete the last L on the address! have a great trip!
Tastes great or Less filling?
Do you have a daily quiet time of prayer and bible reading? Im just curious !
How come you don’t answer my e-mails? LOL.
How do you focus yourself when it comes to weight loss and quiet time.
I am having a really hard time with both.
oh geeze nothing too serious
has anyone ever told you .. you look a little like vin disel ?
All my better question ideas have been taken so….
I read once here in Ragamuffinland that you use a Moleskine notebook. And then very lately I read that you had pics taken while holding a pen for the first time in 437 years. So, like, what do you use the Moleskine for?
And secondly, if there WERE a Ragamuffinland…. what would the water feature be?
What’s playing on your ipod?
What’s your favorite TV show?
Plans for any more ink?
Will you go on a date with me?
What’s your favorite cigar?
It certainly seems you have tons of creative freedom. How much freedom do you really have there? Do you get push back when you want to stretch the creative envelope? (BTW, totally LOVED the Ladies and Gentlemen opener.)
Whats your favorite food?
In a cage match between Kristian Stanfill and Todd Fields, who would win?
My questions are based on Biblical equality. When famous people (like, say, Jay Leno or Brad Pitt) have to have their license renewed, do they have to schlep to the DMV and wait in line #3 like the rest of us poor fools, or does the State of California make special arrangements just for them? Along the same lines, where does Jack Nicholson park when he goes to a Lakers game? Lastly, when the plague hit Egypt why didn’t Pharoah die? Wouldn’t he have been the first born son? (my theory is that Moses was older, and although he wasn’t an actual blood son, he was still considered the first born; of course he was protected by the blood on the door posts)
Who’s your daddy?
WHy is PHX better than the ATL? Good talking with you bro!
ummmmmmmmm. Dear Lord….
Wow….
These questions are easy. Someone give me something to use my nonseminary14yeartofinishbadegree on.
So how many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Pop? And I know someone else already asked this (but mine is more specific)…any plans for anymore ink…if so, what? Hope you don’t have much on your agenda for the next couple days.
What part of your transition has been the hardest? What about for your wife?
What is the top three things on your “Bucket List?”
ok seriously, Anday Stanley has been our pastor in our home group for the last 3 years, via his small group DVDs….can you get me his autograph? or maybe a discount on the DVDs? ( ;
Here’s one for your nonseminary degree..
Why is the resurrection so important for Christian theology? (1 Cor 15:14) I mean, if the atonement of sins came through Christ’s death, why is faith useless without the resurrection?
Do you feel like you’re at a junket right now?
Taste great or less filling?
Do you have any advice for a Creative Director of a church that hasn’t even launched yet?
If I had a free Sunday, could I come visit you at Buckhead?
Got any inexpensive stage decoration/design or lighting ideas?
If you had to replace yourself in 3 months what would be the most important qualities you would look for in your replacement?
why would you put this upon yourself?
Do these jeans make me look fat?
What is the thorn in your side, a.k.a. what do you struggle with?
And don’t give us a pat answer like “loving too much”.
What would you say to Steve Jobs?
- Are you going to answer my questions from your last post?
- Will you have coffee with me when I come up for the Orange Conference?
- What’d you think of the Sarah Connor Chronicles on Fox?
what would you do for a klondike bar?
Favorite 90’s boy band?
Los – What is your daily/weekly agenda at Buckhead? Who and how many whos plan your weekend service? What are their job titles and job descriptions? What is the ratio of pastors to media folks at NP and BH? Any advice you can give a church that is starting an offsite venue this fall? And finally – How do you effectively communicate to elders and pastors the upmost importance of media and technology in church these days.
Blessings…
Are you seriously going to answer all these questions?
What is your best experience in worship?
How many tats do you have?
What’s the best advice to give an aspiring worship leader?
What’s your favorite Mac app?
How do you find God again when you feel so lost and forgotten?
I would of limit one question per entry. Why didn’t you?
What would you consider a hard question?
There ya go that’s my question.
Make it a great week!
Good idea. You have enough blogging material to last you the rest of the year now. And all these people will wanna hear it. Smart you are my friend. Here’s a few more:
Can I have some free drum loops to sample and try at our church from North Point?
What does the training/execution of your host teams look like at Buckhead?
Why is there braille on drive up ATM’s?
What is the actual definition and role of holy spirit baptism and when does it happen in the life of a Christ-follower? How does one know they have received it? (A slightly controversial one that might dip into that 14yr degree there.)
5 hours left people…
shoot
given the recent violence in east africa, are you nervous about traveling to kampala via nairobi?
I refuse to add a question. Besides, you answered most of mine in IM. LOLOL.
Yeah you dug yourself a hole here los…
Pst… I really DO want to see this multisite thing in action one of these days… You made me think after that convo… and I won’t put God in a box… I really was wasn’t I? OY.
-where do you see production @ npcc/bc heading in the next 3 years? the next 7?
-yes?
-why not?
-what did you do for your best date ever?
-What do you think will be your greatest accomplishment in each of the current/upcoming decades of your life: 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and 100s (you should expect a long life!)?
-What do each of your kids wants to be when they grow up?
-What do you think/hope the BC Production team says about you behind your back? What are you afraid they say?
Which question would be the best to save for last?
How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?
Does blogging (and having this many people respond) serve as a source of self-esteem? I mean, I’d feel pretty loved if this many people responded to my posts!
Protein style, animal style, spread, no spread how do you like it?
Can you ask your readers to come to my blog?
I’m absolutely flabbergasted at over 100 comments on one post in a matter of 6 hours.
Oh…and how’s life been since the vasectomy?
Did you ever find out if cranberries go good with nuts?
how did you find the job at BC?
are you hiring now?
can I be your personal assistant for 50k?
can my company bid for BC’s printing jobs and how would we do that, is there someone I can contact. Will you help me feed my wife in 08 by doing this?
if someone gave you 100,000 to use in ministry at your church tomorrow what would you do with it?
Are there any ethical adoption issues that weigh heavily on your mind?
Do you ever feel like we are all just contributing to the consumer mentality of Christians in America by creating big entertaining event-experiences for folks to “attend?”
I am not being critical, I am in the same boat. Sometimes I just wonder “to what end” are we doing all of this. What are we gaining? Is it so that we draw folks in? What happens when people are drawn in because they are entertained? Does production in worship (whiz-bang lighting, eye-popping video) become manipulation rather than inspiration?
Do you you wrestle with this too?
oooooo. Now we are getting somewhere. I can’t wait to tackle these. Keep them coming. Adam. Your’s deserves a dinner convo. Wanna fly to Atlanta?
I have a question Carlos.
How do you best see fit to follow through with your readers?
One large post?
Several sprinkled in a post a day for a few weeks?
Go hide in a hole?
Carlos
I scanned your “books” tag in the archive, where I learned your car is full of mags and books, so I assume you read, but my question is what do you read?
To which magazines do you subscribe? Which do you read cover-to-cover?
Have you read any books more than once because they were so good the first time through?
Who’s your favorite fiction writer?
What are your favorite non-fiction Christian books?
What’s your favorite non-fiction secular books?
Do you miss us? (sandalites….)
To compliment Adam’s question regarding entertaining events that attract…
How is Buckhead doing at turning attendees into members and members into ministers?
Do you see a steady flow of people moving into deeper relationships with God?
Josh Hunt teaches that a church does a good job of attracting visitors if 3% or more of a week’s attendees are newcomers. Are you hitting 3% or more?
Josh also teaches that a church does a good job of keeping visitors if 33% or more of visitors stick. Are you hitting 33% or more?
What sorts of folks are attracted to entertaining Christian events? Surely church growth has resulted, but how much of that growth was transferred from other churches and how much was new converts?
Would you like a free copy of “I WILL”? (http://www.iwillmovement.com)
I was going to ask a question. But instead I’ll just say this. HAAAA! You’d better just quit the job and start working on responses now. That’s what you get for being popular…
What do you do to keep innovative and creative, and not just following the mainstream or trends.
hey los! (something I struggle with)
how do you balance the “I’ve got so much stuff to do to get ready for Sunday”
with the
“I really need to be out from behind my macbook and building relationships with people”
?
what advice do you have for someone who is learning to play the guitar?
What do you order at Starbucks?
When Jesus said go out into the “deep”…where would “deep” be for you?
Is it hard to be humble?
Looking forward to ALL the answers!
forgot to add…
this is one courageous and creative post!
…and to add a smile after humble
(just a little blog envy…)
Fly me to Atlanta and I’ll help you answer all of these questions…of course then I’ll catch you employing your staff to answer them all.
Kudos for trying….
Who do you think will win the get to the Superbowl, and then who do think will win it?
Who do you think is the best blogger out there in the cyber world?
Will you be my friend?
How long did it take to answer all of these questions?
Boxers or Briefs?
Why do you wear that stupid skull shirt?
Are men really better drivers then women?
Best none church job you’ve ever had?
Ever played 7 min. in heaven? Or Spin the bottle?
Do you give 10% in tithe from Gross or Net? good question.
Take care and have fun answering all of these. I think you should go from bottom to top
Where does a California boy go for good tex-mex on the east side?
LOL! My question is did I just see 127 comments before mine? That’s big pimpin’
Outside the time limit…but why is your blog time zone still set to Pacific time?
Do you want me to start to answer the questions I know the answers to? H
Los,
Great idea dude, I think Alex who responded at 8:21pm a little ways up has the most important question on this entire page, please do whatever you can to answer his question.
Jesse
Is there life on other planets?
no wonder you are going to africa, you have lots of peeps….o and to answer adam…he wont be having his staff answer….i am one of them
You are so in trouble.
Hey Carlos disregard my first question. It was a joke anyway. I really want to know how do find out how many people are reading from RSS feeds? How do you find out how many people visit your site?
i’m posting too late for an answer, but aren’t you kicking yourself for posting this? geez, 135 comments and some ask more than one question. good luck los.
btw–how do you deal with crazies on the net? i’m beginning to encounter some.
What is your nationality? Are you of mixed races?
I am gonna steel this post idea for my blog, thanks.
okay, not sure if this has been asked yet, but…
where do you get your clothes? love the style!!!
You are nuts! What in the world caused you to think of doing this?
Okay, I love Starbucks but I usually get the same ol’ Caramel Macciatto…what is a good alternative?
How did you get into ministry?
hey, could you hook me (a hardworking, eager, fun, and entertaining bible school undergrad) up with an internship at buckhead somewhere between now and say, 2011?
also, i’d like to bump adam and ken’s questions. nothing to add. just thinking along the same lines.
holy crap carlos–you’ve created a monster!
Women often chat with me who are having a hard time conceiving, thus are considering adoption. Some say they don’t want to miss out on a traditional body-birth experience. Having had the uber blessing of being able to deliver traditionally, as well as via adoption, I always let them know body-births and heart-births are the same thing. Our Gotcha day, the glorious day we held our baby girl from China, was as magical as the glorious day we delivered our boys traditionally. For as much as I love each of my children, celebrating their bents, helping them get to where God wants them to go, I have to admit their is a certain sense of longing associated with adoption that I am not sure I can explain. Can you help? Care to share your thoughts on body-birth’s and heart-births?
`Roxanne
PS: I am Loran’s sister in-law. He told me about your site. He is as cool as you are. He had me watch your Korea video. I balled like a baby. My site is not as cool as yours (I am a technical shmo), but here it is if you want to see a pic of our baby girl:
http://www.ourforeverfamilyphotos.blogspot.com/
Sorry Carlos, to be hogging so much space, but I found the poem I wrote on our “GOTCHA DAY.” I just wanted to share it with you – feel free to add your thoughts to my questions above. Here it is:
A Poem: ” The Wind Wispered…”
The wind wispered to the mother of our daughter’s birth, “hide my child in your womb, keep her safe, and I will protect you and your baby from laws harsh and unfair”. The mother shared her body with her baby, privately and in silence, but with a love from on high to protect her baby and give her a future she could not. On the day of her childs’ birth she took her baby to a safe finding place in the early dawn, hiding to protect herself from prosecution for a gestation forbid by her government.
Vendors were preparing for travelers in the sunny, pretty, bright, clean and airy bus station. Vendors and travelers understood the birth mothers’ angst, and in honor of the birth mothers’ courage, lovingly took the baby to the sweet officer who carried the new child to the loving orphanage. The small, loving orphanage, full of sweet, tender care, placed the new baby in the arms of a loving foster family: a dad, a mom, a brother and sister, until the babys’ forever family arrived.
Accross the ocean the wind spoke to the babys’ forever family and said, “A baby in the east will be born of your heart, and you will bring her to the west to be with you, her forever family: a dad, a mom, two brothers, one doggie – the new baby will be yours, and you will be hers forever. The daddy and mommy told the wind they know a baby born of their body or hearts are one in the same, and with joy and glee they patiently waited for the day to arrive for their new baby girl to be in their arms.
Now the baby is with her forever daddy and mommy – they ask the wind to bless, protect and honor the babys’ birth mommy, and cannot wait to return home to the west with their baby born of their hearts to meet her brothers, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends.
The wind said, “I will be with you and protect you everyday and always, just as I do with you, your two sweet sons, I will do with your sweet daughter”.
Good luck Carlos.
I bet it will be the last time you open the floor for questions. You have about 143 post (and many people have asked more than ONE question).
Have fun! You need to take a picture of yourself AFTER answering all 242423 questions looking all defeated and tired and such.
So i know that this is late my bad, but hey what Bands and groups to you look at to get ideas for music during the services??
I can’t wait to see the answers. (especially that tootsie pop question everyone keeps bringing up. Didn’t they count with the owl in the 70’s?)
I could do something like this, but it would only take me like 5 seconds to answer questions from my 3 or 4 readers.
When you sit down at the pre-production meeting, who is your favorite person at the table who is over 6′5?
Troy Aikman’s backup
Junior #88 or Gordon #24
what is your Mom’s phone number?