Outraged

I know I said that I wasn't going to post until September 6th, but my outrage got the better of me.

A fellow follower of Christ, Pat Robertson, called for the assasination of Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez. Being a major leader in the Christian community (especially evangelical), Pat has the ear of many of the Bible belt. It is a sad day when such a leader calls for death. I would hope that the Christian community will rise up and ask that Pat Robertson apologize for his words that are so contrary to Christ's ("Peter, put away the sword"). Everyone makes mistakes, and the Christian community will extend grace to Mr. Robertson, but I pray that he will fix what he has broken.

p.s. In no way do I support Hugo Chavez, he is a man that does not need to be in power, but assisination is never the call of a follower of Christ.

Emergingshow.com- Formerly Known As....

Yes, the hibernation is over. The podcast will be resuming SEPTEMBER 6, 2005!

The podcast formerly known as "The Emerging Show", will now simply be called "Emergingshow.com". The format will be very similar to the previous format, but will hopefully include more interaction with guests, users, etc. The show had over 5000 individual listeners before the summer began, and with the advent of the iTunes Music Store now including podcasting, we are expecting a much bigger response. God bless you all for waiting patiently. See you on September 6.

Emergingshow.com Team

New Videos

I am giving the message tomorrow at Northview, and here is a video that is part of the message. Let me know what you think. God bless.

p.s. you will need QuickTime to view it.

Tommy

G8 Summit

Today I will ask everyone who reads this blog and listens to the Emerging Show to say a prayer today for those leaders who are meeting at the G8 Summit. They have a chance to enact a saving grace upon the continent of Africa--one true sense of the word salvation. God bless.

Tommy

1600

With the advent of Podcasting on iTunes, it has opened doors to many podcasters to a whole new audience. Since iTunes released it's podcast software we have had over 1600 individual listeners to the Emerging Show, and these are old shows! I can't wait to begin the new shows starting in about a month! God bless!

Tommy

iTunes Test

This is an old podcast to test out the iTunes podcast directory. God bless.

Tommy

Independence Day

Happy Independence Day. Enjoy this day, and be safe.

Tommy

iTunes and Podcasting

Hey Guys,
Just to let you know, iTunes just released a new update that incorporates podcasting directly into the software. When the Emerging Show starts up again you will be able to get all the podcasts directly loaded to your iTunes and/or to your iPod (if you have one). Go ahead and go to the iTunes music store if you have the new version and subscribe for free to the Emerging Show! God bless!

Tommy

Far To Long

Well, it has been far to long since I have posted. I am sorry.

Today is my birthday, and I woke up to breakfast and a new digital camera from my girlfriend. Could it get any better?

I promise I will start updating again soon, the summer is almost over. God bless.

Tommy

This Summer

This summer is proving to be one of the fullest summers ever. Life is speeding by at the speed of sound.

Due to my hectic schedule during the summer, The Emerging Show with be postponed until the end of this summer season. I will try to post a few podcast between now and then, but there will be no schedule until the end. I know you understand. God bless!!

p.s. I will still post to this blog as much as I can.

Tommy Bailey

Emerging Show Will Go On

Just a reminder that The Emerging Show does still exist, but it has not been on an active schedule for the last 2 weeks. It will resume shortly. I know you all understand (around 2500 hundred individual listeners to the last podcast) that life gets busy sometimes. God bless!

p.s. be sure to check out the "Make Poverty History" website. Click on the banner at the top of this page. So many good things are being done through this orginization, and others like it trying to clear poverty in the worlds poorest countries. Did you reallize that 30,000 (that's 3 a second) people die every single day because of poverty. Check out the website, and get involved.

Tommy

My Life So Far

Life the past 2 weeks have been a buzz of activity. Last week, I was asked to lead Northview in worship and teaching all by myself (with violin help from the mast violinist Houston). I had a wonderful time, and I think I learned more than I taught. It was a fun week, and a great weekend of worshp with my church family.

Before the weekend my sister had her 18th birthday party. I got her cigarettes and an iTunes gift card. Pretty good brother, huh.

This week I am having a great time creating and dreaming, but am having a difficult time picking out songs (usually a long process for me, but this week has been unusually long. Most of the time I have to take a whole day to process the flow of worship through music.)

This is a quick glance at life so far, I will update you with some more creative pics. God bless.

Tommy

I Will Post Soon

I'm sorry I haven't posted in a while, I will post very soon. God bless!

Tommy

And The American Idol Is...

I was almost wrong with my leanings toward Bo Bice. I am not
concerned whatsoever with the career of Bo, he will be a star. I am
so happy for Carrie, and I have to be honest that I am proud that she
is from Oklahoma (except for the fact that when they talk about her
hometown they seem to show only the biggest of "hicks". To the rest
of the world--Not all Oklahomans are hicks!) God bless.

Tommy

What Happened

I have to be honest, I really didn't think any of them did their best yesterday. I have to admit that as a musician I must empathize with the fact that it is impossible to do your best after tirelessly singing and learning songs at the rapid pace that they are forced to. So, with that said, I have to say I favor Bo, although, I think he only has a slight edge (he performed "Vehicle" brilliantly). I guess we will see what happens tonight.

Tommy

Who Will Win

Tonight Bo and Carrie have their final performance before American Idol 2005 finally ends (didn't it seem like it was longer this year?). I have a personal favorite, but I think they both have a shot. It will be an interesting night.

Of all the performances I have seen, I believe Bo is a much better showman, and he did prove that he can sing last week when he did an a capella tune. Carrie does have a star quality about her, and she has an excellent voice, and she is from Oklahoma...

p.s. my favorite is Bo (although, I'm not sure how he will have any credibility in the rock and roll world if he wins, I mean come on, Mick Jagger wouldn't be Mick Jagger if he would have won American Bandstand, but we shall see)

Tommy

More Photos

Here are some photos from part of my weekend in Nashville (click on the title of the post). On Sunday afternoon we took a trip to Nachez Trace and found trail tucked away in the woods. It was breathtakingly beautiful, and the photos don't do it justice. God bless.

Tommy

Spider

I just walked into the men's restroom at Northview and saw this. If
you don't know me well let me inform you that I am more afraid of
spiders than any other creature on this earth. The picture doesn't
really give much perspective, but it is aprox. 2.5-3 inches long (no
exaggeration)

My Last Day In Nashville

I am leaving tomorrow morning to head back home to Oklahoma City. I will soon post photos from the conference, and also talk about some of the conversations that arising in the "emerging" church arena. In the meantime (sorry I always promise pictures and nevery deliver) I have posted some creative pictures that I took randomly, click on the title of this post to go there. God bless.

Tommy

Some Photos

If you click on the title of this post you can look at some random shots from the Emerging Church conference and random shots from Nashville. I've had an aboslutely wonderful/refreshing/renewing/insightful/exciting time at this conference. Today I went to a seminar with Brian McLaren on scripture, and let me tell you, it made me see the scriptures in an absolutely fresh way. I am excited. Now I realize that it's always easy to get pumped up at a conference because of the excitement in the air and the energy of having everyone there for one purpose (like youth camps, hehe), but I can honestly say that this week has had a great impact on me, and the faith community I am a part of that will be added to the story of my life.

On a side note, I was able to meet Richard Foster, and Brian McLaren today...my 2 favorites, they seemed very genuine. Also, the prayer chapel, labyrith, and various worship experiences were probably the most beautiful part of my weekend. I will have plenty of photographs from all those. All the photos I have so far are all from my cameraphone. There will be better photos from my friend who has a professional grade camera. Thanks Thad.

God bless.