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I am going to start a new tradition here at Fish is the New Cheese. It is called Spill the Beans. Each Sunday you will have the opportunity to send me your questions. Leave your question in the comments section below and I will do my best to answer each one. Ask me about technology, media, church, myself, favorite color, favorite pizza place, whatever.

I have been listening to the new Pearl Jam album over and over since it released several weeks ago. I have not been this excited about a whole album in awhile. I do want to highlight a particular song on the album that is really resonating with me right now. Enjoy.

Over Christmas break Sydnie and I went home to my parents house to spend some time with the family. While we were there my friend Justin invited me to play guitar for the services at HarrahChurch. HarrahChurch is about 5 miles from my parents house and it is one of the first churches that I attended in my life. I have a lot of friends who attend church there and we had a great time. I remember leading worship for the youth with the Hunt brothers and Mr. Cory White about 10 years ago. The youth pastor back then was a young man named Jimmy Holbrook and he was one of the first straight up, in your face preachers I had encountered. The majority of the pastors I had encountered before Jimmy were soft spoken dudes in suits. Jimmy was nothing like those dudes.

A few weeks ago Pastor Jimmy called to speak to me about joining the HarrahChurch staff and offered me a position as an associate pastor overseeing children, students, and technologies. I am really excited about what is taking place at HarrahChurch and the directions we will head. HarrahChurch has recently gone through many transitions and seen an incredible period of growth. I am stoked to be able to work with a church that is placing so much emphasis on family ministry and have really enjoyed preparing for this new opportunity.

We are starting an exciting journey together as a family with HarrahChurch. Our last Sunday with Arrow Heights Baptist Church will be October 4th and we will be in our first HarrahChurch service October 11th. Please pray for us during this transition. We will be  putting the house on the market this week, looking at houses in Harrah, packing the house, and so much more.

Check out HarrahChurch online at http://HarrahChurch.com and be sure to listen to Pastor Jimmy’s new series on Joshua. Jimmy also has his first book out called Shelter from Randall House that you can purchase at Amazon. He blogs at http://jimmyholbrook.com.

We have had a great time at Arrow Heights and made some incredible friendships. We are going to miss everyone so much, but know that God has greater things yet to come for both of us.

C

I arrived at the 20 items or less lane and took my position at 5th in the queue.  I quickly noticed that lane 25 was open and had no waiting and left my spot, rushing alongside a lady and her daughter with what appeared to be a full grocery cart. I picked up my pace just in case these two ladies were headed towards the same opening that I was.

I have really enjoyed digging into the new Mars Hill iPhone App over the last few days. The new app includes sermon audio and video, music from the Mars Hill bands, access to the blog, and links to location service times and how to give. I blogged about iPhone apps befere here. Several church apps have shown up in the app store since then, but the new Mars Hill app takes the top spot. I have really enjoyed digging into some of the older sermons and greatly appreciate not having to download the sermons to my iPhone in order to watch them.

What in your opinions are the benefits of an app versus a mobile version of your site?

Sydnie and I are proud to announce the birth of Margot Ann Davidson this past Monday at 9:24pm. She was 9lbs and 2ozs. I have the next couple of weeks to hang around the house with her and Sydnie. She is truely amazing. I certainly feel as though I have been given a great responsibility and a great joy. I am having a blast and getting very little sleep. On the plus side I believe that Margot is helping me to become a morning person.

Baby Margot Crying from Jeremy Davidson on Vimeo.