I am home safely from Dallas, Texas. It was so nice to put my arms around my sweet wife yesterday afternoon and kiss little Elias’s forehead and cheeks. I think Elias missed me. Probably not as much as Jessica missed me. But I could tell he missed me a little.
The Echo Conference was amazing. Here are my personal highlights:
1) The food. My gosh, the FOOD was amazing. From the junk food to the healthy food to the food that does nothing but taste good, it was all amazing. I think I gained at least a pound or two just in strawberries. Mmm.
2) I finally got to meet Rob Thomas and Scott McClellan. Great guys. These two were the ones who invited me to write for Collide Magazine for the magazine’s first year. Rob is also the mastermind behind Igniter Media, Worship House Media, Collide Magazine, as well as the Echo Conference. It was awesome finally being able to meet those guys in person.
3) Got to hang with my good friend Bart Damer. Bart is perhaps the most creative person I know, at least when it comes to design, graphic art, and video technique. He’s ridiculous! Check out his work here!
4) Mark Steele and I became friends. Discovering that we had a lot in common certainly helped each of us with fodder so that we could poke fun at each other. So we spent the weekend coming up with so-so-funny jabs about each other. You know, stuff that we thought was hilarious, but everybody else only thought it was “kind of” funny. But for us, it was fun. Mark and his co-host Jeff also interviewed me for the Steelehouse Podcast. You can listen to it here. It’s a lengthy interview–about 25 minutes.
OK, so that’s just the first day. I’ll write more a little later…
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Matthew i listened to the interview and it really sound Great, really injoyed what I heard, can’t wait to pick it up!
Matthew I listened to the whole inteview, can’t wait to pick up a copy of your book. Thank you for your honesty, we all have “stories” mine was with the Catholic faith.
Love your blog!
Was it Jeff Huston that was with Mark?
Those two are a mighty talented and humorous pair!!
So glad you had time with them and had a great weekend experience!
Yes, Vern, it was Jeff Huston! They both are so friendly, and yes, like you said, talented!
🙂
Did they guy call you ‘beautifully prolific’? Dude, I think he has a man-crush on you.
Seriously, though (not to imply that a man-crush isn’t serious), I’m excited about the book, the David Sedaris tone in particular. Speaking of which, do you read him? Have you heard him read his work? If the answer to the latter is no, you should figure out when he’s going to be in your area and go. You will laugh your ass off, which, I will admit, does make sitting uncomfortable…but I digress.
Great interview, mpt. Again, I really look forward to the book. I’ll let you know if it’s helps me get back to church sans nausea.
@Terroni: I love David Sedaris. I’ve never gotten the chance to see him live, but I do have several of his books on my ipod. And I love his readings. He’s hilarious. He’s coming to Nashville in the fall, but I think I’ll be on tour during that time. 🙁
@Todd: Thanks man…