The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame recently released "The Definitive 200" best albums.

Here are the ones on the list I own: (14 in all)

5. U2 – JOSHUA TREE
10. NIRVANA – NEVERMIND
11. PEARL JAM – TEN
45. U2 – ACHTUNG BABY
55. LAURYN HILL – MISEDUCATION OF LAURYN HILL
57. 50 CENT – GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN’
65. COLDPLAY – RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD
73. REM – AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE
95. CREED – HUMAN CLAY
106. BECK – ODELAY
111. RADIOHEAD – O.K. COMPUTER
124. OASIS – WHAT’S THE STORY MORNING GLORY
159. BOYZ II MEN – COOLEYHIGHHARMONY
197. U2 – ALL THAT YOU CAN’T LEAVE BEHIND

These I don't own, but have greatest hits CDs for:

MICHAEL JACKSON, PRINCE, JOHNNY CASH, JANET JACKSON, NO DOUBT, SMASHING PUMPKINS, MADONNA, LL COOL J

And I'm probably missing a few.

Yeah, an old shot. Don't know that I've ever blogged it before. It's a punk kid at an outdoor church service that he didn't really wanna be at.

If you haven't played roller hockey, you don't know what you're missing.

Or maybe you do.

NEW! Now caring 400% more for women than men!

OK, that's not my church's new slogan. But the reality of the budget ledger shows we do spend four times more on ministry stuff for women than men.

I'm not sure what that means.

Maybe the women are more organized and have more events. I know they had a big winter retreat this past weekend with food, guest speakers, music, etc. They schedule more events so need more money.

So maybe it's an indictment of the men, for not doing more formal activities. Although, men are surely well represented in our co-ed ministries.

Do churches know what to do with men? I'm not sure.

I'm not sure I know what to do with men at church. The Promise Keepers fad has subsided. We don't want big retreats at church. Our church has sponsored hunting trips for men, or trips to baseball games. The latter would be more my speed.

We talked about this at a small group at church the other day. Have men abdicated their place in the church? (And I mean Church in the universal sense, not just my local body). Or to some extent, is the church responsible for not engaging men?

More questions than answers, I know. But that's what I do.

Thanks to Netflix, I just saw The Right Stuff for the first time. I enjoyed it. But then again, I dig that space stuff.

But it reminded me that I've interviewed Scott Carpenter, one of the first seven astronauts. They were the guys who flew the Mercury missions. But while I'm a space history buff -- I was pretty disappointed with my interview. Here I am, talking to a living legend about space, and also his time in some undersea lab... and well, he just wasn't tracking. He seemed a little off his game.

It left me with less than a great impression. But having seen the movie now, it has restored awe in those early space pioneers. It wasn't a great interview, but hey, at least I had the chance!

There's something cool about seeing a deserving family move into a new home of their own. This family is not only paying for a new home, but they helped build it through Habitat for Humanity. Yes, Habitat families do have a mortgage to pay. It's cheaper than most homes. But it's not a free house by any means. They put in hundreds of hours working on the home. And this weekend they got the keys. I'm proud to say I helped put the siding on the home, with the kids from chuch. Just hope it stays up!

So I put 300 miles on the work car today. Ugh. I'm tired.

Here's what I picked up most recently from Barnes & Noble:
The Secret Message of Jesus: Uncovering the Truth that Could Change Everything by Brian McLaren

It's been a good week for pictures I took last year at Cornerstone. Now one of my pictures has cracked the top 500 at Flickr, on their scale of "interestingness."

But you'll have to follow this link to actually see it. Gotta keep driving numbers there :)

Look familiar? This shot graces the cover of the Cornerstone Festival 2007 brochure that arrived in my mailbox today.

I thought I'd shot it, but had to look through thousands of shots to see if I really did. Yup. I did. And here it is. Actually, I count no fewer than six shots in the mailer that came out.

So if you get a Cornerstone mailing, look for the inset shot of Relient K on the front cover and that's my handiwork :)