The Art of Tuesdays

---7:00-9:00 p.m.---
Seven and a half months into Masters, my Tuesday night routine has been established. The first event is 722. My car is small, but Scottie n' I usually try to bring at least one classmate with us to share the love. This week it was RC.

Kristian led the worship and Jarrett gave the message. The series was titled "all of the above" and Jarrett talked about how we tend to classify everything as either spiritual or secular. Generally, we would say that spiritual things are good and secular things are bad. Even though there are many aspects of the secular world that are influenced by sin, there is still no reason that we can't find the good in it and merge the two worlds. What Jarrett suggested is that we tear down the walls and instead of trying to cram our secular world into our spiritual world and making it work, we should instead take our spiritual world and include it in our secular one.

All in all, a great night. Worship was out of the park and the message was right on. It really made me think and challenged some mind sets that I've been raised in. My Tuesday nights would not be the same without a little 722.

---9:30-11:00p.m.---

After chillin' at Buckhead, the next stop is Java Monkey. Heather Luttrell is the definition of a fiery red head and she plays every Tuesday. She's also the only artist that is actually paid to play. I'm ok with that, because she's just amazing. Heather sings from her soul with her bluesy pipes. She new me right away when I walked in the door and we both laughed, because we new WHY she remembered me. The first time I went to hear her play, I opened my mouth to say "hi", but forgot to quit talking with my Aussie accent. Rather than correct myself, I kept up the act and told her I was from Sydney. After bit, I left to get some coffee and when I came back I dropped the accent and said, "Heather, I can't lie. I'm not from Australia." She looked me in the eye with her jaw dropped and said..."you (bad word)". We laughed and I apologized. This week I said I was sorry again, but I'm glad I did it. She still remembers me.

She's an amazing musician that's been all over. Usually accompanied by Walter, (violin, mandolin, harmonica player extraordinaire) Heather has toured for years and shared the stage with names like Elton John. Being able to hear her play every week is nothing shy of a perfect ending to a Tuesday night.