HOUSE PARTY

If you missed the show, here's what happened:

• Pray for Tinker AFB
• Interview with Wakeup Starlight
• Surprise Me God
• Abandon in Concert for FREE September 10th! AKA Andy's Birthday Party

Andy and Jenn talk to Caleb and Chris of Wakeup Starlight about the name of their band, the biggest difference between their homeland of Canada and the USA, the song "This Place is Empty", and they play "password" to get another song on the radio!

Listen to the interview with Wakeup Starlight here.

If you missed the show, here's what happened:

• Not look in the mirror for a year?
• Andy's final College Tip!
• Poetry Slam
• Surprise Me God Story!

(This is part 11 in a 11 part series of things that Andy learned in college - sometimes the hard way - so hopefully you don't have to)

I looked in the mirror and said out loud "What's wrong with me?"  as I wondered why some people of the opposite gender often looked at me as if I had leprosy.  The only thing that was missing from me being straight out of the bible was sitting on the ground yelling "unclean!"

This was after I asked a friend to go to this school event with me.  She said yes, but then said "If you touch me, I'll kill you"  (I think she was joking about the kill part... I think).

I didn't know why she felt like she had to say that.  It's not like I had done anything to deserve it.  I hadn't done anything wrong to any girl, honestly I hadn't really even dated any girl at college, but somehow I got a reputation for being a "ladies man" and that word had gotten around in some odd and horrible fashion to the point where someone felt like they had to say that to me before they hung out with me.

This was *before* Facebook was around, where I think it is even easier for people who don't know you to easily pass judgement on you just by looking at one of your status updates or one picture or one comment.

It's a great reminder to live your live "blameless" so that your reputation is not bad things, but of Jesus.

For the Kingdom of God is not a matter of what we eat or drink, but of living a life of goodness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. ¹⁸ If you serve Christ with this attitude, you will please God, and others will approve of you, too. - Romans 14:17,18

Even if people have heard bad things about you wrongly, if you are living your life the right way, you have nothing to be worried about.  

If you missed the show, here's what happened:

• Bad situation turned good
• Rockfest in Bartlesville, Sept 10th
• Andy's Birthday
• What did you learn in church?
• Andy's Guide to Surviving College #10 - The "Bad" Roommate

(This is part 10 in a 11 part series of things that Andy learned in college - sometimes the hard way - so hopefully you don't have to)

One of the last great mysteries in the world is those people that you will be thrown together with when you are in college.  The good news is, for the most part, you will love your roommates.  But know this:  There will be one that DRIVES YOU NUTS.

Even if you know all of your roommates before hand, you probably have never lived with them.  And they will be either too clean or too messy, too loud or too anti-social, their food will smell (or their clothes), they will mooch too much off of you, they will never go to sleep when you want to go to sleep, and they will generally do everything that you can't stand.

God will teach you patience if you are willing to learn in these situations, and there's not much advice I can give other than don't let your heart become hard towards them.  I let that slip in with one of my roommates and it wasn't a good thing.  Even when he was being nice, I would resent him because of my heart towards him.

Also, make sure that you are not the "Bad" roommate.  Remember, your mom isn't around, so all those things she used to do for you are now in the realm of your responsibility.  Make sure to wash the dishes, make your bed, and pick up after yourself and you'll be better than 75% of the roommates you will live with in college.

For the first and only time, you can now download all of Andy's tips to surviving college in one .pdf Ebook download, readable on your computer or anywhere else really!

It's free!  download and share with your family and friends!

Download Andy's Guide to Surviving College - The Ebook, here.

If you missed the show, here's what happened:

• Kickoff to the Weekend!
• Kids Grow up so Quickly
• Feeding the 5,000
• GIving up too easily?
• Surprise Me God
• Andy's Guide to Surviving College #9

(This is part 9 in a 11 part series of things that Andy learned in college - sometimes the hard way - so hopefully you don't have to)

We've already covered why it's not that important to shower before you go to your classes in the morning (that is, if you would miss class instead, hygiene is more important), because here is one fundamental truth throughout your college years:  Everyone Looks Frumpy.

As a matter of fact, there are people that will spend very good money to look as frumpy as possible.  Paying extra for jeans that have more holes than swiss cheese, torn shirts, cut off sweatshirts etc etc.

A lot of it goes into the fact that college students don't have a lot of money in the first place, so for a lot of people there's no choice but to rock the thrift store finds. 

There are some that do have money, but don't want to look like they do, so they will pay to look frumpy as well. 

So, don't worry about spending a lot on your clothes, don't worry about getting all primped and primed for a 7 AM class, and don't be embarrassed about your junky car, because the only place that is more casual/frumpy than college is Wal-Mart. 

If you missed the show, here's what happened:

• Interview with Sam from Mikeschair!
• Which is older?
• Surprise me God
• See Abandon for free on Andy's Birthday?