Linkin ParkStill no baby… But tomorrow morning (Wednesday) Robin is going to be induced. So, assuming everything goes according to plan, the world will be “one Watson richer” by tomorrow night (as my friend Ryan put it!).

With all this waiting for baby, I think I had what I would have to call an “anxious dad moment” yesterday. I actually bought a CD at the mall!! I haven’t done that for years! I usually buy CD’s from half.com, or download them from iTunes, or, ahem, borrow them from friends… :-/

So here I was at the mall with my buddy D.G. and I had this incredible urge to buy the latest Linkin Park CD, Minutes to Midnight. I really don’t know what came over me except that it was, like I said, an “anxious dad moment.”

But here’s the thing that’s so cool about this CD. This CD (and all the other Linkin Park CDs, for that matter) demonstrate the fact that God is at work in the world even where the church seems to be absent. There’s a song on the CD called “What I’ve Done.” Check out the lyrics and the video below. Can you hear the message of sin and forgiveness in it? That’s the gospel, isn’t it?!

As a church, we have to be willing to respond to and embrace God’s working in the world wherever it is, even if we’d never expect God to be there–just like Paul recognized that God was at work in Athens in their worship of the “unknown god” (Acts 17:16-34).

What I’ve Done - Linkin Park

In this farewell
There’s no Alibi
‘Cause I’ve Drawn Regret
From the truth
Of a Thousand Lies

[Pre-Chorus:]
So let Mercy Come
And Wash Away
What I’ve Done

[Chorus:]
I’ll face myself
To Cross out what I’ve Become
Erase Myself
And let Go of What I’ve done

Put to rest
What you Thought of Me
While I clean this Slate
With the Hands of Uncertainty

[Pre-Chorus]

[Chorus]

For What I’ve Done
I start again
And whatever pain may come
Today this ends
I’m Forgiving What I’ve Done!!!

[Chorus]

What I’ve Done
Forgiving What I’ve Done