January 30 - Nate Larkin & The Samson Soceity

January 30, 2008 - Where it all started…McCreary’s Irish Pub (Franklin, TN)
To be honest, this has been the most difficult blog entry to write. Thoughts have been stirring and an unsettled spirit continues to saturate these words…the men that we just spent time with champion a cause that contradicts so much of what is [...]

Thanks to Tim Shetter & Matt Benson

Just wanted to send a quick thanks to Tim Shetter and Matt Benson for hosting us in Dayton, TN. Tim, the Residential Director for Bryan College, allowed us to have our own dorm room on Wednesday night and Matt gave us his car to use while we waited to get word about the vanagon [...]

Vanagon Confession

Ok, so there is really no way to decorate this - in a recent blog post it was communicated that our vanagon broke down, again. It’s true that on Tuesay night we were leaving Bryan College headed toward Nashville in the pouring down rain after having engine trouble earlier in the day (do you [...]

January 29 - Bryan College - Dayton, TN

3:00PM - Meeting with Matt Benson, Dr. Stephen Livesay, and Bryan College Student Leaders
We met Matt Benson in the Bryan College library and he was standing in the lobby with the President of Bryan College, Dr. Stephen Livesay. Before heading to meet with the team of student leaders that Matt had rallied together we [...]

January 29 - Manchester, TN

~8:30AM - LV & Jesse Entering TN!!!
9:30AM - Breakfast with Tony & Rebekah Buchanan (Lord of the Rings???)
Donnie and Christy Slade were more than kind to let us stay at their house last night, but Ty was the one who had to give up his room for two total strangers - thanks Ty!!! We [...]

January 28 Video Highlights!

Here is a glimpse from yesterday’s adventures…Trip 2, Day 1, here we go!
 
 

(p.s. - right now, 7:57PM, we are sitting in local diner in Dayton, TN - the vanagon broke down and we are staying the night here with Tim Shetter from Bryan College…hoping to make it to Franklin, TN by tomorrow afternoon to meet [...]

An Evening with the Slades

10:15PM (Last Night) - The night is still young with Donnie and Christy Slade and their three rugrats - Trip (15), Ty (12), and Taylor (11). We had diner at Jefferson’s in downtown Rome, GA (Monday night is Burger Night!). As we were talking with Donnie and Christy shortly after finishing our food, [...]

January 28, 2008

4:26PM - West Ridge Church StaffWe just left West Ridge church in Dallas, GA after having a chance to sit down with about 15 people from their staff team.  I learned that before you walk into any meeting make sure to check youtube for any videos tagged with the person or persons you are meeting…let’s [...]

Catalyst Road Trip #2 - TN, HERE WE COME!

9:23AM - Duluth, GA (getting read to hit the road, again)

LV welcomes a new Catalyst Vanagon Vagabon - Mr. Jesse Phillips!  Hailing from Southern California and dreaming of one day cruising around in a pimped out Scion XB, Jesse Phillips has decided to try his hand at driving the Catalyst Highway Highlighter!  We will be [...]

Catalyst Vanagon Lowlights!

For every trip there are highlights…and there are lowlights, but nobody ever gets to see the lowlights, until today! Check out our road trip #1 Vanagon lowlights…