QA in Denver Paramount

i had the fantastic opportunity to see my favorite adored comedian in concert. wow, he was amazing. as funny as i had ever hoped. i laughed so hard, i cried. went with some great friends, and it was a great night out.

this was his stripped tour. needless to say, I am SOOO upset, we missed a QA after the concert. this picture was taken by a friend of mine the next night. we missed him by about 10 minutes. we were hot, tired, and i ended up working till 2am because of a deadline. worst timing ever.

that’s not what i really want to write about, I really came away from his concert with wanting to talk to him, enlighten him, share my experience with yes, the EDDIE IZZARD. if I have had the chance, what question would I ask him??? why would he care what I thought?

here is what concerned me from his stand-up act… he talked a ton about Christianity and his doubts and questions/disbeliefs. he wants to empower everyone that we can do great things, but without God. how can that be? 6 years ago, i would have been right there with him, now… not so much.

he is missing out on really trying to understand who God is and who he can be in his heart. i guess, I felt sadness for him and wondered if I (little me) could change his heart, because i have feel obligated to help him and i have walked this similar path of doubt. i felt the same way he does for probably 17 years. i live with a born englishman, who feels very similar. i see the doubt, sarcasm, and hypocrisy daily and I see the sadness and the weight of having to take on so much as an individual and having little or no hope/faith of a savior to take away the pain. it deeply hurts me to hear eddie izzard speak so directly to me. it went straight to my heart. i know, I saw my family in his words, maybe I am wanting to help them see God?

from what I experienced just being in England this Spring, it seems like England and Europe have mostly put God on the side…as izzard has said in one of his routines… ‘christianity is kind of a hobby.’ we were just in England and I saw it with my own eyes. And, those people that have made God a priority… they are the outsiders and few people understand them. where did they get lost?

one of my thoughts that I may share with mr. izzard via email might be for him to download some sermons from a great church that changed my feelings. my friends told me ‘give it one month, when I doubted’. it took two visits to the church and it hit me deeply on father’s day in 2004. Try out listening to pod casts of Kelly Williams at www.vanguardchurch.org. In one of our sermons, our pastor talked of our church has sometimes been known as the ‘last outpost’ before people give up on God, maybe Vanguard could soften the great Eddie Izzard’s heart to take the challenge to at least get to know God, then decide on his path. i know it has soften my family’s heart and I continue to pray and continue to lead my life as God has instructed me, which is difficult to know what he wants vs. what I think he wants.

maybe eddie will find this post. thank goodness, he is a MAC lover, as I am. sounds like he can move around the internet pretty well

maybe I can get through to the great eddie izzard via email and pray. crazy, you may say… nothing is impossible with God on our side. lord, do I know this!