Enter the MAZE

Before they were "reading minds" and catching bullets in their teeth, Jim Munroe and Tennyson McCarty were at the University of Texas. Jim had ridden the rollercoaster of faith after a disappointing end to his hopeful career as a major-league baseball pitcher. Tennyson was pursuing a master's degree in global leadership and working on campus as a parachurch minister after playing four years as tight end for the University of Colorado in Boulder. They became fast friends through their passion for Jesus Christ and hunger to bring students into a meaningful relationship with the Truth.

The two honed their skills, studied Scripture and challenged cultural norms with an emphasis on revealing Christ using their physiological deception. Many of the students they encountered at the University of Texas and elsewhere were placing their trust in illusions. Like a mirage, deception looks good from a distance but in reality is empty. MAZE's edgy, down to earth message appealed to students who were searching for truth but finding emptiness. "College is the time when students think they have it all figured out," Jim says. "We ask them, 'What if you're wrong?'" -Taken from their website http://www.whatisthemaze.com/

We brought Jim and Tennyson to New Orleans in hopes of reaching the students here through a different mode than normal. We took the two to all of the universities in New Orleans and within minutes they were able to gather groups of 10 to 20 to 30 people to see their card tricks. They would then invite them to come that night to the two hour show.

At the show they would read people's minds, swallow razor blades and even catch a bullet in their teeth all the while weaving the Gospel and our need for Jesus in the presentation. It was probably the most entertaining Gospel presentation I've ever seen.

They presented at Tulane on the 5th of September and at Southeastern in Hammond, LA on the 6th. The first night they had 125 and the second they had 175 come out (on the same night as the Saint's opening game). A total of 20 students indicated that they trusted Christ those nights as their savior. Praise God!

Jess and I really enjoyed working with the two of them and our team was very grateful for the work they did and the vision for big events that they gave to our students.