having a little fun with the kids. threw together this promo video for our ski trip this evening on a whim. 1 minute that i hope will give you a laugh or two.
google earth, bible style
fun. this group of folks has done up some pictures in the nature of google earth shots, but they go back to biblical times. this one is the parting of the red sea. tip to john
the wesley project : wesley words in a new light
i picked up my copy of "the wesley project" by carl thomas gladstone. carl i got to know at the umerging back in kansas city and the emergingumc last fall down here in nashville. before that i knew of some of the work he was doing that was leading up to this project.
simply put, he was taking wesleyan hymns & themes and blending them into new music stylings. it isn’t your generic praise & worship set, check it out on itunes. he doesn’t have it on hard copy cd as of yet.
the impossible is possible : hans rosling
hans rosling in his 2007 ted talk presentation on new insights into poverty.
church marketing during school : slight rant
i hear quite a few horror stories from parents and teachers about a number of churches in our area that market to kids during school hours. to these folks, these specific churches get some sort of preferential treatment. i don’t get too bent out of shape about it myself, but when you have a school call a general assembly to promote a student event at a church, that is just bad form.
when I asked a Powell High administrator this morning whether the
Grace Baptist event underway is of a more evangelical and/or religious
nature, he replied "Oh, it is."Given that confirmation, I asked the administrator why this
invitation from Grace Baptist was not extended through some before or
after school channel, rather than through a general assembly during
school hours. He indicated that it was because "nobody would come." He
added that the general assembly was approved by school system personnel.
i get that some people feel they work on behalf of higher power and the separation of church and state is something to subvert for your greater good. but when i don’t believe your leader or mine ever said anything of breaking the law, or manipulating the law, to spread my word. if you don’t think your gospel message is good enough that youth would not invite their friends in the first place then think of a new way to spread your message.
besides, a motivation bait and switch to salvation isn’t going to help anybody. ugh!
update: the folks at nashvilleistalking have picked up the debate talk & this post. one thing i shared in comments there was a quote of tony campolo, "democracy is not where the majority rules, but where the minority is safe."