Inspirational stories are a dime a dozen, yes. But this is no ordinary story. Because it is completely inordinary for a 7-year-old boy to spend his birthday money on gifts for other kids he’ll never meet living in countries he’ll never go to. Gifts like goats and medicine and training — not your average choice [...]
Tags: life down under., youtubes.
Nothing like some Youtube surfing to get keep you in the Christmas spirit. I’ve unintentionally chosen 3 videos all on the Christmas story specifically. Enjoy! And be glad I didn’t embed the Justin Beiber one in this post * * * “The Christmas Story” as told by Elias I’ve watched this more time’s Elias’ dad [...]
Tags: pop culture., youtubes.
Last night, after writing this, I saw this. Talk about a feeling of absolute divinely-inspired high — and then loss-of breath, loss of words, just utter disappointment with humanity. Adding my (sigh).
Tags: christianity., fallen humanity., injustice., youtubes.
A colleague sent me this this morning… Oh, how Christmas concerts have changed. Behold the first Christmas concert by the North Point Community Church iBand, from Apharetta Georgia. In the video they rock a Christmas medley using only iPad and iPhone based virtual instruments, including drums, bells, guitar, synth, and percussion. They save the best [...]
Tags: finding middle ground., music., youtubes.
A colleague of mine posted this video on my Facebook last night (he knows me so well). Needless to say, I feel like Christmas has come early. Watch more crazy Jesus videos from MPT at Jesus Needs New PR.
Tags: christianity., dance., music., pop culture., youtubes.
I can’t go to bed tonight without writing this short but meaningful and very dear to my heart note about today’s events. December 8, 2009. Today, the memorial for the four fallen Lakewood Police Officers was held at the Tacoma Dome. As I watched live news feed of the 20-mile long procession that began at [...]
Tags: finding middle ground., organizations., prayer., youtubes.
