Swagger Wagon
Came across these videos this afternoon. ?YouTube has changed the way marketing happens and this is a perfect example of a whole new set of viral videos. ?Hilarious!
Sunday’s Coming
Inside North Point Media just put up a bunch of the videos from Drive ’10.? I feel just like I was there…almost…ok, not at all.? But I really wanted to be there!? Oh well, maybe next year.
This is my favorite video.? It is really funny, but it is scary how true it just might be…
“Sunday’s Coming” Movie Trailer from North Point Media on Vimeo.
Icelandic Volcano Christian References
How many conversations have you had in the last month or so about “all of the signs of the times?” ?I have to confess that I have heard my share after the volcano. ?I enjoy reading Jon Acuff’s blog and quite appreciate his sarcasm…takes one to love one, I suppose.
I am particularly fond of #2…
2. Juxtapose it against our ?fancy technology.?
This is always a favorite of mine. Say something like, ?We might have iPads, but all the apps in the world won?t stop a volcano.? What does that even mean? I?m not sure, I think it means that all the advanced technology in the world holds no sway over the eons old might of the Lord. But you kind of sound double relevant by name dropping an Apple product at the same time which is nice.
Check out the full post…definitely a few chuckles.
Icelandic Volcano Christian References ? Stuff Christians Like ? Jon Acuff.
iPad fills all our spiritual longing??
Ran across this blog of a guy writing as Steve Jobs. ?Pretty funny stuff. ?However, there is some pretty sad stuff in there…like the idea that there is something “spiritual” about owning an iPad…
But let?s get back to you people who are waiting in line. I mean it?s not like you?re in Bolivia and there?s just been an earthquake and you need to line up to get food and clean water. It?s not like you?ve time-traveled back into the Depression and you?re waiting in line at a soup kitchen. And yet, in fact, that?s exactly what you?re doing. Spiritually speaking, we are living in the Great Depression, and you are waiting in line for sustenance.?. . .
The truth is, this is all about spiritual emptiness. That is why you?re standing in line. . . .
The truth is, all over the world, across every culture, there exists a sense of yearning. A kind of malaise. An emptiness. At the risk of sounding like Dr. Seuss: There is a hole in your soul. That is what we?re addressing at Apple. That is the hole we aim to fill. Sadly, as you may have begun to suspect, that hole can never really be filled. The truth is that modernity, the condition of living in our modern world, has inflicted terrible wounds on your inner self. These wounds can never be healed. They can only be treated. At best we provide palliative care. Not a cure. Because, my dear fellow human beings, there is no cure for what ails you. The products we create provide only temporary relief. Their magic eventually wears off. The sense of childlike wonder they impart will, over time, begin to fade. And then you need a new product.
Convicting as a believer, isn’t it? ?What might it be like if we tried to fill that hole with something much more meaningful than a piece of technology?
Then there is the final line that I have to keep thinking to myself to not rush out and buy the iPad with Professional Expense account monies. . .
Hold your iPad. Gaze at it. Pray to it. Let it transform you. And do it soon, because before you know it we are going to release version 2, which will make this one look like a total piece of crap.
So true. ?So very true.
Check out the entire “open letter to the people of the world here.
The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs : An open letter to the people of the world.
The Culps on Bible Reading
The Culps from Granger Community on Vimeo.
Check out this video from Granger Community Church. ?Really funny stuff! ?Guess we should read our Bible more, huh?
More cowbell!
This made me laugh really hard! ?She is pretty excited to be rockin’ the cowbell at the Fiesta Bowl! ?Reminds me of my years in band in high school and college. ?And of course, you can’t forget the famous SNL skit!! ?Fellas…I gotta fever…and the only prescription is…more cowbell!
Check out this link for the full SNL Skit.
YouTube – Boise State girl tearin’ it up on the cowbell! [720p] .
How to Carve a Pumpkin on an Albino Farm
My buddy Jeff Houghton wrote a hilarious bit on a Springfield legend…and our church photographer and all around great guy, Taylor Orr sent me a picture of his award-winning carved pumpkin! Enjoy a late Halloween post!
Taylor’s Pumpkin…
Do It Yourself Pumpkin Carving – 10 Easy Steps to an all New You!
and Jeff’s spooky spoof…
For Halloween, here is an article I wrote for the satire site, Fair City News. If you?re from out of town, there is a legend regarding a spooky place called the Albino Farm north of Springfield.
ALBINO FARM TO OPEN TANNING SALON
Springfield, MO?Legendary spook site, the Albino Farm at Springlawn Farm, has a brand new surprise for the area, a tanning salon. Albi-No-More is set to open this Saturday, the 31st. The so-called Albino Farm has for years been notorious in legend for being haunted, by either an albino ghost caretaker, or an albino ghost family, depending on who is telling you the story.The present day owner of the property, Jerry Overholser, thought it was time for a change. ?I?m plum tired of teenagers sneaking around on the property,? explained Overholser. ?I figured if I can?t get the teenagers out of the albino farm, I?ll get the albino?s out of the albino farm.?Overholser is hoping to begin a different perspective on the property.
Albi-No-More is planned to have four standard beds, one Mystic spray-on tanning room, and one super powered machine designed specifically for modern day albinos called Burnt Toast. The interior is decorated with inspirational before and after pictures, with a picture of an albino on the left and a picture of the same albino glowing red on the right. Albinos, by the way, will get a special punch card for one free tan after enduring nine. At the grand opening they plan to give away Oreos, with the cream licked out to the first 100 customers.
Standing near the newly asphalted parking lot, teenager Troy Spelster, is not in favor of the new plan. ?I?ve had some of my best times on the Albino Farm. Ain?t nothing scary about a copper bronzed ghost chasing you.?
According to Overholser that?s exactly the idea, ?A brand new, well lit steel building with office furniture, a wide variety of oils, and watts and watts of UV rays won?t scare off anybody. Well, unless you?re scared of cancer I suppose.?
Facebook News Feed From Throughout History! ? The Mystery Hour
Friday is for…FUNNY!
This post is really well worth the read from my friend and blood drive coordinator, Jeff Houghton.? This dude is hilarious!? He and his Skinny Improv crew came out and did an annual banquet for us at Finley Crossings and made me laugh so hard my side hurt!
Here is a bit of the post for an appetizer…Thanks for the laugh, Jeff!!
I started to wonder what it would be like if Facebook was around throughout history. What if they had all been friends? I wonder what their News Feed would be like? I?ve heard of a similar thing people have done with Twitter, so it?s not a totally original idea. But, this time it?s Facebook?totally different.
George Washington Just crossed the Potomac. Hellacold!
Alexander Hamilton likes this
Napolean Bonaparte Heading to Waterloo. Should be fun. When I get back I?m buying at Applebee?s.
Ghengis Khan took the quiz, Which Ruthless Leader From History Are You? The result was: Ghengis Khan
My personal favorite…
Richard Nixon This is going to be the party of the year! BYOB!
Ain?t No Party Like?a Republican Party
Location: Watergate
Time: 3 am-
Check out the main course on the link below…
Facebook News Feed From Throughout History! ? The Mystery Hour.
Louie Giglio Twitter Press Conference
I really love Louie Giglio’s sense of humor! ?I am a huge fan of Louie…just ask any student that was in my student ministries. ?We seemed to always “luck into” have him be the camp pastor wherever we went–ETBU, Baylor, La Tech, Covenant, and the list goes on. ?I did, however, later on in my youth ministry leadership days decide that I needed to give my students a little more varied diet of communicators at camp and conferences. ?I still loved to go and take students to the Passion conferences over the years as well.
Here is a “very serious” press conference regarding Passion and Twitter. ?Enjoy!
Alltop.com and Pocket Bacon!
Ok, so I have been totally enamored by Guy Kawasaki’s blog and twitter.? I have read some of his books and his blogs for several years now, but the other day I listened to an interview of him on the Catalyst Leadership Podcast and became really interested in what he is doing.
He is a former Apple Fellow, “Mac Evangelist,” software developer, and entreprenuer.? Read more about him in this well written bio.
So here is where it gets interesting.? He has started this thing called “Alltop.”? Basically, it is like an “online magazine rack.”? Go check it out and begin searching all of your favorite topics…and maybe find some new topics you are interested in!? Actually, there is a whole topic on just BACON–what?? Come to find out, there are who blogs and websites dedicated to the greatness of bacon!
Here is where it gets even crazier!? There is an app for the iPhone called “Pocket Bacon!”? Check it out.? Wow, there is some amazing passion…all for bacon!? That is amazing!
Enjoy!