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2 August 2010 5 Comments

Can you quit being a Christian but still follow Jesus?

Can you quit being a Christian but still follow Jesus?

Anne Rice thinks she can.  The famous author wrote a series of vampire novels, one of the most famous being Interview with the Vampire, which was later filmed starring Tom Cruise. Just a few days ago, a frustrated Anne posted the following on her facebook page: For those who care, and I understand if you [...]

25 January 2010 3 Comments

Bringing Hope to Haiti

Haiti is among the poorest nations in the world and the poorest nation in the western hemisphere.  Before the earthquake the average Haitian would live on less than 2-3 dollars per day.  One missionary recently said this on twitter, “The worst effects are emotional… no smiles on the street and a sense of despair.” Haiti [...]

16 January 2010 0 Comments

Help for Haiti

Haiti is in the thoughts and prayers of many at this time.  However for some like my friend Toussaint, it is heartbreak, worry, and intense feelings for his family, country and his people. He just recently received word that his grandmother is ok and you can view his story by clicking on the video link [...]

16 October 2009 8 Comments

A Church That Burns Bibles?

I’m quite shocked that a pastor would do this with his church. That’s right, Amazing Grace Baptist Church in Canton, NC is planning a book burning and bbq this Halloween. Among the books are any Bibles that are not the King James Version. After looking at the video below, if you had a chance to [...]

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6 April 2009 0 Comments

What Are You For?

Often when we are frustrated, the things that weigh on our minds most is what we’re against. Instead of remaining positive and initiating change through supporting the things that are great, we boycott and draw unnecessary attention to the things we hate. Sometimes people check out the things we dislike simply to find out what [...]

11 March 2009 0 Comments

Can You Control Your Happiness?

The older guy in this video has some interesting advice. Pretend that it is not a Coke commercial and answer this question: How much control do you believe you have over your own happiness?

29 January 2009 1 Comment

Validation

I saw the video below on a friend’s blog and I had to pass it on. The short film shows how a little validation can go a long way in building relationships and impacting one’s circle of influence. However, there is also a subtle lesson in the video as well. When we become solely dependant [...]

27 January 2009 0 Comments

Live Like Jesus For A Year

I do my best to live Christ-like on a daily basis but this guy took it to a whole new level last year. Ed Dobson is the Vice President of Spiritual Formation at Cornerstone University and he decided to spend 2008 living like Jesus. LITERALLY… and I do mean just that! He read through the [...]

9 January 2009 0 Comments

Jason van Genderen

The creativity of some people is just inspiring. Brian sent me the following video this morning done by a guy named Jason van Genderen. He is a really creative type that shot the video using cell phones only. I find it amazing how someone can use video to tell a story without one spoken word. [...]

14 November 2008 0 Comments

Churches Dissapearing In the UK

The below video is an interview with a gentleman (Sir Roy Strong) who is behind an initiative to turn abandoned church buildings, in his country, into a useful community space. It is really too bad that these churches didn’t maintain that type of attitude while they still had people in them. That is one of [...]