Wow.  Talk about the wasted life.  25 years to design a card I would throw away because it doesn’t fit anywhere I could put it?

Love the pop up graphic, too.

Love British humor.

Apparently, BBC doesn’t want their stuff embedded on blogs, so they disabled it.  You can catch it on youtube.

HT: Cole Hedgecock

My wife’s hometown of Clinton, OK has a unique bond among its churches. Across denominational lines, they frequently participate in emphases together. The last major shared focus was 40 Days of Purpose. Now they are working on the One Month to Live campaign.

CBS came to town and video taped several people in relation to the focus and one of the families was Bonnie’s brother’s family, Jay, Beth, Jarrett and Ryan.

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Interestingly, the home where the people are seen studying the book is Bonnie’s parents’ former home, where Aaron was staying when he drowned in a neighbor’s fish pond.  For me, it’s hard to look at that scene and know the connection.

On a lighter note, the crew was at Jay & Beth’s house for a couple of hours.  Jarrett, as is typical, talked intelligently and frequently.  Ryan, as is typical, kept his mouth shut until they asked everyone to give just one thing they wished they could do – just anything.  What makes the cut?  Ryan’s one line, somewhat out of context.  Of course!

After 19 years in Youth Ministry, I wish that I had learned to defend my Youth Group by putting my elbows on my head and waving my elbows around like THIS VIDEO SHOWS.

HT… Total Rip Off:  Brant Hansen

If you don’t know Milfred Minatrea, you should.  This is some good stuff to get you started.

The Missional Church Center – using the arts to reach people

Attractional or Incarnational?

More Attractional v. Incarnational…

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I really had not intention of starting up the IVM dialog again, but I found this video and it soooooo rocks what I’ve been saying about it.

It’s a total rip off of the PC v. Mac commercials, but it’s good.  And short.  Enjoy.

The story of Captain Rider:

David Rider from The Austin Stone on Vimeo.

A Church for the City (Reprise) from The Austin Stone on Vimeo.