Branded With Love

• Toms Shoes wants to keep Movember going all year long
• I hate microwave beeping. This would change my life.
• Want to be the parent of the year? Get your kid THIS. (via Pez)
• Flipboard App has changed the way I read blogs/FB/Twitter.
• Blaine Hogan & team have a movie premiering at their church. Stories need to move us. This looks good.
• Ever struggled with identity in work, parenthood, etc? This article will hit home. (via echohub)
• I miss being a kid and just playing in the mud. Who says adults can’t still act like kids? (via gizmodo)
• Simplicity in a workspace makes my happy. I could totally work at Twitter’s offices.
• Confession: I’m jealous of all you iPhone 4s owners. For now I’ll have to suffice with this.
• Taking Chloe to the Dr. this morning to see if it’s chicken pox or not. Whatever you do, don’t. google. chicken. pox. Ugh.
• If anyone is looking for a christmas present for me (hint, hint).
• I didn’t get a chance to go, but sad this VB place closed down.
• A friend of mine picked up a velvet framed pic of Elvis for $5 at a yard sale this week. If anyone comes across this one, pick it up for me immediately.
• Forefront Christmas Service on December 23rd, 7pm at Ocean Lakes High School is going to be Off The Chain! Make sure to be there and bring your friends and family.

There’s artwork all over our office at Forefront.
It’s a way to keep the environment fun, exciting, and inspiring us.
This is a mural we just finished in the office kitchen.
Combined it with our series posters from “Identity Theft”
There’s something so enjoyable about creating something.

Where is your outlet?
What do you create?
When was the last time you turned off the TV?
Hit shutdown on the laptop and smartphone?
Decided not to click into the DVR or Netflix?
Just sit down with an instrument, paper, pencil…
Go out to the garage and build something.
Sit down with your kids and paint. Get crazy with it.

God is the Creator of the Universe.
We’re made in His image.
You may believe the lie that creativity ends with childhood.
It’s time to break free.
Go create something.

jdel

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“Late night motivation. Thank you Mr. Wallpaper for your Vince Lombardi ‘esk pep talk.”

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After seeing many friends take on the daily photo challenge for an entire year, I decided to give it a shot. What I didn’t understand or know at the time, is how it would change the way I look at life day to day. I don’t know about you, but if you’re like me- you get in a rut every once and awhile. The routine begins to chisel away at you, things become automatic with out even thinking, and the interaction you have becomes more robotic than it is quality/engaging.

This project has started to flip a switch in me. Each day I’m looking at the moments to capture and seeing my surroundings differently. The mundane is slowly being replaced with the vibrance and freshness that has always been there – I just wasn’t paying much attention.

I love what the writer pens in Psalm 19:8 “The precepts of the LORD are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the LORD are radiant, giving light to the eyes.”

When I walk closely with God and faithfully obey His teachings, there is a newness to life above all else. I see things more clearly, my day is fresh again, my interaction with people is more rewarding. It’s living in His joy and grace that makes me smile.

Learning a lot. All through a little lens…

*jdel

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“East Coast Rising.”
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“Don’t you worry, we’re holdin’ it down.”
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If a picture is worth 1,000 words… this year I plan on communicating a 365,000 word story in 2011. I’ve watched/followed some friends and their progress through the 365 Project in years past. It was pretty cool and a great way to catalog the year. We’ll see how it goes, but I’ll be posting a photo a day (or a catch up post with photos from the project). If you want to follow the progress, it’s going down- HERE.

*jdel