Branded With Love

I thought I had seen everything that could possibly creep me out in my lifetime.
Then I saw this video.

This will haunt my dreams forever. [ht: SFL]

Skateboarding is a big part of me. The culture. The community. The friendships.
It used to be very uncommon to find someone who loved God in the skateboarding community. Now it’s a bit easier to find guys (and girls) of faith throughout skateboarding. One site that is taking down the stories of not only skateboarders, but anyone who has experienced life change through Jesus is I Am Second.
I was turned on to this site by a friend and the first video I watched was this one with Brian Sumner.
He’s an amazing skateboarder/athlete. Had no idea this is where life had taken him.
For more info and video visit: http://www.iamsecond.com
While @ the site, if you’re familiar with skateboarding, check out the vid w/ Christian Hosoi.

Jason *over and out*

4 years old.
No. Way.

Their videos are always so creative.
I cannot imagine how much time went into shooting this.
Oh, and almost all their videos are done in one long take.
Craziness.

So big news of the “yet to be released” new iPhone being left for people to find and share about on the internet so Apple has some buzz going on lost in a bar, and Gizmodo has all the specs here (it looks lovely).

Oh, and ht to dave for turning me to this gem of a video.
These guys make me want to DJ again (with my dirty old vans, ha).

So my daughter has iCarly, the Mickey House “Hot Dog” song,  and “Jesus Loves Me” on lock down.
She can sing ‘em on demand.
But she won’t let us film her singing ‘em. Arrrrgggh.
Doesn’t she know she can be an internet sensation?!?
Doesn’t she understand she’s gonna have to support mommy & daddy one day?
Kidding (sort of).

Maybe I need to teach her some Jason Mraz…

I don’t not have the means, know how, or time to do something like this…

But I will note that I think about ridiculous ideas & concepts like this all the time.
Waiting for a private donor to show up and explain all my ideas. The church would be turned on it’s head (in a good way).

What have you been dreaming that needs to come to reality?

About six months ago I was cleaning out some boxes and found a regrettable disc buried deep in the clutter. I’m sorry Bobby Brown, but I’ve now since thrown away your CD, “Don’t Be Cruel.” It wasn’t cruel to me back then, but now- my ears just can’t take it. I’ve grown, my music catalog has grown. I’m not the same love drunk teenager I once was. I had to lay you to rest (and I’m better for it).

I brought this unfortunate incident up to some friends and began the dialog of “If our personal music changes, evolves, and gets refreshed over time… Do you think our worship to God in song also changes?” I think this is a great thought. I would answer yes. If you are singing the same thing to God you sang to him 20 years ago- it’s time to move on.

Yeah, you can revisit it from time to time, but it’s time to get a new song. The Bible even talks about this idea… In Psalm 33, verse 3, the writer encourages us to, “Sing to Him a new song, play skillfully, shout for joy.” The play skillfully idea of being excellent and having great musicians is another post entirely, but let’s embrace this encouragement to “sing to Him a new song.”

The musicians that have been at God’s church at Forefront have composed some GREAT songs. Songs that fit our culture and our journey with God. But, we’re not always able to write out exactly how we feel and put it to music. But not having the time or availability doesn’t give us the excuse to ignore the “new song” premise. So we’ve looked high and low, listened, researched, explored, and found a ton of music that speaks to the heart of God and the reason why his church here at Forefront exists.

So each week at Forefront we’ll be working through some new music and updating the catalog. We started a little over a year ago and the response has been great. Below is the set list from yesterday. I had multiple Facebook & text messages asking who wrote the “Amazing, Because It Is” song. It’s located below for your listening pleasure.

Enjoy.

My Hero by Foo Fighters
Lift by Joe Heilman
You Are Here by Needtobreathe
My Glorious by Delirious
Amazing, Because It Is by The Almost
First Day by Joe Heilman

So we’ve been doing this series Guerilla Lovers for the past couple of weeks and just wanted to follow along some videos we’ve been doing. Paco, our mascot and fun-loving, disco dancing gorilla friend wanted to share some Guerilla Love. When Paco asks, we respond.

Check out two of the three videos we’ve been showing during the series. And, note to self, that is not a thong, just my boxers showing a little bit laying down all 1,000 plus cups. One more video on the way soon…

This is just ridiculous. Assault Rifles & Prayer?! This is the best way to communicate prayer to teenagers? Seriously?

I love the thought, “See, the assault rifle is like your prayer.” Hilarious.

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