Branded With Love

I got the opportunity to see Jon perform this song at Catalyst. I’ve seen the full band (Switchfoot) a few times and they are great, but he’s doing a solo thing and this song convicts me. Check out the video and the lyrics are below. I can’t get the idea out of my head.

I hate all your show and pretense
The hypocrisy of your praise
The hypocrisy of your festivals
I hate all your show
Away with your noisy worship
Away with your noisy hymns
I stomp on my ears when you’re singing ‘em
I hate all your show

Instead let there be a flood of justice
An endless procession of righteous living, living
Instead let there be a flood of justice
Instead of a show

Your eyes are closed when you’re praying
You sing right along with the band
You shine up your shoes for services
There’s blood on your hands
You turned your back on the homeless
And the ones that don’t fit in your plan
Quit playing religion games
There’s blood on your hands

Instead let there be a flood of justice
An endless procession of righteous living, living
Instead let there be a flood of justice
Instead of a show
I hate all your show

Let’s argue this out
If your sins are blood red
Let’s argue this out
You’ll be one of the clouds
Let’s argue this out
Quit fooling around
Give love to the ones who can’t love at all
Give hope to the ones who got no hope at all
Stand up for the ones who can’t stand at all, all
I hate all your show
I hate all your show
I hate all your show
I hate all your show

Instead let there be a flood of justice
An endless procession of righteous living, living
Instead let there be a flood of justice
Instead of a show
I hate all your show

I’ve felt like this about a few people.
Finally a video that communicates the way I feel.
Enjoy.

What happens when you fall asleep during a staff retreat? Ha.

So we went on a staff retreat recently and things where great. Posted a longer version with the back story on the Nerf Balls here, but enjoy the chaos. How does your staff have fun and let loose as a team?

Other than Chuck looking like a ghost after inserting his picture, this video thing made me weak. Make your own at Jib Jab. Enjoy.

We had an awesome backyard style baptism service Sunday. Posted this video on the Forefront Blog and figured I would share what is going down at Forefront. God is moving and I feel humbled to be a part of it. Enjoy.

Rumor has is that the Ballin’ series is going to have quite a few spoofs over the next four weeks. One of the shows I LOVED back in the day was In Living Color. There were some sketches done by the Waynes Bros. where they hosted the “Homeboy Shopping Network” (check out the video at the end of the post). They were all about giving tips and tricks on how to make money fast without using your own.

Hmmmm… I wonder if there would be any attempt to do such things in the opening week of the series?!? I smell a video idea…

So, the transition time for me has been interesting, but it’s time to get back into the groove. Thanks for being patient as I took some time over at the Forefront Blog to connect, cast vision, etc. So you’ll be seeing double duty here. Some personal, some Forefront, some babbling, etc.

In celebration of shocking this blog’s little life and bringing it back from the dead, I figured if blogs could talk or scream- they would sound like this. (who let’s someone tase them anyway? what in the world.)

So we’re starting a new series this Sunday: My Movie Life. Check out the micro-site, evite and a couple promos for the series and website below. How are you promoting your series using the web? I’d love to here your ideas.

To promote Gel Groups during this series, we introduced a new character: Cletus Jenkins. He is an instant staple who will return many times in the years to come. Enjoy these videos as much as our people have. How are you promoting things in your church in a creative way? Let us know.