Blew Me Away

Based on Proverbs 7:10-23 from NewSpring Media on Vimeo.

This blew me away. (ht)  It’s based on Proverbs 7:10-23

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NT Wright On Emerging

I sincerely appreciate what he says at the end of the video.  Truly emerging means going through the shipwreck period that so many of us want to avoid. (ht)

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The Matrix on Windows

As a life long Mac guy, I have never owned or had to use a PC.  And I love when stuff comes out like this.  It’s just plain funny.

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Javaluia

I don’t think I’ve laughed that hard in a while. (ht)

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The Human Condition

Magnolia is one of my favorite movies of all time.  It is one of the best stories of the human condition and the space we find ourselves in. Everyone is searching for love in their own way only they keep bumping up against the brick walls.  And what is amazing is how the soul just has to keep going.  As human beings in the midst of suffering and our brokenness we find a way to keep searching.

What I loved about it was P.T. Anderson’s subtle conclusion that the movie presents, and culminated in this song.

“It’s not going to stop till you wise up. So just give up.”

May we as followers of Jesus live lives of surrender every single day.

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We Are That Spoiled

Absolutely one of the funniest commentaries on consumer culture EVER.  You must watch this.  We often desire faster, and better, and more, but what is the real cost of that?  Perhaps we are the spoiled generation. (ht)

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Interesting Stuff

A machine that builds itself.  Why do I feel like Terminator is around the corner.

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Peter Rollins, excellent as usual, on why we don’t need early Christianity.

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There is something unique about this video.  It’s about fighting for the soul in a Fight Club kind of way.

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Bill Easum’s response to Tony Jone’s as part of the month long blogologue.

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Tony responds back to Bill for the conclusion.

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The Bottom Billion

I’m not naive enough to think I can change the lives of a billion people, but I can be a small part of a large group of people attempting to address the issue.

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You Need To Watch This

If you are a pastor, or someone who is in ministry, you need to watch this right now. I’ll let you discover what I’m talking about.

FYI: You need to click the arrow to reveal the video.

Postscript: Unfortunately if you didn’t get to watch this it was taken down. Sorry. I’ll look for it elsewhere.

Final postscript: Okay I got a copy of it.  It’s too big to post or send, so I’m breaking it down to smaller files.  If you want to be notified when its done, let me know in the comments.

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Best Video I’ve Seen This Year

The following video is a must watch. It provides an intriguing understanding into how our brain processes information. (I’m a recovering left brain addict.) But it also deals deeply with the connection of the brain to the soul.

“Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realized she was having a massive stroke. As it happened — as she felt her brain functions slip away one by one, speech, movement, understanding — she studied and remembered every moment. This is a powerful story about how our brains define us and connect us to the world and to one another.”

And please, as you watch it, push aside any desire to judge the enlightened spiritual aspects that may be triggered and realize that Jill is first a human experiencing this. My favorite quote is:

“In that moment I knew I was no longer the choreographer of my life.”

You can watch this complete video at TED.

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God Really Does Love You

This is one of my all time favorite songs and a glorious reminder of the love that transforms a life.  I love the subtle change from black and white to color.

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You Get What You Give

Ten years later and this song still resonates.

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Interview with Sally Morgenthaler

Allelon just released an interview with Sally Morgenthaler and Alan Roxburgh. Sally created the idea of worship evangelism. Catch it here. Sally doesn’t pull any punches on the nature of worship. Sally has an article that could be a good companion piece to the video.

Extracts:

• “Church is a show you go to.” Ouch.
• “A lack of control…I really want this person to meet God…not on my timeline.”

PS: I forgot to mention that Bill Kinnon shot the video.

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What People Want This Christmas

As Christmas season approaches, there may be a few of you who still haven’t finished all of your Christmas shopping. I get that. I used to wait until Christmas Eve at closing time because I could do it in two hours.  That feeling of expediency pervaded Christmas for me to a great extent.  There was really no love in the giving, more of an obligation really.  But this video, which is not new but will never really grow old for me, got me thinking about what people really want for Christmas.

People are looking for little expressions that remind them they are valuable and loved. And what better time to do that than Christmas. But it’s not in the present but in the giving that reminds them they are loved. It is in the thoughtful expression of remembering that someone still loves them that transforms the season.  And as Johnny shows, it is not hard to do, but it is often hard to do.

Love is like that.  It’s simple but hard.  It’s not expensive but it costs everything sometimes.  It means taking our eyes off of our selves for a while and trusting that we are loved.  It means really embracing His grace in our lives and letting go of our brokenness.  And when we love, we become part of the solution, part of His kingdom, and partakers in his glorious mission.

So this Christmas, remember to give love in some way. Remember to find that special way to remind someone else they are worth it.

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Interview with Brian McLaren

Alan Roxburgh spent some time with Brian McLaren and interviewed him on video. He discusses his insights on the emerging church, his critics and then spends a good deal of time on his new book, Everything Must Change. You can see the interviews here.

Part 1 – Here – Alan Roxburgh sat down with Brian in a hotel room in Toronto at the end of September, days before the publication of Brian’s new book, Everything Must Change. In this first of a three part interview series about his book, Brian talks about dealing with the passionate responses his writing often elicits.

Part 2 – Here – In Part 2 of Alan Roxburgh’s Conversation with Brian McLaren, Brian and Alan talk about the stories and the biblical narratives that shape and sound the call that “Everything Must Change.” This is a continuing conversation about how we understand the challenge of being followers of Christ in these rapidly changing times.

Part 3 – Here – Part Three of Alan Roxburgh’s interview with Brian McLaren on his book, Everything Must Change brings this series to its conclusion. In this interview, Alan and Brian discuss issues that include our propensity for denying our past, other ways to peace, the need for our solutions to go deeper, our preoccupation with the church rather than the Kingdom, what Vaclav Havel’s story of the fall of communism has to say to the state of the church today, and Brian’s new Web site, Deep Shift.

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True Majority

This is a provocative demonstration of our nuclear arsenal stockpile.

Click here to view.

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