October 2009
19 posts
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How Nuru Works - A Motionographer Fav
My good friends at NURU International recently released a new video on how their amazing organization works. Today it was featured on Motionographer, which is an enormous deal! If you don’t know, Motionographer only showcases the best of the absolute best. Have a look for yourself and tell them what you think.
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“I am deeply convinced that the Christian leader of the future is called to be...”
– Henri Nouwen / In The Name Of Jesus
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Something sweet and hopeful on a rainy Fall day. | John Mark McMillan
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Come O Spirit - Songbooks Now Available!
I’ve been raving about Bifrost Arts’ new album, Come O Spirit for months after I was mysteriously sent an advance copy. A few days ago they informed me that the songbook, which include all the charts, lyrics, etc., had been made available - FOR FREE!
You can download everything from their page here - again, entirely FOR FREE! What the what? These are some nice people!
From their...
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Story Chicago - An Act Of Confession
Over the course of the last few months, I’ve had the opportunity to watch the Story conference grow from just some creative ideas in a pub into a truly exceptional experience. During the second-to-last session, I had the unique honor of leading the audience in an act of confession. Two amazing photographers Daniel Stancil and Bjorn Amundsen captured some lovely images during the moment.
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100 Words - Ryan J. Davis
Ryan J. Davis is a producer and political consultant who conceived the Broadway-bound musical White Noise. He blogs regularly.
Creating Something New
Creating a new work is about more than just a great idea. People have ideas all the time, but few follow-up on them and allow them to grow. Even fewer actually complete them. No matter what you’re creating (a musical, film, book, etc.) you’re...
What Do You Need From Your Leaders?
Tomorrow I will be facilitating a conversation at Cultivate here in Chicago. The goal is to create a space where we can talk openly about developing artists and the struggles that exist between those who create and those who lead them.
This is where you come in… As part of the dialogue, I’d love to share your thoughts on what you find missing from your leaders as you create.
So,...
100 Words - Ben Arment
Ben Arment is the former director of Catalyst west and the founder of STORY and The Whiteboard Sessions. His first book, Church in the Making, comes out in April, and he blogs daily at BenArment.com.
START SOMETHING
We are motivated by two conflicting fears in life: the fear of failure and the fear of insignificance. What we endeavor to do is determined by which fear is the strongest....
100 Words - Tim Schraeder
Tim Schraeder is the Director of Communications at Park Community Church, a Gospel-centered, innovative church that reaches nearly 2,000 young adults each week in downtown Chicago. He blogs his thoughts on church communications at TimSchraeder.com and is an incessant Twitterer.
COMMUNICATION
It’s been said that Christianity is fundamentally a communication event. Throughout time God has used...
via Michael Surtees
“I’m going to take one step. And when that works I’m going to take another step....”
– Sarah Hatter
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My Generation - A Monday Giveaway
Last week, after a very bizarre set of circumstances I found myself having tacos at a new Mexican place down the street with Josh Riebock, author of the just-released book, My Generation: A Real Journey of Change and Hope.
He recently appeared on WGN radio here in Chicago and has been making the rounds speaking and promoting the book. My Generation, tells the autobiographical tale of a
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100 Words - Victoria Smith aka sfgirlbybay
Victoria Smith aka sfgirlbybay is a San Francisco based blogger, hopeful photographer, design junkie and bonafide flea market queen. She is also the editor/writer of sfgirlbybay, one of the West Coast’s leading interior design blogs.
ART & BLOGGING
I blog about inspirational, affordable interior design ideas that encourage your own individuality and unique personal style. Looking at...
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But For You Who Fear My Name | The Welcome Wagon
100 Words - My Wife on Hope
HOPE
our flicker of desire emboldened with just enough anticipation to keep us holding on. our human ache. the mystical release when we chose to live in the intersection between what is now and what could come, despite what has happened already. hope demands much: fastidious discipline, violent courage, & sweeping grace to keep our eyes off our feet and off the wobbly steps we already wish...
“If you don’t need the Gospel more than the people you’re sharing it...”
– Dan Allender, Professor of Counseling Psychology, Mars Hill Graduate School
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100 Words - Shauna Niequist
Shauna Niequist is the author of Cold Tangerines, a collection of essays about the evidence of God in our everyday lives, and is working on a second collection, called Bittersweet, on change, grace, and learning the hard way. Check out her blog at shaunaniequist.com.
HOMECOMING
Coming home means living without a translator after years of saying the wrong thing, mixing up words, feeling...
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100 Words - Marty Madden on The Grind
Marty Madden is a professional screenwriter based in Malibu, California. His credits include the thriller INCIDENT AT HAYSTACK LANDING for FOX TV and is currently developing a romantic comedy set in the world of wheelchair ballroom dance for Lifetime Television.
THE GRIND
Okay! Let’s do this thing! Hmmm … Ahhhh … . Pssssstttt … 100 words?! Is he insane?! Does he know...
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100 Words - Kj Swanson on Reading
Welcome to our first installment of 100 Words! Hopefully I’ll be posting a couple a week as they come in. So, without further ado, I give you Kj Swanson on “Reading.”
As a kid, I had trouble believing that people in the past were alive like me. I wanted to see for myself that they were real. I wanted a time machine. Still do. That’s probably why I read centuries-old fiction....