July 2009
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This Is Special
I get these emails from time to time. “Hello, My name is So and So, please check out my new ________.” Whether it’s a book, a sample chapter, a few songs, or a video…the majority of the things I get just aren’t very good. They all tend to look and sound and read the same.
And then sometimes you get something special.
Below are TWO TRACKS off of Come O Spirit, the...
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These Three Things
Faith is the memory of the redemptive deeds of God, which determine and shape your identity. It is where he has saved you, marked you, and named you. Hope is the promise that if he came once (and showed himself to be good once) then he will come again (and show himself to be good again). Love is what happens when we live out this promise in the present. - Dan Allender, Faith, Hope, and Love
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Do Not Covet Your Ideas
We hold on to so much. We keep our ideas to ourselves. We don’t want to risk others taking credit for OUR ideas. And yet, we must let go. We must empty ourselves of our ideas. Hoard your little gems and you may be headed for a life of stale bread.
I know a few people like this. You probably do as well. They don’t tend to speak up regularly in meetings. They are secretive. They...
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Dusting Off My Strengths
Marcus Buckingham, my self professed man-crush would tell you to play to your strengths. He would tell you to do everything in your power to make certain you’re spending most of your day doing the things that land in your sweet spot of giftedness.
Today I randomly pulled out my top five strengths based on his earliest version of Strengths Finder. Every time I read these and their...
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Sex, Suicide, And Bed Sheets In Seattle
What does it look like to respond creatively to the needs of your community? What does the Gospel look like smack dab in the middle of a broken community? Some friends of mine in Seattle are answering these questions and setting a beautiful example for us all.
If you take Aurora and head north of downtown, you are swiftly slapped in the face by the countless cockroach motels, run-down...
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Five Things I'm Reading & Listening To
1. Sabbath: The Ancient Practices - Dan Allender Think Sabbath is about rest? Think again. Allender gives the idea of Sabbath a spin I have never heard before. In a nutshell, imagine Sabbath as time to delight and be delighted in.
2. It’s Not How Good You Are, It’s How Good You Want To Be This little gem of book by famed creative director, Paul Arden is a collection of pithy maxims...
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Thank You For Calling Information Dynamics - a new...
The last couple months have been project-filled to say the least; a countless number of shoots, a performance art piece, and a big pitch, to name a few. Over the next few days I’ll finally be posting some of the new work.
Leading off the queue are some production stills (amazing work by Kristin Leep) from a short film I associate produced and acted in shot in and around Indianapolis. Thank...
Good Friends
Nearly three years ago I drove to Seattle (with my now wife, M) and moved into a tiny room in a small house along with 5 guys and a dog named Stella - the 135 as we lovingly called it. When I moved out after finishing Mars Hill Graduate School, I left many things behind: a toaster, a dresser, a bed, 35 Send Blaine To Mars mugs, a million odd things I can’t remember, and the glass below (it...
We created this using still photos, some motion/text additions, and touch a of particle loveliness. Great work from Ryan Trommer and Randy Warren.
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Go To Echo For $169
I just recieved an email telling me there are only a few spots left for ECHO and the team is allowing me to sign up a few of my interweb friends for only $169 (a huge discount from the current $329 price).
Use the promo ONEMORE to get the discount.
Hurry up, register, let me know you’re going, then let’s meet up in a couple weeks in Dallas.
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