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another faith stimulus

// June 30th, 2009 // No Comments » // church, faith

God is so crazy… in a good way.

I got an email last week from a church in Peoria, Illinois that was inspired by our Faith Stimulus to do one in their community. How awesome is that, that this small act that we made is still going strong. Northwoods Community Church gave $60,000 to their people in white envelopes encouraging them to make a difference in their community. They’ve even set up a ‘Stories‘ site as well to hear first hand what’s happening with the money, check it out here.

I am blown away by how far God is taking this… I pray it goes where He wants and may it be a movement of love and compassion that changes our world.

To read a few of the stories from the Faith Stimulus that we did click here. Also, if you’re thinking about doing a Faith Stimulus in your community and you’d like a few pointers, leave a comment and I’ll get back with you.

All I need – Honduras video

// June 24th, 2009 // No Comments » // church, video

Two weeks ago, 65 of our Icon students went to Honduras on a missions trip. They ministered in orphanages, prisons/juvenile detention facilities, the city dump (where hundreds of kids live), and the bordo (which is one of the poorest areas in the hemisphere). They also held two concerts where over 15,000 students showed up to hear the gospel.  Will put together this killer video that sums up the trip.

The song is One Republic’s ‘All I Need.’

‘LOST!’ – The Sitcom!

// June 22nd, 2009 // No Comments » // entertainment, random foolishness, video

What if ‘LOST’ was an early 90’s sitcom? This would be the season 1 intro… enjoy:

h/t: Ryan

the art of the mistake

// June 18th, 2009 // No Comments » // creative

“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.”

- Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert

sticky creativity

// June 16th, 2009 // No Comments » // creative, video

I’m a huge fan of stop motion work, and this is one of the coolest ones I’ve ever seen. The fact that it’s simply post-it notes is so rad. Alright, enough of me already, watch:

In combination with that, the great @loswhit made a statement today on Twitter that has haunted the crap out of me all day, he saith:

So when was the last time you created for you? For God? For the heck of it? For the sake of being a true artist not an employee. I’ve been challenged, I hope you have too.

In case you’re interested, make the jump and you can see the making-of for the ‘Deadline’ post-it note video… pretty rad as well. Continue Reading

one prayer

// June 15th, 2009 // No Comments » // church, faith

Last weekend we started a new series with 1855 other churches around the globe called One Prayer. The concept is simple, we’re all standing together to finish the statement: God is ______.

So far we’ve heard two amazing messages, God is Love by Craig Groeschel & God is Good by our Pastor, Jerry Taylor. In the coming weeks its just going to get better and better.

Do me a quick favor and fill that blank in, what is God to you? Take a second and really think about how you would describe God, what one word would you use to capture who He is to you?

God is _________.