Last week, Pastor Steve showed a video from LifeChurch.tv. It really connected with me and made me further investigate what LifeChurch was all about. I have been watching videos here and there all week long and I have to say that I am blown away at how good they are at using multi-media in fulfilling the great commission.
I was stoked to find out that the free Bible app for iPhone that I have been using came from their ministry. They are also working on streaming services for iPhone as well. Leading by going where people are at, not resting on where they have been. With this drive, I believe young people and spiritual seekers will be less likely to check out of their church.
I especially like these "Invasion" videos they do. It shows the tru community nature shared by those in LifeChurch
Check this sermon series video out" http://www.lifechurch.tv/message-archive/watch/i-love-my-church/1
Here are some short clips (via YouTube) that I have liked:
Holla!
jamie
¶ 7/25/2009 1 Comments
I finished up a myspace redesign for Integrity Music artist Don Poythress this morning...early this morning!
This is one of my favorites so far..Click the preview pic to see the whole site.
Peace-
jamie
¶ 7/22/2009 0 Comments
We returned home tonight from a relaxing week at Pensacola Beach..we had a total blast and I feel refreshed. Looking forward to getting in my work groove again tomorrow and am excited about the next 12 months (especially the new Hillsong release "Faith + Hope + Love"..I watched the upcoming DVD at the Integrity offices last Friday and it's fantastic!)
We stopped off in Nashville for a night on the way home and I had lunch with Guardian's David Bach (other Guardian crew couldn't make it)..we talked a little about upcoming things planned for Guardian..one of which is new music..he mentioned a letter that Styx's Tommy Shaw had sent in to the Lefsetz newsletter. I thought it was worthy to repost, unedited, here:
From: tommy shaw
Subject: life today
Hey Bob,
God I'm glad my moodiness is something I'm used to and know that I can suit up, get a decent meal, go get some fresh air and exercise, etc., and I can shake this feeling that you get when you're at the point in the tour that we are today--burnt but playing at peak performance level. Great on stage but kinda useless off it. Just happens as part of the physical/mental touring cycle.
Yes the music business is in a mess. It's been in a mess so long I can hardly recall when it wasn't. But that seems like being in a hardwood in what used to be a pine forest. The pines are all but gone, consumed by some ravenous pest that was identified but never eradicated. The hardwoods are thriving, offering shade, fresh air and fuel. That has never changed. We know that the pines are gone but we still stand erect and continue to grow, season after season. (end analogy here)
Over the years we have endured change, death, personal challenges, irreconcilable differences, and have gone around the country and across the ocean to re-establish the old bonds (we did quite a lot to weaken over the years) and to create new ones as we continued moving forward. This tour we're on with REO and 38 Special is one where every night I see and hear bands who are playing like they are hungry. We all still write and record--not at the pace we did in the 70's when there was such demand that you had to get in there and create to get out and tour, but writing and recording nonetheless.
Yes, it's indulgent to play the new songs when we could be playing an old one, but we find a way to slot new material in. If it's good enough then a large part of the audience probably thinks it's an album cut off one of the old disks that they just are not familiar with.
This is all acceptable if you can keep it in perspective. We have survived so many format changes, new recording techniques and technologies, and yet the mere strength of our music and our standards for performing it have made touring something we have just today completed ten solid and happy years of. From Fairs and Festivals to Arenas, Amphitheaters, Stadiums, Casinos and clubs, we still love what we do and take it seriously. We take pride in our appearance. Lord knows we are not the youngsters we once were. But it is still good to be us. We laugh at things that we used to fight about. We travel with crew that we have grown up with. We share each other's sorrows as well as the triumphs that come along just as often. And at the end of the day we get dressed, warm up and step out on the stage and give it everything we've got.
We've still got a hell of a lot to give. It is not all things to all people. What is? What family has not suffered lost members and welcomed new ones who came along? We play to audiences who are always happy to see us and try to send them home spent from the experience. We know when we we had a great show or just a good show. There are no bad shows. Our stubbornness and combined resources in the band will not permit this. And from what I see and hear with REO and 38 Special, I know we are not alone.
Okay, now I will finish getting ready to go to the gym to see what I can get out of this 55 year old body today. Tomorrow, DTE, or as we still refer to it, Pine Knob. Life is good!
TS
Bach and I related a bit to this and David recalled a moment on stage last December in Argentina where he was like "I am totally in THIS moment and fully enjoying it". Our main run in the 90's went by in a flash...we were always looking forward and sometimes (maybe) missed what was right in front of us..For instance, I never truly realized the impact that Guardian had until after we "retired' . Thinking about Argentina...We hope to have more "now" moments like that in the future...stay tuned!
jamie
¶ 7/14/2009 0 Comments
