27 Jan 2009
By jasondsears

What if we did this for a worship service

Friday Favorites, videos
This guy Mark Johnson travelled around the globe and recorded different folks singing and playing the same tune - then edited it together for this film.What if we could do this realtime for a worship service - have a few different countries, all playing the same song, piped together on some fiber network, broadcast to the nations . . . hmm.[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us-TVg40ExM&hl=en&fs=1]
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22 Jan 2009
By jasondsears

Amazing Grace

Friday Favorites
We had a good moment in choir last night, as we're preparing for our Palm Sunday worship service. We were rehearsing the song "Amazing Grace/My Chains are gone." Great tune. We were rehearsing the unison section of the 1st first - I once was blind, but now I see . . . saved a wretch like me . . . Some of us grew up singing those same words, and it seems like every pop star and even American Idol has their own version of the song. And we often think about our salvation when we read or sing those…
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16 Jan 2009
By jasondsears

Completely Worthless post

Friday Favorites, personal
This is a worthless post, but I'm from Iowa, and it made me laugh out loud.60 above zero:Arizonians turn on the heat.People in Iowa plant gardens.50 above zero:Californians shiver uncontrollably.People in Cedar Rapids sunbathe.40 above zero:Italian & English cars won't start.People in Iowa drive with the windows down.32 above zero:Distilled water freezes.The water in Des Moines gets thicker.20 above zero:Floridians don coats, thermal underwear, gloves, wool hats.People in Iowa throw on a flannel shirt.15 above zero:New York landlords finally turn up the heat.People in Iowa have the last cookout before it gets cold.0People in Miami all die.Iowans close the windows.10…
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09 Jan 2009
By jasondsears

You know you've made it when . . .

new music
My friend Aaron Shust (and he really is my friend - not just one of those guys that I shook hands with one time. We used to work together) has a very popular song in the CCM world called My Savior, My God. It's based on the hymn "I Am Not Skilled to Understand." You can look it up in the hymnal - it really is there.Anyway, I get these CD's about 10 times a year, produced by a group called "Song Discovery" that have their best guess as to the latest and greatest worship songs. I opened up my…
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08 Jan 2009
By jasondsears

Becoming even more undignified . . .

Friday Favorites
We had a great night of rehearsals last night (by the way, Worship Choir has started back: 6-7 every Wednesday night - open to all!)During our praise team rehearsal, which just went so well, it happened, as it does so often, that our rehearsals become more of a time of worship than they do rehearsals. So as we sang texts like "not to us, but to YOUR name, be the glory," and "search me - walk the corridors of my life, shine your light on those dark and hidden places," and transition into "Heart of my own heart, whatever befall…
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07 Jan 2009
By jasondsears

New Mac!

announcements, Friday Favorites, personal
I'm a huge MAC fan - so you can imagine how stoked I was when I saw this new ad for the new mac.Of course, it's from a very reputable source of news on the web.Bob keeps mentioning my blog in church - I'm sure posts like this will put an end to that :)http://www.blogger.com/img/videoplayer.swf?videoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvp.video.google.com%2Fvideodownload%3Fversion%3D0%26secureurl%3DqAAAAO3T1daHheEeH3ZcEQIwEb-ufpX3RLqWvNx99FHUV7g5nzqSBuQUAVq5Bjz503jqT7JBMbcV94RZlq2c9OquxsZl7VPd7jCVi0wIdItaHR0QwD5SUzChsxrK_VBcRxnrilchialLG6Av85ofMRPi86lJrkBMTQRqaR84c_R9A5ETiFs9y4vffAsn4p7YzRj-jeSLyy7sdw2ALudDLMWJmhECofsOBa4_pwfivdvAJY9r%26sigh%3DaI0eg2Bw5NyHN8K7DNRNTxOuQ4w%26begin%3D0%26len%3D86400000%26docid%3D0&nogvlm=1&thumbnailUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2FThumbnailServer2%3Fapp%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D25ae3b28e92f36fc%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw320%26sigh%3Dz6KxxFtXyeJ30h8tOTtYlXh08Eo&messagesUrl=video.google.com%2FFlashUiStrings.xlb%3Fframe%3Dflashstrings%26hl%3Den
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26 Dec 2008
By jasondsears

Merry Christmas . . .

Friday Favorites, personal
We had some "severe" weather in Birmingham around 7PM on Christmas Eve. I don't know if it was enough to get James going on ABC, but apparently there were tornado warnings and 60mph straight-line winds in Tuscaloosa - all heading to Birmingham.My 7-year-old had one comment on the weather:"Maybe God is mad because we keep celebrating Christmas in ways that we shouldn't . . . "
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22 Dec 2008
By jasondsears

Just in time for Christmas

Friday Favorites, videos
I love Mark Long - he and I have a tremendous friendship, and he really puts me in the Christmas mood when i watch this video . . . I'm thinking maybe a special for next year's Christmas spectacular. . . http://www.blogger.com/img/videoplayer.swf?videoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvp.video.google.com%2Fvideodownload%3Fversion%3D0%26secureurl%3DqAAAAP0YN7YpWvFNWPjMMOzGjlWoA1YgUam_kmb6iKTeZRsVjumZmMvMYIChMb3MxEKc-PdCQStIXzvE4Fxxd3jDnDHkUYjjNU_JKmNSWkB5KDTcgSV5vtdH8vQPpN2XTy5b1RjV5b0bilZxPLJJP0cy1sStbmALMtuCjerp01PoOl62Rpv8H71b64RAz2hXh7U0qoHHaImqQqC3kOCTFsmGTqFpXhIZjv4a028pU39pBSPK%26sigh%3DvVC9_PTvW02aBlr7OQkQbFELabM%26begin%3D0%26len%3D86400000%26docid%3D0&nogvlm=1&thumbnailUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2FThumbnailServer2%3Fapp%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Da412cd1764b9b21d%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw320%26sigh%3DoiiwjqavGs_uJD042wca8OiF2YE&messagesUrl=video.google.com%2FFlashUiStrings.xlb%3Fframe%3Dflashstrings%26hl%3DenSpecial thanks to Patrick Bush for allowing me to use his video . . . Merry Christmas!
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