Friday Favorites 3.2.12

1. Favorite Dog Tease - Still love it.[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGeKSiCQkPw&w=450&h=251]2. Favorite One Man Band - Mike Tomkins - brilliant. Stick around at the end of the video to see how he does it.[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvoNfiNo1DA?rel=0&w=450&h=251]3. Favorite Telemarketer Strategy - [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COzKzYmnXFE?rel=0&w=450&h=251]4. Favorite Song that could be about Jesus but the songwriter probably didn't mean for it to be about Jesus - [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJgJL4NnW8M?rel=0&w=450&h=251]5. Favorite Line from upcoming Sunday morning worship - Could we with ink the ocean fill, and were the skies of parchment made, were every stalk on earth a quill, and every man a scribe by trade; To write the…
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Thursday Thoughts 3.1.12

1. Man, this weather stinks.2. I wonder if they make those janitor keychain slingshot things for remote controls.3. I think the more time we spend "connecting" on social networks is inversely proportional to how connected we really are.4. Today's high was 78. Brusters is still closed for the winter.5. After about a week, high definition television becomes just....television.
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Thursday Thoughts

1. I like the architecture on the new building that's going up in the Meadowbrook Office Park.2. Isn't the beep on a voicemail greeting universally recognized as "talk now?" Can we get rid of the nice lady that gives up 2 minutes of instructions?3. I think Facebook and twitter are probably doing the opposite of what we think they're doing.4. I like the line in Natalie Grant's Your Great Name that says "the enemy, he has to leave, at the sound of Your great name."5. Bruster's is closed for the winter - but almost everyday i've been able to run…
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Thoughts on Lent from two years ago

I thought about writing about Lent again - and then I found what I wrote two years ago - and I still echo every word...I grew up Catholic . . . left that church when I was 16 and started attending the Southern Baptist church across town. I had conscientious objections to what they [the church] was teaching regarding the sacrament of the lord's supper, and confession, and found those teachings contrary to what I read and believe that Scripture teaches.Having said that - i would, almost every year, participate in the season of Lent by "giving up something" for…
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Friday Favorites 6.17.11

If you haven't watched these - watch 'em. If you have watched these, I promise they're worth watching again. I did, this week. a couple times.1. Favorite Christmas Video, part 1[vimeo 7315720 w=450 h=251]2. Favorite Christmas Video, part 2[vimeo 7316189 w=450 h=251]3. Favorite Christmas Video, part 3[vimeo 7317253 w=450 h=251]4. Favorite reminder about community- [vimeo 16413477 w=450 h=251]5. Favorite line from upcoming Sunday morning worship - You alone can rescue, you alone can save...
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Friday Favorites 6.10.11

1. Favorite time wasted - http://img.widgets.video.s-msn.com/flash/customplayer/1_0/customplayer.swfVideo: Biggest Domino Fail Ever2. Favorite CEO interview - Got to meet Dan Cathy last month. Incredible guy. His vision for customer service is unparalleled - and is a cornerstone for the success of Chick-fil-a. And Tripp Crosby makes anything funny...[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thhSMqsiwDE?rel=0&w=451&h=250]3. Favorite Scrubs moment - Still love Dr Cox...[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zNjQecyjE8?rel=0&w=451&h=250]4. Favorite ridiculous "how-to" - Another success from Tripp and Tyler[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBGmhPlJxWg?rel=0&w=451&h=250]5. Favorite line from upcoming Sunday morning worship - Be my everything
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Friday Favorites 5.27.11

1. Favorite reminder - [vimeo 23877328 w=451 h=250]2. Favorite dog tease - [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGeKSiCQkPw?rel=0&w=451&h=250]3. Favorite scrubs moment - Scrubs was one of my favorite shows - until the tragic last two seasons (seriously - they should have pulled the plug). Anyway - i've decided that an important part of the Friday favorites, at least for a little while, will be a favorite Dr Cox moment...[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL-8aTVl0Qc?rel=0&w=451&h=250]4. Favorite little kid rendition - [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t02B1u_Tt5Y&w=451&h=250]5. Favorite line from upcoming Sunday morning worship set - Oh, i'm running to Your arms, I'm running to Your arms, the riches of Your love, will always…
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