Friday Favorites 10.15.10

Here are this week's Friday Favorites . . . 1. Favorite ridiculous video - Tripp and Tyler . . . [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4ULQtQf2e4&fs=1&hl=en_US]3. Favorite line from upcoming Sunday worship"And I surrender, all to You, all to You" (from Vineyard's Surrender)4. Favorite movie (lately) that got bad reviews and skipped by the theatre crowd - Book of Eli . . . if you can handle graphic violence, the move is unreal - and the ending had me convicted.5. Favorite *new (to oak mtn) song - to be introduced soon. "Amazed" - Jared Anderson6. Favorite Artist that I'VE just found, and haven't listened…
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Friday Favorites 10.08.10

So - i'm starting a new series of posts - on fridays i'll post up my "favorites." No real categories here - just things that turned my crank during the week.Favorite ridiculous video - Darth Vader Recording for Tom Tom (make sure you watch till the very end)[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ljFfL-mL70&fs=1&hl=en_US]Favorite Facebook Status update -Goes to my brother Garrett - posting:"The French government announced yesterday that it has raised its terror alert level from "Run" to "Hide". The only two higher levels in France are "Collaborate" and "Surrender". The rise was precipitated by a recent fire that destroyed France's white flag factory,…
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I don't do auditions

I read an article today, in one of the magazines that comes to my office every month. It was written by a guy i respect - and have studied, and have read - and the title of it was "letting volunteers go." The premise of the article was answering a "question" from a reader about how to let a volunteer go - one that has been involved in the ministry for years, simply because they weren't a solo-quality voice.I'd offer a different perspective.I'm grieved at the thought that was would use "distraction" or "not-as-skilled" to justify excluding someone from worship…
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