the journey: YouTube

Contextless links: 08.13.08

I've posted cool links in the past and have decided to resume that practice by posting new/interesting links in the future.

Grunge textures: Free graphics for church/worship use.
Learning my lines: Interesting news/articles for parents, youth workers and youth pastors.
Millennials & activism: An interesting article.
Twilight, the movie: Trash or treasure? We'll see.
The latest on "The Shack" phenomenon.
On Faith: The Washington Post's religion articles.
Pictures taken just at the right time.
Jan Richardson Gallery: I really like her work.
The periodic table of awesoments: Hilarious.
Next-wave: The skinny on Missional.
China pulled Milli-Vanilli during Olympics opening ceremony: What an awful way to treat a young child!
New York Times: Keeping it Rielle: Probably the best assessment of the John Edwards debacle.
Another outdoor NHL game, this time at Wrigley.
Make the switch, repower America: I'm sorry, but the answer isn't simple. It will also need to include drilling.
Tokin the Ghost: No, this isn't a spoof. John Crowder is a real-live evangelist. Lord help us. Ugh.

I'll post more from time to time.

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Revelation Song (with lyrics)

Though I cringe at lyrics that portray God as the distant (and disinterested) old man in the sky, I have to admit this song-- as it stands-- is very powerful.

Here's Kari Jobe shown singing this powerful song. Here she's shown singing it live.

HT: Paul Dazet

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Church Pirates

This YouTube video featuring Ed Young Jr. addressing his church staff has attracted both criticism and concern.

It comes across as typical passive-agressive conflict resolution-- shooting a public shotgun of concern-- instead of privately addressing the person (or people) who needed to hear this the most.

Interesting.

HT: MondayMorning Insights

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Jesus for President

Posted below is a YouTube video of Shane Claiborne talking about his latest book, Jesus for President, a book I am currently reading.

If you'd like to see what thoughtful, progressive Christians are saying (and doing), you might enjoy this book.

Updated on Wednesday:

If you're still unconvinced & are looking or other reasons to examine this book for yourself, here's a discription of the book in-a-nutshell:

Amid all the buzz of politics and elections, Jesus for President is a refreshing reminder that our ultimate hope lies not in partisan political options but in the Jesus who gave his life for us. Politics for ordinary radicals who want to love the world into the kingdom of God.

Jesus for President is a radical manifesto to awaken the Christian political imagination, reminding us that our ultimate hope lies not in partisan political options but in Jesus and the incarnation of the peculiar politic of the church as a people “set apart” from this world...

Also, to hear Shane in person during The Jesus for President Tour click here for more information.

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Serving the marginalized on Skid Row

Having visited (and assisted in) numerous inner city missions and food kitchens, I'm particularly interested in stories like this one.

Recorded below is the story of those who pour out their lives to serve the poor, hungry and homeless in one of the most dangerous city blocks in America.

Here's Part 1:

Here is the rest of the series:

HT: Jordon Cooper

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Sojo on YouTube

Sojo has a message of peace, social justice and community/individual transformation. I'm pleased to run across several of their videos posted on YouTube.

Maybe you'd like to view a few of them for yourself.

Click here.

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Pisseth against the wall

Just when it seems that preachers can't do anything else to be an embarrassment to the profession, something like this gets posted on YouTube.

Heaven help us.

HT: ysmarko, I am pernell, and others

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They like Jesus but not the church (dvd curriculum)

From Emergent Village:

Dan Kimball’s book They Like Jesus But Not the Church now has a companion six-session DVD curriculum (due out in March), which “looks at the understandable questions and perceptions that people outside of the church have.”

These questions include:

“Is the church judgmental, negative and political?”

“Does the church arrogantly think they are right and all other religions wrong?”

“Is the church homophobic?”

Here's a related video from YouTube:

HT: Emergent Viliage

Click here for the link at Zondervan.

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More about Joel Osteen

I'm not a big fan of Mark Driscoll, but he does a fairly good job of critiquing Joel Osteen's theology. Let me encourage you to watch the entire clip because he makes some good points.