I like netflix. I'm a fan. I quit using their DVD service this fall and lately I've been streaming the content instead. I was a bit concerned about lack of access to new releases (especially since Blockbuster seems to have vanished entirely from the face of Long Island) but the truth is, I've been trying to read more lately anyhow and there's a LOT of content available for streaming.
So I'm cruising through the menu a few weeks ago when I saw a Bruce Lee movie I had never seen. It's called Game of Death. Fans of martial arts movies are ...
James Bond Obsession
** Heads up: there is absolutely zero spiritual content in the following entry.
Unless discussing James Bond somehow brings you closer to God.
Which is decidedly possible.
I got a couple of gift cards for Christmas this year, which I used to complete my collection of James Bond films. I now own all of the 22 movies in the series, plus the extra non-canonical 'Never Say Never Again,' which is basically a remake of Thunderball.
There are many of the films I haven't seen yet and I'm having a great time slowly working my way through the set. I intend to stretch this out ...
Lin-Sanity Reloaded
Even if you're not an NBA fan, you've probably heard the name 'Jeremy Lin.' And you've probably suffered through many of the bad puns that his name has given birth to. But you may not know the back story.
Simply by virtue of the fact that he's one of the few Chinese players in the NBA, Lin has a huge following in the Asian community. Earlier this year, he was thrust into the limelight after leading the Knicks on a 7 game winning streak.
Lin had been cut by the Houston Rockets and the Golden State Warriors. He was sent down to ...
First World Problems
This past Sunday at True North, we wrapped up a message series called "How to Be Rich." If you missed it, you can check out the audio here, at our message archive.
It was a pretty heavy three weeks and I got a ton of positive feedback on it, which really encouraged me because talking about money always sets me off balance.
We talked at length about how blessed we are and how no matter what, we're all convinced that we're broke and that "rich" is a title for someone else. The truth is, if you live indoors, you have indoor plumbing, ...
On Wednesday, June 3rd, umpire Jim Joyce blew a call late in the 9th inning and cost Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Gallaraga a perfect game.
For you non-baseball fans out there, that’s a really big deal. Like, there have only been 20 perfect games in the 100+ years of Major League Baseball’s history. It’s something a pitcher dreams of his whole life.
The play was not a close one. It was just a bad call. Human error. A biff.
And because MLB doesn’t use instant replay, the word of the umpire stands. Period. The manager can kick up dirt, the fans can scream their heads off and the players can spit their tobacco juice on his shoes, but there is no reversing the call.
Having a bit of a crazy week so I don’t have too much time to post.
But this past Saturday was probably my favorite day of the year so far. We baptized 49 people in the waters of the Long Island Sound.
49 people who are finding their role in God’s amazing story and taking that next step in their faith: publicly declaring to the world that they belong to Christ and they don’t care who knows it!!
Honestly. This moves me in ways I can’t even bring words to. Seeing lives change… it’s… it’s just ADDICTING!!! I so love seeing people getting connected to the God that made them. We’ve baptized literally hundreds of people in our church’s 5 summers and it just never ever ever gets old.
Congrats to all of you who stepped up and did some business with God on Saturday.
Enjoy this amazing pic with the epic cloud bank custom made just for us!! Click to enlarge.
PS – If you missed our service and still want to get baptized, you’re not the only one and it’s not too late. Message me and we’ll set something up.
This week’s burst of goodness from The Right Thing is just something ridiculous and awesome that someone emailed me this week.
I get a lot of stuff like that, but very little of it is blogworthy.
But first, a couple of interesting stats about The Right Thing, delivered to me recently by my man Tyler at Fresh Tech Concepts. He’s the genius behind this page’s design.
1 – Since March of this year, 1,040 different people visited this site. That’s 1,040 unique visitors!! Pretty cool, no?
2 – Most of them didn’t leave a comment. They are chumps. Leave a comment or become a chump. Those are your choices in life.
3 – Of those 1,040 visitors, 14 of them accessed this blog via a dial-up internet connection. Wow. Just… wow. You people are dedicated!!
4 – Of course most traffic to the site is generated from the U.S. and Canada, but there were also repeat visits from readers in Austria, The UK, Belgium, Australia, Russia, The Netherlands and Japan!!!! That just blows my mind. A quick message to all my international readers: You guys rock!! Thanks for tuning in.
And thanks to all of you for checking out my scrawlings.
Now, do enjoy this little piece of silliness spliced together by some guy with WAY way too much time on his hands.
It’s the marriage of a really annoying song by an “artist” called Kesha, with some vintage Star Trek clips. Sounds ridiculous, I know. But somehow, it just works.
So I got this really cool email last week from an art student named Robin Wolf. I thought I’d share it with you.
We ended a message series last Sunday on the life and music of Johnny Cash, during which we viewed the music video for the song ‘Hurt,’ which I have pasted below for your reference just in case you weren’t there that Sunday.
Click to enlarge.