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Posted on June 29, 2007

The Gods Aren’t Angry

Rob Bell, the founding pastor of Mars Hill Church,

Posted on June 29, 2007

Online media is quickly becoming a fashionable and affordable alternative to film and television. Take for example the film below by 25-year-old director/producer/musician Aaron Beckum, “Who Wants To Be An Amerikan” a satirical film set in soviet Russia where a young man appears on a game show offering the grand prize of a new life [...]

Posted on June 28, 2007

The Junky Car Club

I came across an ad for these guys in my latest issue of Relevant Magazine. I love the idea behind what they do – a car club committed to living with less so we can give more. Here is what they say on their site:
The Junky Car Club is a community of people who are [...]

Posted on June 28, 2007

Late Fathers Day Post

I never got around to posting this on Fathers Day because I got busy planning for the trip. I just wanted to wish my Dad a happy Fathers Day. This is my favorite picture of Jason, Dad and I even though Jason always laughs about how I had my hand on my dad’s leg in [...]

Posted on June 27, 2007

The Future is Here

A few weeks ago I wrote a post about Microsoft Surface. I recently came across this parody of the Microsoft Surface promo video that was too funny not to post. You will have to watch the original video at the Microsoft Surface website to really get this video.

Posted on June 26, 2007

Day 6 and 7 at the Dream Center

We’ve been having so much fun that I just didn’t get around to posting my final update on the Dream Center trip!
On Sunday our group did the bus ministry that drives into the various projects and poor neighborhoods in downtown L.A. to pick people up for Church. The service was awesome as usual. Pastor Matthew [...]

Posted on June 23, 2007

Day 4 and 5 at the Dream Center

We’ve been busy yesterday and today with the Elevate Conference that is taking place this week at the Dream Center. As part of the short-term missions team we helped out with some of the details and got to sit in on some of the sessions.
Last night was the Elevate Worship concert. Prior to the concert [...]

Posted on June 22, 2007

Day 3 at the Dream Center

We’re in the beginning of day 4 of our trip but I’ll add to the rest of my posts about what happened yesterday. After our food truck ministry and various outreach opportunities we had we ate dinner and got ready for the Thursday night service. I knew that those in the group who had never [...]

Posted on June 21, 2007

Food Ministry at the Dream Center

This afternoon our group participated in two aspects of the Food Ministry here at the Dream Center. 14 members of our group went out on the food truck to distribute food in poor neighborhoods while the other 6 of us went on the “Under The Bridge” outreach where we prepared and served hot meals to [...]

Posted on June 21, 2007

Day 2 at the Dream Center

Good morning. It’s actually 8:00 in the morning here in California – the beginning of our 3rd day here but we were so exhausted when we got back last night that I couldn’t drag myself down to the coffee house to write anything.
We got our group assignments yesterday morning at 8:45. A third of our [...]