I came across this video from a post that George P. Wood made on his blog. Normally, when I see a video over a couple of minutes I don’t usually watch it, but I decided to settle in and give it a few minutes. Almost immediately, I realized that this was going to be well worth my time.
In it, Dr. Peter Williams provides some great insight into some evidence for believing that eyewitnesses wrote the Gospel accounts. Do yourself a favor and check it out.
Today we started a new message series at Cornerstone called, “Garmin or God: A Road Trip of Transformation.” Throughout the summer we’re going to follow the journey of the Isrealites as they wandered through the wilderness and learn from their experiences.
Right now, the plan is to create a short video element for each message in the series. You can see the first video below.
I created the graphic for the series using one of our staff member’s TomTom and a bobble head (body?) Jesus that I ordered online. In fact, I actually changed the concept after the first idea didn’t come together for me (shown below). We originally wanted to take a picture of a car dashboard with GPS and Jesus. It was just too busy and I wasn’t happy with how things were laid out.
So I scrapped all that and went with a more simple design. Granted, it’s nothing ground breaking (Myriad Pro font, white background, wet floor…Apple anyone?), but for me, it was a win.
This was the first time I did any photography for my own design, so there was a bit of a learning curve for how to take a picture and get a useable image. This was particularly true relating to the images I used for the final design. I ended up shooting them outside on a white box. I tried different lighting and darker backgrounds (like a green storage bin) but the silver springs on Jesus reflected the colors and it was impossible to work with in Photoshop.
In the end, I’m happy with it. We had a good response today and my prayer is that stuff like this enhances people’s experience at Cornerstone and gives them something to look forward to.
We’re doing a series of messages at Cornerstone on the 5 Love Languages.
Today we showed a parody of the show “The Office” to introduce our 4th love language: physical touch.
The whole video was shot in about an hour by one of our students, Zach (he did a GREAT job).
I wrote the two page script (got the concept with help from @the_Kevon) and edited it.
Enjoy.
We’re starting a series of messages this month at Cornerstone called “5 Love Languages”. It’s taken from the book with the same title
I used Apple’s Motion app to create a video “bumper” to show before the message and use with other media we’ll make in connection with the series (weekly video update on Facebook and archive video of the message).
Check it out below.
I’ve noticed a bit of an attack on resolutions this year. Okay, “attack” may be a strong word, and it may not be widespread. However, I’ve come across several blogs that expressed some negative sentiment towards the idea. I’m not sure where this is coming from, but on one of the posts I read, the author expressed her disdain for resolutions. To her, they were never kept, because they were too radical. Instead she said, we should look to improve areas that we are already excelling in. She then proceeded to make goals for what she wanted to do in 2011. Maybe I was missing something, but they seemed like resolutions to me, regardless of what you call them.
Life works in cycles. We need to experience the ebb and flow that these times bring. For me, the New Year is a time to reflect on the past and find vision for the future.
It’s healthy to slow down and consider the road we’ve been on. For me, 2010 has been marked with transition. I’ve changed my role in ministry, moving from being a Youth Pastor to Executive Pastor). And we’ve moved from Chicagoland to the St. Louis area. This past year has been a time to heal and be restored. I had to let go off some things as a result of our move that were incredibly important to me (family, friends, familiar environment, etc.). The end result, however, is that my family and I are healthier and stronger because of it. It hasn’t always been easy, be we have great new friends and a church family who have walked with us through the process.
I made 3 commitments/resolutions/goals last year.
So, there you go. That’s my list. What’s on yours?
