Garden "Harvest"

Lesson Learned

Young@Heart

Last night we watched the documentary Young @ Heart. I'd recommend it. Coldplay, the Clash and Jimi Hendrix will never sound the same once you've heard the Young@Heart chorus, a group of Massachusetts senior citizens who thrill audiences worldwide with their unusual -- and unusually poignant -- covers of rock songs. Stephen Walker's humane and heartwarming documentary follows the elderly ensemble as they prepare their new show.

Check out THIS VIDEO from one of the performances. Fred Knittle, the man who sings the song in this video, died in January of this year.

Ouch.

Philosophical Phootball

Mary Poppins Trailer

HT: Burly

Family of Blacks Christmas Film - 2008

Instead of Christmas cards we send out a video.  It is our ongoing attempt to be green and cheap.  If you are seeing this video for the first time it probably means that you weren't on our email list.  That was our ongoing attempt to save time.  Enjoy.

Skittle Ads

I like Skittles. I have for quite some time. We have a gumball machine in our house that dispenses Skittles (for free). I like them even more after seeing these ads.

ht: JH

Church Member Meeting

Here is an interesting video clip from a member meeting at Covenant Life Church. I know none of us deal with these same issues of choices for the education of our children but I thought you may be interested in hearing/seeing this. If you don't want to watch the video I will sum it up for you - we should be primarily devoted to the gospel of Jesus Christ - over and above educational choices we make for our children.

Labone, Sudan - Vision Trip

Here is a glimpse of what we experienced in Labone, Sudan. I prepared this video for our church and pieces of the video were explained at a gathering last evening. Some of the video may not make much sense if you are not connected to Trinity Church. Enjoy.

Back home

Greetings all. I am back in the US. Below is a short video from the beginning of our experience in Labone, Sudan. I don't know what to think yet. It was a life-chaning experience and I am still trying to process everything. We met some great new friends and had some unbelievable experiences. God was gracious and kind to us in our travels.

Film-Based Curriculum

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The word is a thing...?

If you have been in the church very long the content in this video will not be shocking to you. I post this not because the actual video clips are humorous (in fact they are sad) but because the commentary is humorous. I am posting this with some hesitation and because of that I will not make any comments or provide any disclaimers. Watch at your own theological discretion.

Strange and unbelievable talent