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Epic Church wants to keep up with you on Twitter

Epic Church wants to keep up with you on Twitter Twitter connects you with everything you want to know, right now. Short bursts of information are readily available from news organizations, corporate entities, politicians, celebrities, local businesses - even your close friends and family. Also, if you have something to share with the world, Twitter makes it super easy. To join for free, click the link below. http://twitter.com/i/4fc413a18ad42d9259b598b0b32770630ac1c24a Thanks, @twitter About Twitter, Inc. Founded in 2007, Twitter Inc believes the open exchange of information can have a positive global impact. Every "Tweet" is limited to 140 characters of text or links which means they are easily written or read on a wide variety of services and devices including any mobile phone, social networks, television, Macs, PCs, and the Web. This message was sent by a Twitter user who entered your email address. If you'd prefer not to receive emails when other people invite you to Twitter, click here: http://twitter.com/i/o?c=Ph7wwAG2ooX4ItvAfGHXg3RBIc2NocAz4JXiP19zPFg%3D Please do not reply to this message; it was sent from an unmonitored email address. This message is a service email related to your use of Twitter. For general inquiries or to request support with your Twitter account, please visit us at Twitter Support.

The time has come...

Hey everyone, the time has come for me to switch blogs, I am now using wordpress, this is the link to my new blog. See ya there!

Don't forge to check out our new church Epic Church. We are moving to Andover, Kansas in January 2009 to plant Epic Church. We are partnering with other churches to plant Epic Church to reach those who feel disconnected and far from God!

Talkin bout good vibrations!

I think I like Netvibes. I definitely like it for keeping up on blogs. It makes it much easier and it is much more efficient than an simple RSS Reader. I can either read an RSS version of a post, or I can click on a button that says "show website" and it will load (which has been preloaded while you were reading the post) the website page of the blog and I can comment, etc. It's super nice. You can check out how it works by visiting my universe!

I use it for keeping updated on sports (which I am ever trying to understand) and some other stuff...

Water Power Theory

So, here's my latest theory, I woke up this morning and it was the first thing I thought of. What if we put some sort of generater in our water pipes that used the natural water pressure created by the water towers and gravity to create electricity. I don't know the specifics of how it would work, but it seems possible. Let me know what you think.

'Nother Dream

So I had another dream last night. I was at this huge mansion on a huge hill. I got in a go cart with two of my friends (Chris L., & Heath H.). We were driving around the mansion and the two of them kept whining that we weren't going any faster. I specifically remember Heath saying, "Can't this thing go any faster", and giving Chris a High Five. I said, "You want fast, I'll give you fast", I abruptly turned the car down hill going offroading. We flew over a little bump and realized that there was only a hundred feet left before we crashed into the ocean. I hit the breaks and remembered that we were in a go-cart and that it was not equiped with the kind of breaking system we would need. I looked back at the guys, said farewell and woke myself up right before we bound into the water. For all I know, Heath and Chris hit the water. I hope they are ok, wherever they are... Anyway, that's my newest, latest dream. Hope your not mad that you read all the way to here and this is how it ends...

Introducing Mr (or Miss) Barton Finkey Wagner

I added the red to give a little definition to what you are seeing...

Dream

Yesterday I had a dream (I was taking an afternoon nap, I heard that is common during the 2nd trimester of pregnancies). In my dream there were all these people that I knew who are kind of legalistic in their walk with Christ, they were all walking through this maze. The maze was made up of balsa wood boards that were like 8 feet long and 4 inches wide by half inch thick. I saw them going through the maze and decided that I needed to break the wood so they can get to the goal without having to go through the maze. Anyway, there was a little more to the dream, but Jenni is ready for me to go...

All I Want For Christmas... Is a Robot Guitar...

Gibson has come out with a Robot Guitar, and I want it... This is the future of guitars as we know it, you wonder why it took so long for anyone to think of it... Automatic tuning, preset alternate tunings, automatic intonation and easy string changes... Gibson, you are an absolute genius!

So, if anyone out there is looking for something to get me for Christmas, this is it...
You can check out video of the guitar here.

U2 Embeded...

For Those U2 Lovers...

If you are not on Facebooka and iLike, you would not have ever known, except that I love you all... Hah... This is something totally new in the music industry - Bono is changing how things are done... I like how he can't remember all of the lyrics... Hah. You will dig this video if you haven't seen it yet...
You may have to sign up for a Facebook and add iLike, but it is worth it.
Maybe Bono will read your comment...

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Dear iLike user on Facebook,

I'm writing to tell you about an amazing video clip that U2 has just posted on iLike - it means a lot to me and I think it's a little bit of rock'n'roll history.

(Forgive me for the mass email -- we've never done this before. I've included my email address below if you want to contact me.)

Today, U2 used iLike to post a personal message from Bono, singing - and talking us through - "Wave of Sorrow". It's a track that U2 demoed during sessions for The Joshua Tree in 1987. Just recently Bono laid down vocals for the song and it will be released for the first time next week on the remastered release of The Joshua Tree. As Bono plays us the track, he also tells the powerful story of the song. I found it quite moving!

>>> Watch the video of Bono singing "Wave of Sorrow" and leave your feedback.

Since we started iLike a year ago, our vision has been to bring people together through music. As others follow U2's lead, this could transform how artists connect with fans. To get concert alerts & content from other artists, tell us which artists you like.

Sincerely,
Hadi Partovi, co-founder, iLike
hadip@ilike-inc.com

p.s. On a personal note, I was in the room when this video was filmed. My brother recorded it on his cameraphone. Now that's a memory to treasure!


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My Teeth

Well boys and gurls, it's official, I took my good friend Matt Lobmeyers advice and saw the good ol' Dentist. Some may have thought me to be an anti-dentite, but truth be told, I love the dentist... The guy is the only doctor that has never given me bad news. In fact, today I got a "that a boy" from him as he looked at my teeth in awe and amazement.
I was a little worried that it might go the other way, it had been 4 years since my last visit, but the dentist was so impressed with my teeth that he took pictures of them and spent several minutes just doddling over the impressiveness of my pearly whites...

Silly Scientists...

I was watching the today show this morning. They were doing a little segment on the Galapagos Islands. I found it ironic because they were talking to the President of the Charles Darwin Society or something like that and he was talking about all of the conservation efforts they are hoping to put in place to keep animals from becoming extinct. The irony to me was this guy is the president of a group trying to keep Darwinism (evolution) alive and yet they are attempting to bypass survival of the fittest - the thing that makes evolution possible. I am all for saving animal species on the brink of extinction, but I would think any good evolutionist would be glad to see them go, if they were too weak to survive, then why keep them around. I guess I will never know...

The Anti-Narnia...

I was reading on Snopes about the movie "The Golden Compass", that Nicole Kidman is in and is coming out at Christmas. It looked like a good movie from the previews, but evidently in the Trilogy, the kids - in the end - kill God.

The Golden Compass is, the anti-narnia...

The 119

"How can a young man keep his way pure?
By living according to your word.
I seek you with all my heart;
do not let me stray from your commands."

All for King Jesus...

Last night Jenni and I were looking at the stars and talking about God's promise to Abraham. Rich Mullins always said that one of those stars was lit just for us. We talked about God's promise to Abraham, that through him many nations would come.

This morning I started thinking how that promise really did not come about through Abraham, nor through Isaac, but it came through Jacob. Each of them was promised that the covenant made with Abraham would be fulfilled in them.

We do not hear this type of covenant again from God until David comes onto the scene and then it is promised again a very similar type thing, that his kingdom shall pass down and never be removed.

God has been playing this game of chess with the end game in mind all along. The entirety of Israel's history was deliberate strategy on the part of God to bring the messiah Jesus into the world to deliver mankind from the bondage of sin. Understanding this we can see why it was Jacob's direct lineage and not Isaac or Abraham's (both had sons that were not part of the fullfillment of God's promise - Abe had Ishmael, Isaac had Esau but all of Jacob's children became the nation of Israel) was the lineage through whom God choose to bring forth the nation of Israel. David was chosen because the DNA he carried was the DNA of the savior.

It makes me wonder how God is directing the flow of humanity in our world in order for Christ to return again.

More from "In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day"

Talking about Gordon MacKenzie's book orbiting the Giant Hairball and a section on workshops he led in elementary schools.:
"MacKenzie would ask the kids upfront: 'How many artists are there in the room?' And he said the pattern of responses never varied.
In the first grade, the entire class waved their arms like maniacs. Every child was an artist. In the second grade, about half the kids raised their hands. In the third grade, he'd get about ten out of thirty kids. And by the time he got to sixth grade, only one or two kids would tentatively and self-consciously raise their hands."

Matthew 18:3
"And he said: 'I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.'"

Will and Working out...

Boy howdy. Today, I got to the YMCA fine, but it was a struggle to get through every minute. I kept saying, "You can do 20 minutes" and then I would get there and say, "well, it's only 10 more minutes to 30" and so on till I did my 40 minutes. The second week is definitely harder, but I am excited about it. It feels good to work out, I can already feel my legs getting blood back to them. Now I just need the will power and the self discipline. That is what I have been praying for from God! Well, that's all for today...

I wonder...

I was thinking this morning about regret. I wonder if we regret more the things we do in life that are failures or the things we never did and wish we would have. I think of all of the students who have graduated from High School under me, and how many of them say, "I wish I would have taken the time to share Jesus with people." None of them say, I wish I wouldn't have gone to that party, although they probably wish they hadn't - what sticks out to them are the things they could have done for God, but were afraid to.

Kingdom

Daniel 2:44 (NRSV)


"44 And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall this kingdom be left to another people. It shall crush all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand forever;"

The Holy Bible : New Revised Standard Version. Nashville : Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1989