Who are the people that have this footage on tape to upload it to Youtube in the first place? Just search on Eurovision it’s crazy. Well Woody meets Billy, it’s fluffy stuff but you can see a mutual respect. I’m not sure you get something like this on Television today. I can’t imagine Ricky Gervais sitting down with Rob Bell, though I’m sure Rob would enjoy it.
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I think I’ve always wanted to be cool. When the Fonz entered the room in Happy Days the audienced cheered just because he turned up. It was early on in life that I realised I was never going to be the Fonz, I could never pull off the leather jacket look. Thankfully my quest for coolness was aided by the late nighties/early norties acceptance of geek chic. I finally felt there was one trend I could aim for and potentially achieve, I think my friends might say I achieved on the geek part but it was never really chic or cool. Our desire to appear cool is often about being accepted or recieving love or adoration from our peers. Cool is also attractive, we are drawn to cool things and when we feel cool it can lift us, my favourite part of going to a wedding is seeing all my mates in suits and pretending in my mind that we are part of a mafia or something and the whole time I’m thinking ‘How cool are we?! ‘
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Here’s a little quiz that I came across which I found kinda interesting to do.
Today we heard the terrible news that the BBC will not be renewing their contract to show Neighbours due to the high price being asked for the shows rights. No need to worry too much however, Channel 5 have bought the rights to the soap and will continue to show from next year.
Box office records show us that millions of people love to see Will Farrell shout and go crazy like only Will Ferrell can, however, here is a clip of BBC reporter, John Sweeney in his Panorama documentary on the religion of Scientology freaking completely out.
I havn’t yet seen the programme so don’t fully understand what was behind the major freak out session, however this bit of tv is nothing short of amazing and had to be posted.
What a professional!
So I spent too much of this bank holiday weekend watching television, well actually video. I tend to watch a lot of US drama and I’ve recently been making my way through the new series of Battlestar Galactica. I apologise for those who may groan at the thought of science fiction but this series has really highlighted to me how good sci-fi can be. Science Fiction is a relatively modern genre but by it’s nature it allows you to pose lots of hypothetical ethical and philosophical questions. In the new Battlestar Galactica the enemy cylons who are robots now have the ability to create robots that behave and look like humans. I’ll try not to give too much away but the main philosophical theme of Battlestar Galactica is the nature of humanity. What does it mean to be human?
Chord sheets are now available for Our God Reigns and Friend To Me. Enjoy!
I passed my driving test a few years ago and since then people have often asked me when I am going to buy a car. As a teenager I’d always wondered how people paid for cars and was amazed when my brother explained to me the concept of ‘Finance’. Knowing the traditional Evangelical view on debt I came to conclusion I would never own a nice car. I still haven’t bought a car though I might need to at some point in the future. I’ve always fancied a car with character like an old Mercedes, BMW or Land Rover Defender but then my desire to care for the earth that God has given us gets in the way of purchasing a polluting machine. If I purchase a new car then I get something that is greener and economical but would almost certainly get me in to debt. You may think “Why on earth are you going on about this?”, well I think that as christians it’s important that we wrestle with issues instead of following the crowd whether that be those within or outside the church.
I thought I’d highlight some guys who are wrestling with this very issue in an active way. They call themselves the Junky Car Club and they’ve decided that instead of getting fancier and fancier cars that they will instead buy cars outright and use the money they would have spent on a monthly finance deal to support social justice projects or organisations helping the poor. It’s a simple but great idea, we know that following Jesus costs a great deal, some like to philosophize that away to such an extent that it isn’t an actual real monetary cost, not these guys. Check it out here www.virb.com/junkycarclub
A full version of “Our God Reigns” from the EP is now avaiable to be streamed from my Myspace page.
If you’re not my friend already, go ahead and add me. I like friends.
And if you don’t already have a copy, remember that the EP is available to buy on our online store. I’m sure my producer, Andy, will even throw in a signed photo of himself if you request it.
tom
Just to let people know that Rob Bell is touring the UK in June this year. Rob’s sermons, books and videos have been a great inspiration and source of challenge over the past 3 years. I first saw the Nooma film Flame when I was at University and was amazed that someone had actually created a credible piece of Christian Video with content to match the visuals. Then a while later I found that Mars Hill Church (where Rob is the teaching pastor) puts all their sermons online for free. Rob has also written two books Velvet Elvis and more recently Sex God. I read Sex God last week whilst away on holiday and found it an easy yet revelational read in a world that seems to have lost it’s way defining what it means to be sexual.
Calling All Peacemakers will mainly be in venues associated with rock gigs, tickets are available here and a £1 from every sale goes to the Turame Microfinance Project. Might see some of you at Wolverhampton.