My Worship Revolution

In light of my last post and our upcoming 80’s prom, some of you may want to brush up on your moves by checking out this video. If nothing else, it will provide a fun walk down memory lane!
[Thanks to Jeff Toussieng for the e-mail!]

 
This coming Sunday night we will be having a big 80’s prom as a fun night to appreciate all the people who have helped out regularly in the past year. If you are one of those people and didn’t get an invite for some reason, make sure you let us know so you can be in on the fun.
As I was getting some stuff ready for Sunday, I came across this webpage. Thought some of you might appreciate it. Here’s a few of my favorites:
You might be a child of the 80’s if…

• You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off. Or even when he had those freaky eyes in "Thriller" at the end of the video.
• You wore a banana clip or one of those slap on wrist bands at some point during your youth.
• You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, Wax off."
• You know what "psych" means.
• You know who Max Headroom is.
• You know, by heart, the words to any "Weird" Al Yankovic song. (I know I’m not alone on that one!)
• You ever had a Swatch Watch.
• You remember when Saturday Night Live was funny.
• 3 words: "Atari" "IntelliVision" and "Coleco". Sound familiar?
• You were shocked and horrified at the Challenger explosion (which you were probably watching in school at the time). (I totally remember watching that at school)
• You ever dressed to emulate a person you saw in either a Duran Duran, Madonna, or Cyndi Lauper video. (I’m sorry to say, I actually did that with Michael Jackson…but that’s a whole different story.)
• You have ever called 867-5309.
• You had a poster of Rob Lowe, Kirk Cameron, or Michael J. Fox on your wall. (BOP magazine?)
• You remember when film critics raved that no movie could ever possibly get better special effects than those in the movie TRON.
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Hopefully that helps some of you get in the groove for Sunday night. Anything you would add?

Here’s the final PSA from our Office series. The message by Christina Walker was on "How to Survive Your Boss." Enjoy.

Had our sonogram appointment to find out the big news yesterday. Since we decided not to wait, we also decided to make it a little bit more special of a surprise for us. So we had the nurse put the sonogram that told us the sex in a sealed envelope, and then we went to a dinner together on the water down at the Pike.  That idea came from my friend Ryan Sharp.
I added a profile picture here too. So, with no further ado, it’s a…

boy!

Do you have any background in general construction? If so, Jon Gaw is looking for people to hire for his construction business. If you don’t know, Jon is an attender at Revolution who led our Youth Group for the past couple of years. If you are interested, e-mail Jon or call him at 562.843.8566.

Today I went to the gym for the first time in many months. My new “personal trainer” is Elliot and he just started this lifting and workout program called Cross Fit. It’s designed somewhat around olympic power lifting and I guess it’s supposed to make you the most fit by being well rounded or something.

Elliot is PSYCHO!! I thought I was gonna throw up 2/3 of the way through the warm up!! That’s all I did by the way. This thing is insane. The warm up alone is 15 seconds on each side of this squat stretch first. Then with an olympic bar you do 5 shrugs, 5 arm raise to 90 degrees, 5 lifts over your head, 5 overhead with a jump and squat, and 10 squats. Then you do 10-15 bicycle situps, 10 back extensions, 10 pull-ups, and 10 dips…then do it all 2 more times!! That’s not a warm up, that a stinkin workout!

Anyway, my quads hurt the most, but I think I’ll be feelin it everywhere tomorrow. I think I’ll have to work up to finishing a warm up. We’re supposed to do this routine of 3 days work then 1 day rest. We’ll see how it goes tomorrow. If I am actually able to stick with this, I better get ripped or somethin.

In just a couple of weeks, the very contraversial movie, The Da Vinci Code comes out. I kinda read the book. Rachel and I got the book on CD and listened to it on the way to and from Lake Tahoe a few years ago for our honeymoon. Wow, really well written, gripping book. Really heretical and untrue as well.
There are a lot of ways that this story is a major attack on Christianity, espescially because so many people seem to want to take it as truth. While lots of Christians are encouraging others to boycott the movie completely, I personally plan to see it. I want to see it so I can talk to people about it. So I can know what our culture is hearing about Jesus, however untrue it may be. And, as bad as this may sound to some people out there, it may even be slightly entertaining. I guess if it weren’t, it wouldn’t be such an issue, eh?
I get regular e-mails from a site called To The Source that produces articles on current issues from a christian perspective (not sure how I started getting them, but this was an unsolicited subscriptionl I actually have ended up enjoying). This week they had a great article that highlights some of the discrepancies in Dan Brown’s research and writing of the book.
Specifically it deals with his writings about Constantine, the Knights Templar, the Priory of Sion, and Leonardo da Vinci himself. Some of that may not make sense if you don’t know the story line, but I’d encourage you to take a few minutes and check out the article here. It’s really not too long or difficult to digest. Let me know what you think.
If you don’t read that, I’d encourage you to check out something if you get the chance so you have some extra knowledge of the issue. I have a feeling it might come up around a couple of watercoolers.

Check out this past weeks PSA about dealing with difficult people in the workplace.

[via Jamie]

Last night we saw the movie United 93. For anybody who hasn’t heard about this movie (I suppose that’s possible), it’s the story of the fourth plane that was highjacked on 9/11 and crashed in Pennsylvania as a result of the courage of it’s passengers. Wow, it was an intense movie. Some of the acting was below par, but for someone a bit picky about that, it was still overshadowed by the story.
At times I was surprised at the emotions that the movie evoked in me. I knew it would be impactful, but I was still surprised. I went to New York 3 weeks after the event to do ministry in the city. That experience was one of the most amazing weeks of my life, and this movie brought back memories of that. The smell of smoke in the air for miles. The ash that would cover my clothes, 3 weeks after the event. Praying with people and seeing people on their knees at the edge of ground zero sobbing.
After the movie ended, it was kinda like you weren’t sure how to respond. We all just kinda sat there in the silence as you digested what you just saw. You could hear people here and there sniffling as they were moved by what they saw.
In my opinion, this movie was a great way to honor the people who died that day and their families. It’s a great way to be reminded of what happened, and be able to see it from another perspective. I would definitely reccomend the movie if you want something to move you and really make you think. Definitely not a movie for pure entertainment.
Check out the trailer here.