Archive - May, 2009

Throwback Sunday – Power Glove

May 31, 2009 in Throwback Sunday, videos with 2 Comments

Ok friends, it’s time for another great installment of Throwback Sunday. I must say this is a real special throwback Sunday for me, because it was after watching this move -

I proclaimed to my mom that if she would just get me The New Power glove for Christmas, “I would never ask for anything ever again!”

I finally got one – a few years after it came out, from the clearance rack at K-Mart. It didn’t take me long to figure out why it was so cheap. BECAUSE IT WAS WACK! I mean really Nintedno – I know it’s been like 20 years, but I still want my money back!

enjoy the video!

New York – Day 1

May 28, 2009 in life, photos with 0 Comments

I’m in New York hanging out with my brother, and some good friends of mine. I’m wore out, but wanted to share some images from the first day! Enjoy!

Want to win a FREE, Autographed copy of Reggie Joiner’s new book – “Think Orange” ?

May 27, 2009 in life, videos with 15 Comments

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Here’s the deal – I have a signed copy of Reggie Joiner’s {from The ReThink Group} new book – Think Orange, and I’m giving it away on my blog! FOR FREE!

{Reggie gave me the book at The Orange Conference 09 – check out the pictures!}

Watch the video below to find out how you can win this book – FOR FREE!
(and it’s easy to win – you just have to “think” a little bit!- -pun intended!)

Contest ends Friday June 5th at five pm!

Good luck!
{update : Only words that are listed in Webster’s will be allowed.}

American Idol Winner Kris Allen Sings God of this City – Does it matter?

May 25, 2009 in life with 5 Comments

A few days ago I posted a video of American Idol winner, Kris Allen, performing “God of This City” at New Life Church. To my surprise it has caused quite a bit of discussion on the comment section of that post, and on Twitter. It seems to boil down to this questions :

“Is a person’s faith a deciding factor on who you vote for (if you vote) on American Idol?”

In other words does the person you vote for (or would vote for) have to be of the same faith as you in order to get your vote? Is that something that is important to you? Do you google every contestant to find out what their faith views are before you vote?

I’m sure many of my Christian friends will quickly proclaim “YES – it does indeed matter to me!”

To which I ask “Why?” (or “Why not?” – if your answer is no)

I’m not saying there is a “right” or “wrong” way to look at this – I’m just curious to hear your thoughts on the matter.

Also – I’d like to take it a step further. How does the faith of another person affect your decision to interact with them? Does it matter?

For instance; The dentist who cleans your teeth – does his faith determine if you’ll use his services or not?
If there was two dentists next door to each other – one who had really bad service – but was a believer, the other, the best dentist in your city – but he hated God – which dentist would you choose? Why? (and it just so happens that these are the only two dentists in the whole world, the other ones all retired – sorry – you have to choose!)

What about your boss? If you are a person of faith, could you work for a person who hated God?

What about the products you buy? If Steve Jobs hated God would you still use your iPhone?
{SIDENOTE – Did you know that Jews for Jesus has attempted to share the Gospel with Steve Jobs? In fact they even made a tract just for him – take a look}

I Just wanted to throw those thoughts out to get you thinking. Please leave a comment, I’d be very interested to hear what you have to say in regards to this topic!
(by the way – here is the link to the post with Kris Allen’s video of God of this City in case you want to watch it again, or read the comments.)

-Rick

Throwback Sunday – Gummi Bears

May 24, 2009 in Throwback Sunday, videos with 2 Comments

On my old blog I used to do a weekly segment called “Throwback Sunday.” The idea was to post something each week that was part of my life growing up in the 80′s and 90′s – the segment was a big hit, and many people enjoyed it! With that said – I am proud to announce a new (but throwback) segment on my site – Throwback Sunday! I hope you enjoy!

To start this new series off, I am going to treat you to what may have been my favorite cartoon growing up – The Gummi Bears!
Anyone else out there with me on this! (check back next Sunday for another “Throwback Sunday!”)

No Six Packs at Fry’s

May 23, 2009 in life with 1 Comment

I’ll let this photo I took at Fry’s today speak for itself.
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{disclaimer: I’m a HUGE Fry’s fan, but you would think they would have more creative ‘signage writers’ on staff – #fail.}

So you think you can beat box?

May 23, 2009 in videos with 1 Comment

Friends, meet Julia Dales. A 17 year old girl from Canada who is trying to win the World Beatbox Championship on May 28th {aka – beat box battle}.

YOUR MUST SEE THIS VIDEO – One word – LEGIT.
Julia, I wish you well!

American Idol Winner Kris Allen Singing God of This City

May 22, 2009 in videos with 27 Comments

I just ran across this crazy cool video of Kris Allen, this year’s winner of American Idol, Singing “God of this City” at the church where he was a worship leader – New Life Church!
Super cool in my book.
We need to pray for Kris, that he would use this new platform he has to bring glory to God, protection for his marriage, and not to get “caught up” in the whirlwind that is about to surround his life.
Also we should give thinks to our great God for what He is doing, and has done in Kris’s life!
{p.s. – if you can’t tell – I’m super glad Kris won! – you can follow Kris on his twitter page!}

double popped – @tonysteward

May 22, 2009 in double popped, videos with 18 Comments

I like Tony Steward. A lot. He is one of those rare people that you meet, and from the start you just know that he’s the real deal. And by “real deal” I mean he genuinely loves God and loves people. I like that about him. A lot. He is a thinker. A doer. A good husband. A good dad. A good minister. A good friend. I can’t say enough great things about him – I”m thankful we are friends in “real life,” as well as online. And If we were playing WOW – he would for sure be in my guild! (and if you know what that means your a geek!)

Tony is the online community pastor at LifeChurch, and has LOTS to say about the topic of online ministry. (You will quickly see that he is very passionate about it.) I want to apologize up front for several things about the video you are about to see – 1. The quality – I have no idea what happened, (we were both on good connections) but the quality of this one just isn’t good, so I’m asking you to bare with it.(also, the first few minutes are really broken up – but it gets better, so keep watching. 2. The length – It’s long! I thought about editing it down, but I thought the content was all good, so I just put the entire interview up. (maybe you won’t, but again bare with it!) So sit back, relax, and enjoy a few minutes with Tony Steward!

{p.s. – you can connect with Tony on his blog, or twitter page. Also you can catch “church online” at LifeChurch.tv. – they have church online every night of the week – check out a service sometime, we’d both enjoy hearing your thoughts on it.}
What are your thoughts on online ministry? Online Church? Online community? Or anything else we talked about in this video – leave a comment below – we’d enjoy hearing your thoughts on this great topic!

Well done Mr. Piper

May 21, 2009 in life, videos with 0 Comments

I’m a big fan of everything that God creates – especially people! (then again I am a bit byist since I am one!) That’s why I can’t even believe that in our country we debate things like this. I mean really, the killing of a person, we really debate if that is right or wrong? Seems like Romans 1 to me, but I digress.
I came across this link a few days ago on desiring God – and I thought it was really good. I’ll be honest, I’m not one of those John Piper weird – o’s (you know the ones – the ones that almost worship him, the ones who treat all of his books like Scripture, the ones who quote John Piper more then they quote Scripture – we all know people like that – that’s not me!) But I think think this content of this video was legit. Well done Mr. Piper.

I definitely married up

May 21, 2009 in life, photos with 4 Comments

 

Our wedding at Ashton Gardens

This girl is awesome!

I am so thankful for my awesome wife. There are so many adjectives that I could use to describe her, and how God really hooked me up with this whole marrying a super, crazy, awesome women thing, but I don’t have the space to type them all out! Even though we will be married two years, this year – I wanted to share some images from our wedding day with you!

It was a such a great day, and if you know me in real life, ask me to tell you about how I had to leave a preaching engagement right before I was supposed to walk on stage to speak, because I got a call a few days before our wedding to meet my wife, and in-laws at the hospital because she had a SUPER BAD, LIKE HAVING A BABY SORT OF PAIN, kidney stone. (and how we almost didn’t go on our honeymoon!) Ahhhh…God has an awesome sense of humor!

{By the way – our images wedding images were taken by Studio563 – Check ‘em out!}

double popped – @feeband

May 20, 2009 in double popped, videos with 8 Comments

I had the chance to hang out with The Fee Band backstage at Catylist One Day on Monday, and I must say they are super cool guys!
If you don’t know them, you need to get to know them – now!
I had a chance to DoublePop a few of the guys in the band – so check it out! – Enjoy!

{You can connect with Fee on their site, twitter, MySpace, or iTunes.}

Catalyst One Day

May 18, 2009 in photos with 4 Comments

I just got home from Catalyst One Day, and I am beat!  I learned some valuable leadership tools from Andy Stanley, and  got to met (for the first time in real life) tons of awesome people who I had gotten to know online!

Not only that, Andy Stanley gave me a toy gun, and toy badge (long story) – so I would say it was a win for the day!

As usual I took lots of visuals.  Here are a few for you to enjoy! (Bonus points if you can id some of the people in these photos!)

Does your church have Momentum ?

May 18, 2009 in life with 2 Comments

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{MOMENTUM} – Forward motion fueled by a series of wins.

I’m at Catalyst One Day today, and Andy Stanley just knocked it out of the park with his first session. He talked about momentum. I like momentum. allot.

He had much to say about this topic, but one thing he talked about is how the consumer product companies really have this figured out. Look at the picture above – “new and improved toothpaste” – really? New? Improved? How? How do you “improve” toothpaste? I mean really? (He also showed some toilet paper that was “new and improved” – I mean really….)

The fact is, these companies know that when you give people something that is “new” and “improved” that creates momentum. People REALLY do like “new” things. (Next time you are at the store try to count how many products say “new” or “improved” on the box. Starting to get the picture?)

What is your church doing that is new? How is your ministry creating (and sustaining) momentum? Let’s hear it!

Interview With Brad Lomenick – Director of Catalyst

May 15, 2009 in double popped, videos with 6 Comments

Brad Lomenick describes his role as director of Catalyst as equipping, inspiring, and releasing the next generation of young Christian leaders.  Catalyst does this through events, resources, consulting, and connecting leaders.  One thing that I really appreciate about Brad is that you will rarely find him on stage at a Catalyst event, because he is working hard behind the scene making sure everyone else is enjoying, worshipping, connecting, growing, and learning. Continue Reading…

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