January 2012
2 posts
...it's just...I think...I found something.
It’s been approximately 12 hours since our first ever Zeteo conference ended this morning. All day I’ve been dying to write about it, feeling this fire and this need to spill out words about everything in my heart and everything that we saw and experienced. But every time I start writing, I feel like my words just fail in comparison to the real thing. How do you describe what it feels...
Why Zeteo?
I know. I know. This word is everywhere right? It’s on our facebook. There’s a countdown on our webpage. It finds it way into Christie’s statuses about every hour, and if you talk to any of our staff, there’s about a 99.96% chance it will come up in conversation. So what is it and why should you come? Well…there’s a 99.96% chance that I’m about to tell...
December 2011
28 posts
“After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod,...”
– Matthew 2:1-2
“When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one...”
– Luke 2:15
“For with God, nothing shall be impossible.”
– Luke 1:37
“So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to...”
– Luke 2:4-7
“Sleigh Ride”- Ella Fitzgerald Submitted by...
“But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born...”
– Galatians 4:4-5
“When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one...”
– Luke 2:15
If you’re into epic Christmas...
“And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over...”
– Luke 2:8-14
“For he himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has destroyed the...”
– Ephesians 2:14-18
“Have Yourself a Merry Little...
“The Night Before Christmas”- Brandon...
The Night Before Christmas
Every year, I set aside a few hours to scour itunes for some fresh Christmas music. Fortunately, itunes works overtime to prescribe music based upon the music I generally like. As such, if I find even ONE SONG I enjoy, immediately 10 more options that I also might enjoy are suggested to me.
Oh, technology.
So last year, as I did my annual search for music of the yule, I stumbled upon this song...
“I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come out of...”
– Numbers 24:17
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God....”
– John 1:1-14
“In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to...”
– Luke 1:26-33
November 2011
26 posts
“Silent Night”- David Crowder Band
...
Peace.
Peace. It’s something we all seem to search for and never quite find. We pray for it. We try to cultivate it. We preach about it and tell others to have it. But how often are we actually, legitimately, at peace? Often I feel as though we consider peace this sleepy, relaxed, letting- out- a -deep- breath- at- the -end- of-a-long-day feeling.And sometimes it is that. But for the most part, I...
“He will stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty...”
– Micah 5:4-5
“‘In those days and at that time
I will make a righteous Branch sprout from...”
– Jeremiah 33:15-16
“Sleigh Ride”- Relient K
Whether they...
The Drummer Boy: A re-mix of a song I didn't like...
“Come, they told me…”
Okay, I’m gonna be honest, this song has always been one of my least favorite Christmas songs. Any song where a prominent lyric is “parumpapumpum” just has a negative effect on my faith in creativity. However, when Matt Deans selected this song without an artist, I remembered one version that actually moved me the way I think the original...
“Drummer Boy”- MercyMe
Submitted by...
“A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse;
from his roots a Branch will...”
– Isaiah 11:1-3
“Santa Clause is comin to town”-...
“The day will come, says the Lord, when I will do for Israel and Judah all the...”
– Jeremiah 33:14
“Oh Come Oh Come Emmanuel”- Shane...
“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
though you are small among the clans of Judah,...”
– Micah 5:2
“Christmastime is Here”- Vince...
“This Christmas”- Donnie Hathaway
...
“For unto us a Child is born,
Unto us a Son is given;
And the...”
– Isaiah 9: 6-7
“Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child...”
– Isaiah 7:14
“White Christmas”- The Drifters
...
The SnL Christmas Song Advent Calendar!
Okay. So here’s the deal.
There’s 33 days till Christmas. From this moment. Right now.
I KNOW ordinary advent calendars usually start on December 1st, but c’mon..this isn’t an ORDINARY BLOG. And, I know I speak for most of our staff when I say, the time for Christmas is upon us! We don’t have to wait until after Thanksgiving, or until abc Family begins their 25 days...