So for some reason my server isn’t liking the links that I’m posting in this blog post.. so I will try posting as much info as possible, without them blocking it.
Logos Bible Software is giving away thousands of dollars of prizes to celebrate the launch of Logos Bible Software 4 Mac on October 1. Prizes include an iMac, a MacBook Pro, an iPad, an iPod Touch, and more than 100 other prizes! They’re also having a special limited-time sale on their Mac and PC base packages and upgrades.
I can’t link to their site for some reason.. my server gets angry. Just google Logos Bible Software.
You may or may not be aware of a tv series called “Whale Wars”. If you don’t know what the show is about, you can click that link, but I will also give you a brief synopsis of the show.
Basically it’s a bunch of animal rights activists.. called the Sea Shepherd who sail the Arctic Ocean attempting to stop the illegal hunting of whales by the Japanese.
Just to give you a quick video which gives an example of the tactics..
The leader of the crew is a man named Paul Watson, who honestly, I can’t say I really like from what I’ve been told. My father (who use to work for the RCMP) has arrested Paul in the past and told me what kind of guy he really is.
I watch this show every week, its just one of those shows that keeps you captivated. I’m not at ALL saying I agree with what they are doing, but I’m also not saying I think it’s wrong.. I’m 100% on the fence.
Tonights episode was very intense. The Ady Gil (a multimillion dollar boat) was sunk, and some people nearly died.
Tonight I was deeply convicted in my faith, because of some things that happened in this show. After the Addy Gil was destroyed, the crew was rescued by another ship in the fleet, and right away they talked about how they were going to board the Japanese ship.
All the crew was told about the severe concequences involved in boarding this ship. 5 years in a Japanese prison, which no one wants to do, even the potential of death, depending on how the crew reacts to someone boarding their ship.
Each of the members of the crew, sat on the boat, nearly in tears talking about how they have no problem boarding this ship, spending time in jail, or even dying, if it meant that they could save just one whale.
When I saw this, I was saddened inside. I thought “if I had the passion about God, and saving the lives of PEOPLE that these guys have about saving whales, how much more effective would I be.”
It has given me some real thinking to do about my personal faith and what am I willing to do for my cause?
What about you? Do you watch this show? Does is ever convict you in your faith?
I sweat…. a lot.. part of it is because it’s really hot in Ontario, and part of it they say has to do with hormones.. but, I sweat a lot.. For a long time I’ve been on the hunt for a deodorant/antiperspirant that works really well.. and now for another big secret… for the last 3 years, I have found the only deodorant that works really well has been.. ready for it.. Lady Speed Stick.. yep.. I use chick deodorant.. not the flowery stuff.. just a non-scented one.. it’s been the one that has been the best at prevent sweat/nasty BO…
Well today I found something new.. I don’t think it’s that new.. I think it’s been around for a while.. but I just found it today.. It’s Gillette Clinical Strength. The thing that is different about this deodorant is that you apply it at night. The reason for this (they say) is because you sweat less at night, and this allows the product to get deeper into your pores, thus prevent a better shield against sweat/odor.. they even say that you can shower the next morning, and don’t have to reapply, but you can if you want.. I’m going to go with the recommended, which is not.. that will be test for day one.
I’m interested to try this out.. mostly because I would like to use regular ol’ guy deodorant!
SO.. stay tuned.. I’ve just applied it.. it’s now midnight.. I will get up in the morning, shower and go to work, and see how it holds up. If you see me during the day, and I stink, please let me know!
THEN I will do a second test.. tomorrow night I will again, apply it.. sleep, shower and then apply it after the shower (which they say you don’t need to do) but I will see what kind of difference it makes.
Wow my back hurts! I don’t know what I did to it today.. but I’m having a really hard time walking tonight.
Glad I have physio tomorrow!
Last weeks Family Camp was neither great nor terrible for me.
It was weird not having Jen there all day (she had to work 8-4 each day) so it was kinda boring having to parent all day.
The teaching was amazing at camp, Kirk Wellum (of TBS) and Jim Clemens (of Port Perry Baptist Church) By Wednesday you will be able to download them Here.
Today I decided it would be a good idea to do a little Mod on my MacBook.. my Apple logo is now blue.. it looks great.. but my iSight isn’t working.. I think I loosened the cable..
It’s a good thing I have other webcams around.. we use them to chat with the fam back on the east coast.. so there are always spares lying around.. just in case..
I finally found a messenger bag that I really like.. sadly it’s out of stock, so I’ll have to wait.. they have the medium version of it at Future Shop.. thats how I know I like it!
Our Sunday “Family Movie Night in the Park” has been going really well. We’ve been averaging around 60 people, which is a great success for events at the Arts Centre!
I finally got around to taking some photos of my new guitar. You can see them here.
The past few nights I haven’t been able to sleep.. not sure why.. but I’ve been laying in bed awake until 4am.
Summer so far has been awesome! Montreal in June, camp in July, East Coast in August! going to be great.
Our regular Admin Assistant Jessica is back in the office, after a year of mat leave… it’s great to have her back with the team.
When you look at my sidebar on the right.. it looks like I’ve sold out.. part of it is because I have, and the other part of it is simply that I really like the groups/products I’m affiliated with.. now go buy the stuff!
Don’t forget you can donate to our ministry by clicking the donate button over in the sidebar.. or you could just click here.
This weekend we’ve got our big Skate Park Festival.. its a all day competition for skate, inline and bmx.. there will also be entertainment and fireworks… come check it out.. some amazing talent.
The past few weeks at Madoc Baptist have been different worship band wise, as a lot of us were away at camp.. things will be back to normal this coming Sunday though.. excited to get back at it.
Hope you are all liking the new look of the blog.. you can get the theme here
We’re back.. sorry I didn’t post a SetList last week.. it’s been one of those really busy weeks.
I titled this week “The Emotional RollerCoaster” and heres why. I think for everyone, there are some times in worship that just set you off… for me its kids, when I see kids genuinely worshipping God, I loose it. We have a new family in our church.. huge family (14 kids) only a few of them were there this week (4 kids and mom) and this was actually my first time meeting them, because I’ve been away these past few weeks, between leading at other churches, and traveling for work, so I didn’t know who they were.
When we started into our first set, I noticed the mom’s expression during worship, she was loving every minute of it.. and I saw smiles on the kids faces (likely all under the age 10 if I had to guess) then during Forever (Tomlin) thats when I lost it.. one of the little girls and the little boy were just totally emersed in worship. You could see the joy in their faces, hands raised, they were enjoying a little piece of heaven. When I saw them totally soaking up God, I was just so filled with joy that I couldn’t hold them back.. the tears came.. I stepped back from the mic.. other singers kinda looked at me like “what the heck” then they realized what was going on, so they came to the fore front. This happened a few times throughout the service.. but for the most part, I held it together!
Team this week was:
Chris – Acoustic and Vox
Greg – Bass and Bkg Vox
Clint – Percussion
Angie – Piano and Bkg Vox
Joy – Bkg Vox
Tammy – Bkg Vox
On to the setlist! (with iTunes links where available)
I’ve shared with many of you that we are in the process of trying to raise funds to create a Youth Centre in our community. This is where we truly believe God is leading us, and we are standing on that. We need to raise around $20,000 to make it happen, and we are trying to do this through grants, but so far we have been turned down by 2 foundations that we thought were going to be a “shoe in”. I met with our federal MP Daryl Kramp this past week and, being a native of the Centre Hastings area he is very excited about the goal and is working on finding some funds for us as well. Please pray that things happen soon. Our original goal date was September, but it looks like we will be pushing that back right now.. not sure when, but maybe January to be safe?
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