This weekend I spoke at a church in Puyallup, WA. The service started out with this video.
I love spoken word. I love creativity. I love video. And I love the gospel. Marry those four together and you get five minutes that you will be glad you took.
Last Wednesday I had the chance to speak to college students. I love college students. So many decisions about who they are, what they want to do, who they want to be, and how they will live are made during the college years. Anytime I am asked to speak at a college, I jump at the chance.
This particular chapel was just for the students at Wheaton Graduate School, just outside of Chicago. An intimate gathering of about 70 students. In talking with the chaplain, we landed on the Sermon on the Mount. Since this wasn’t for the whole student body, they didn’t use the main chapel (seats a couple thousand people). Instead, they met in one of the TV studios on campus. And since the stuff is there, they record them and post them online.
They just sent me an email with the link. So…if you’re interested in seeing and hearing the Sermon on the Mount…here you go. (Just a one-camera shoot, but hey, they’re giving it to you for free.)
Be encouraged. Be challenged. Be reminded the you and I are called to so much more than we would ever call ourselves to.
And if you know any college chaplains out there, let them know I am ready and waiting.
I would have posted this last night, but my neighbors shared it with me late in the day as we were standing in the middle of our street watching our kids ride bikes and draw the world’s longest hopscotch board (over 200 squares). It may be a day late – but it is worth it! Enjoy.
I know Mother’s Day was a couple weeks ago, but some of the guys in our church spent a heap of time putting together a very, very cool video. Whether you just want to see a video that’ll make you tear up, or you are interested in video lighting, editing, effects, etc…give it a look. The reason there are three videos is that’s how we showed them at various times in our Mother’s Day service at Creekside. You can watch a condensed version here (though you’ll miss some neat stuff).
My buddy Scott Yamamura is one of the most talented guys I know. After years riding a skateboard – both professionally and with Boarders for Christ – he has now taken those creative juices and applied it to video and photography. I talked him into do the design work for my new DVD and couldn’t be more thrilled.
Recently, he put together a video of the first year of his son’s life. I asked his permission if I could post that video here and he agreed. So…it might not be your family you’re looking at, but you will surely enjoy the three minutes.
A Year In The Life from Scott Yamamura Visual Arts on Vimeo.
Oh…and when I asked him to make one of these for each of my three kids he turned me down. Geesh!
