1) Novel, Memoir, Historical Fiction
2) Popcorn, Pringles, Pretzels
3) Running Shoes, Dress Shoes, No Shoes
4) Sandra Bullock, Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep
5) Smile, Kiss, Wink
Pick Ones:
86
Monthly Archives: February 2011
It occurred to me that y’all might want to see this little band snippet:
Aside
It’s a twitvid from last night’s session, and I’m not sure how to embed it, so just clickity-click right HERE.
- Russ Hutto: Keys
- Jay Sellers: Electric
- Mike Richardson: Drums
- Bucky Keen: Bass
- Moi: Camera
Oh. And do leave a comment letting me know what y’all think. mkaythanks!
Group Vid: I Am _____.
Soundtrack by Fred McKinnon.
What’s your ether? Here’s how you can find out.
What’s your substance–at your core? What’s the quintessence of who you are? This is a question Randy asked us during Recreate last week and it’s echoed in my brain every since then… Geeze, this is a question I’ve been asking myself in various forms for a few years now, and I’d bet that y’all are tired of hearing me talk seeing me type about it. (And you probably won’t much anymore. I’m done asking. I’ve got my answer. And all the permission I need.)
But, I believe it’s a question worth asking. And then worth asking again. Because, in order to be the best “you” that you can be, you’ve gotta know who you are. Yes, some things in life are all about you. Does that sound self-serving? Let me rephrase it:
We cannot steward the gifts God has given us unless we know and embrace how He’s made us.
Read that again: We cannot steward the gifts God has given us unless we know and embrace how He’s made us.
Do you hear me? Do you know and embrace how He’s made you?
That’s why I’m asking you to fill in the blank “I am _________.” Sure, each of you can fill in that blank. But there’s a risk. There’s a putting-ourselves-out-there that has to happen as well. Part of embracing our identity is in the willingness to stand up in front of others and say “Hi, my name is _______, and I am _________.”
And we all say with a smile: “Hi ________.”
There is power in that moment.
So I don’t care a lick (sassy country-talk here, because I’m getting fired up) if you send me a picture or a video or whatever that fills in your blank. I just want to give you a safe risk-free excuse to begin the embracing.
And, by next Tuesday, we’ll know how well we know and embrace ourselves.
groupvid[at]mandythompson.com
A chance to be in a video AND win free stuff. And the two are completely unrelated. But how can you say no?
1) I’ve already gotten in a few video/picture entries for “I am _______.” But where’s yours? Send it to me (see below) by Friday. Remember when y’all all wished you’d been a part of the dance party after you saw the video? uh huh… This is much less embarrassing. So do it. Who’s in?
2) All you church people are gonna like this, because my buddies at Integrity and Logos are hosting this MASSIVE giveaway to celebrate a new software release called “Proclaim.” The prizes all center around one thing—creating powerful worship services. Raise your hand if you could use some of these prizes: a new and professionally church created website, hosted free for a year, a year of expert video and audio podcasting, $100s in gift cards for worship music, subscriptions to the top worship planning site, membership to top worship media sites, downloadable music lessons, an acoustic guitar (hello!!), tickets to some of the premier worship leader and music conference, and much more! To enter watch the video at http://proclaimonline.com and at the end there is a list of ways to enter the giveaway. There are several one-time ways to enter and a couple ways to enter every day!
Everybody likes free stuff, right? And, today you’ve got a chance to be in the latest greatest blog-community video [AHEM], AND win some cool stuff! Or just pick one of the two. They are highly unrelated. But equally fabulous.
Somebody oughta thank me–by sending in their part of the group video… 
