EPIC

Here’s the title graphic I designed for Revolution’s EPIC series. In other news, I need a new theme for my blog. I know you were wondering about that.

(via ricky.merrefield)

This is Revolution

Revolution Worship is releasing a brand new album on August 11, and I had the honor of designing the cover art for the album. I also made a promo video for the album that we showed yesterday at Revolution.

Sorry, the animation on this version is a bit choppy, but you …

(via ricky.merrefield)

Zacchaeus

Luke 19:1-10 (NLT)

1 Jesus entered Jericho and made his way through the town. 2 There was a man there named Zacchaeus. He was the chief tax collector in the region, and he had become very rich. 3 He tried to get a look at Jesus, but he was too short to see over the …

Top 10 Albums You Should Check Out

Here’s the top 10 list of albums you should check out, according to Ricky Merrefield. (I hear he like the authority on music)
I listen to a lot of strange and somewhat obscure music. Everyone knows to check out the new Fray album, so I tried to keep my list to lesser …

My Life Would Suck Without You

Kyle Stoeckig and I were meeting a couple weeks ago to brainstorm ideas for our next youth series at Revolution Students. After browsing through a few sites that sold/gave away series resources, we decided to do an original series. This is the first original series …

No Respect!

I’m not one to call people out on my blog, but I came across something last night that really irritated me.
I was out putting signs out for Revolution last night, and something slightly irritated me. A business PLASTERED Canton with going out of business signs last …

AIG Bonuses

So, like the rest of America, I’ve been at least somewhat following the uproar surrounding the AIG Bonus debacle. At first, I was just like everyone else - furious that AIG would accept my taxpayer money and proceed to give it out to top executives as a bonus. Then I …

Because I Can

I decided to read through the whole bible this year. I've never done the read-through-the-bible-in-a-year thing, so I figured I'd give it a shot this year.

I'm also a numbers guy. I'll track the most random stats and figures. I don't know why, my mind's just wired that …

Shine a Light

I should take the time to point out from the start that I'm no expert on evangelism. I couldn't go toe to toe with Billy Graham. These are just thoughts running through my head.

I'd like to start with a cliche. That's a good place to start, right?

"People don't care …

Painting Lightbulbs

So what do you do when you need 10 red 100watt light bulbs, don't have time to order them online, and can't find them locally? Make them, of course! Following is an illustration of the danger of allowing me to be part of the creative process at Revolution Church.

Song of the Week: The River

I'm double dipping on the song of the week this week because I skipped last week.

This week, I'm highlighting "The River" by Good Charlotte. Most of you probably tuned out at the "Good Charlotte" part, but this is actually a great song. I'd encourage you to give it a …

Song of the Week: Concerning Charlie Horse

Who doesn't love a song about pulling a dead horse out of a frozen pond? We need more songs like this.

Listen to it here.

Owning Your Faith: Debt

During our current series at Revolution Church, we're taking the top questions asked by the people who attend Revolution and answering them from the Bible. Gary laid out three ground rules for this series. The one that applies to this post is "own your faith." Gary …

The Journey

I thought it might be fun to visualize the route I take while putting out signs for Revolution. Depending on traffic, it takes me 2-2.5 hours to put out/take up 60-ish signs along this route. Putting out the signs takes a bit longer than taking them up.

So here it is, …

Song of the Week: Come All You Weary

This week, the Song of the Week goes to Come All You Weary by Thrice. It's from their series of four EPs called The Alchemy Index. Thrice is somewhat unique in that they don't claim to be a Christian band, but their lead singer's faith comes through on a lot of their …

Song of the Week: Southern Way

I thought I'd do a feature deal every week where I highlight a song that's grabbed my attention recently. If I can, I'll come up with a link where you can listen to it. Because that's nifty.

This week, Southern Way by Corey Crowder takes the prize. I'm generally not a …

Signs

So you're thinking about putting out road signs for your church? Awesome! I've been putting out signs for Revolution Church since January '08, and I've had lots of uh...fun experiences. Let me tell you what you're in for:

• The Heavens will open. And by that I mean it …

Cli.gs

I found a new url shortening service called Cli.gs today. It's pretty nifty in that it can track various stats on your shortened url. It tracks total hits, link referrals, mentions on twitter, and a bunch of other stuff. Pretty nifty. Check it out at cli.gs.

Oh, and …

Amazon MP3

So, the other day, I bought an album from Amazon mp3 (this one, if you care). I've thought about trying it before, but always decided to go with the trusty old iTunes music store. But I decided to try it out, and it's pretty much awesome. Here's the reasons why I …

Whatever You Like

Ok, I'll admit it. I like Weird Al. And he hit it out of the park with his newest single. Maybe not his best parody ever, but hilarious nonetheless. It's a parody of "Whatever You Like" by T.I. I like Weird Al's better:



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