I just did this, it is real and very funny.
Call Nestle Crunch at this number:
1-800-295-0051
First you'll hear a short & entertaining ad. When you are asked if you want to
continue in English or Spanish, don't push anything. Wait for about 10 seconds the next thing you hear will make you smile.
Press 4...Listen to the
options…then press 7. I was laughing the whole time.
I have not tried the other options yet, but I am sure they are just as fun.
Great marketing from a company with a good sense of humor!
At the beginning of the year, Nicole joined with a group of women online to read the bible over the first 90 days of 2010.
During on casual conversation on New Years Day, she said "Why don't you do it with me?"
Without really thinking about it, I shrugged my shoulders and told her ok.
Now, 2 weeks into the new year, reading the bible has become such an important part of my day. Like many pastors, I am guilty of allowing my bible reading to, at times, consist of only preparing for lessons and studies.
I am using the 90 day reading plan on youversion.com
They have created an amazing community there, one I will continue using long after these 90 days are finished.
I invite you to join Nicole and me in reading the bible in 3 months.
It is amazing the number of people who have committed their life to following Jesus and living God's Word who have never even read it all the way through.
Let me know if you have any questions about the reading plan.
With less than 1 hour left in 2009, Nicole and Jax are sleeping away and the house is quiet.
I love everything about John Piper. I've never met him or even heard him preach in person, but I never miss his video podcast. I also really like Matt Chandler. I started listening to him a couple of years ago after hearing Driscoll say great things about him.
Like many, I was shocked and saddened to learn about Matt Chandler's cancer. His response to his suffering alone makes me want to listen to everything he has to say.
So I was pretty excited when I heard that John Piper would be at The Village Church and this quiet New Years Eve has been my first opportunity to listen.
As I listened on my iPhone at 2x speed, Piper captured my attention with this paragraph. I slowed the speed down and listened 3 times. I find it especially appropriate on this New Years Eve:
I get really mad when I hear people say "He's just so heavenly mined that he is no earthly good." I want to say: "Nobody has ever been too heavenly minded!"
You can be of no earthly good, that is for sure. But it is not because you are too heavenly minded.
When you have this kind of hope 2 Peter says that you purify yourself as He is pure and you become dangerous, radical, holy, loving, self sacrificing, servants of the planet until He comes.
Because you have got nothing to lose.
Here's to being heavenly minded in 2010. (Twenty-Ten, Two Thousand Ten, Two Ten, Oh Ten, say it however you prefer, everyone will know what you mean!)
Happy New Year friends.
I recently came across a deal where I got a great deal on a copy of iStopMotion2 for Mac. I've never done stop motion animation before, but can't wait to put together some youth group promos. I've been watching some of the amazing examples on YouTube. I'm excited to begin playing. Here is a fun example:
I am pretty much in the middle of a much needed end of summer vacation. 3 weeks in recovery mode after an incredible, but very busy summer.
Almost 2 weeks ago, I attempted something I've never done before. We were heading down to Salt Lake City to visit some of Nicole's family. Not knowing how Jax would do on the 950 mile (14 hour) trip, we decided I would drive through the night - leaving in the evening and arriving early the next morning.
How was it? Amazing. I would do it again in a second.
5:00pm Hit the only traffic we would experience. Changing from 405 to I-90 in Seattle. Another big advantage of driving through the night.
7:00pm Stopped for dinner. Nicole moved to the back seat with Jaxson to get some sleep.
8:00pm Alone in the front seat, hearing Elmo playing in the back as Jax was getting ready to fall asleep, I watch as the sun slowly sets in my rear view mirror as we drove southeast. It was an incredible sight.
9:00pm We enter the lonely roads of eastern Oregon. I watch as the first stars begin to appear. One at a time at first, then almost at once, a flood of light as the sky filled with millions and millions of stars.
11:00pm On the dark quiet roads of Oregon, the stars are even more majestic than they were just a couple of hours ago. They shine bright and encompass me as I look to the left and the right horizons, straight ahead, and straight up through the sunroof. I feel small.
12:00am We leave Oregon and enter even darker, more quite roads through Idaho. The moon is exactly straight to my left, out the drivers window. I spend the night keeping a close eye on it.
2:00am The first time I actually yawn. Still feeling strong though. Listening to podcasts, eating beef jerky, drinking coffee, and keeping a close eye on that sky.
3:00am Entering Utah. This hour is the toughest of the night. I soon realize we are no longer in Pacific Daylight Time, but Mountain. It is actually 4:00am. Not sure why, but the realization gives me new energy.
4:00am Those amazing stars I watched appear just a few hours before begin to slowly disappear. One by one, the sky begins to empty and the horizon in front of me begins to lighten. A new day has come. I appreciate it. I am grateful for it. I reflect on how ungrateful I can be every other day as I just roll out of bed. I thank God for it. More than once.
5:00am That amazing sun that gave me such a beautiful show in my rear view mirror at the beginning of the journey slowly peaks over the horizon in front of me. Once again, it puts on an amazing show. I debate with myself the sense of experiencing a sunrise or a sunset verses staring at the billions and billions of stars in the vast, never ending universe.
6:00am We pull into Nicole's grandparents driveway. After saying hi and very quickly washing my face and brushing my teeth, I sleep.
DCLA is off & under way. We are staying in a great hotel, but they are charging $13 a day for Internet, so I'll stick to posting from my iPhone. Here are some random thoughts from the first night.
The programming is top notch & the theology is spot on. We are doing God's story & last night went from creation through Joshua. There is something powerful about teaching straight from scripture. I am a fan.
Francis Chan is such an amazing communicator. He did a fantastic job.
Kendall Payne blew me away last night. The power & theology in her lyrics left the room silent. She left such an impression I hear a couple of my high school guys asked her for a date on front of her husband last night.
These group leader badges are more than twice as big as they need to be. Looks like you have a sheet of paper hung around your neck. Not sure the thinking behind that.
My kids have mentioned they are having a hard time understanding Shane Claiborne. He's good, but I'm guessing speaking to students is not something he does everyday.
The games in the exhibit hall are amazing. Everyone had so much fun with them last night. I've got a ton of 12seconds.tv videos to post. I was also glad to see the exhibitors are very small & tightly compacted.
Since I'll be posting from my phone, I'll plan to do a short post sometime during the day.