This interview that Tony Robbins did with holocaust surviver, Alice Herz-Sommer was a real eye opener for me this morning. At 108 years old, she lives by herself in a tiny London flat with no assistance and still practices the piano three hours a day.

In the interview Alice says she learned the following two important lessons from her mother:

1. Never complain. It doesn’t change anything. It only makes you miserable.
2. Be thankful. Treat everything in life—whether good or bad—as a gift.

For me personally I know that I complain way to much and while I am thankful for everything the Lord has given me I definitely do not express it enough. I need to be more intentional about what I say, how I present my thoughts and in all honesty just work on my attitude.

Revival is possible and Elevation Church‘s Code Orange proved it.

Great combination of one of my favorite preachers (Matt Chandler) and a great band (Tenth Avenue North).

Great combination of two of my favorite preachers (Matt Chandler & John Piper) and one of the best worship bands (David Crowder Band) around.

Christian Culture always amazes me. I stumbled across this video thanks to ChurchMag yesterday and couldn’t resist posting it. Anyone know where I can watch or get my very own copy?

[via ChurchMag]

I’ve seen some statistics in the past in regards to how many times the Bible App has been installed, but I have always wondering how much usage the application sees. The guys at YouVersion have created the below infographic that shows exactly what goes on during one minute in the community. Multiply that by 1440 minutes for a 24 hour period and that’s a lot of Bible going on

[via YouVersion]

Last year my church participated in the Advent Conspiracy. The concept behind AC is simple:

[WORSHIP FULLY]     [SPEND LESS]     [GIVE MORE]     [LOVE ALL]

The video above from WoodsEdge Community Church reminds us to keep things simple. Think about what truly matters during this time of the year.

I ran across this video today and simply had to share it. I love it when the ridiculousness of Christians is called out (no matter who calls it out). As a community, we Christians really need to step back and laugh at ourselves once in a while. It might actually make us normal to the rest of the world.

The average church technology volunteers puts in hours behind the scenes. Maintaining the church’s computers, network, video equipment, website, etc. all require specialized skills which unfortunately no one usually notices until something goes wrong.

The guys from Church Tech Talk put together the following rap video for the Gurus of Tech conference this year. Everything they talk about is so true. Thanks and Great Job!

As a child of the 80′s I got to enjoy riding a Big Wheel. I remember spending hours outside riding on the driveway. (Yes, we went outside to have fun back then.) For those of you that are to young to know what a Big Wheel is check out this link.

I’ve always wondered what an “Adult Big Wheel” might look like and now it looks like I might be able to find one. Now if I can only find $75,000 laying around I’ll be all set. Or I could get in on this.