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“I can’t stand your religious meetings.  I’m fed up with your conferences and conventions. I want nothing to do with your religion projects, your pretentious slogans and goals. I’m sick of your fund-raising schemes,  your public relations and image making. I’ve had all I can take of your noisy ego-music.  When was the last time you sang to [...]

I didn’t like Where the Wild Things Are when I was a kid.
Well, I did, but I didn’t… because out of the countless books I owned as a child, for some reason or another my parents didn’t buy it for me. So I guess I was just envious of all of my friends that had [...]

The time has come! (No pun intended.)
Hillsong United’s feature length movie, The I-Heart Revolution: We’re All in This Together is hitting hundreds of theaters across the USA for one night only on Wednesday, November 4.
The night will feature the full-length movie as well as worship with Hillsong United LIVE from Sydney.
This is going to be [...]

Relationships are complicated. Plain and simple.
(This coming from a guy who hasn’t been in one since high school.)
I think my/our generation is confused when it comes understanding what love really is. While music and movies paint a rosy picture of “finding the one” and living happily ever after, the reality is that nearly half of [...]

Ok, I’ve blooged about this for awhile now and I’m seriously so excited.
It’s official, Hillsong United’s full-length movie, We’re All in This Together, is going hit theatres in the USA for one night only in November.

The film has been years in the making and will be for the Church what Call + Response was for [...]

My sister drug me to see Julie & Julia with her a couple of days ago. Yeah, I know.
But for real… it was a great movie. And you can quote me on that.
I remember watching Julia Child on PBS as a kid growing up, don’t ask me why. And, I also remember the infamous Saturday [...]

I think this is the movie I’m looking forward to seeing the most in 2009…
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Seriously, you need to add this movie to your list of movies to see.
I went to see Slumdog Millionaire this week and it is absolutely one of the best movies I’ve seen in a long time.
It’s beautiful. The story. The characters. The cinematography. The soundtrack.
It’s simply great story-telling. And the message of the movie is [...]

Last night was pretty incredible.
A few people who were concerned about human trafficking that’s going on globally, as well as here in Chicago, raised awareness and got over 300 of us from Park to sell-out a screening of the film Call + Response.

CALL+RESPONSE is a first of its kind feature documentary film that reveals the [...]

Me and my friend Megan (who is also a co-worker) were both being lame and sitting at home on a Friday night and so we decided to go on an adventure together. We started with dinner at the Athenian Room. Great Greek food only they don’t give you free refills…that didn’t fare well with my [...]

I heart Sigur Ros. I discovered them a few years ago and saw them in concert, and it was pretty much the best concert I’ve ever been to. Their music is inspiring and they are ridiculously creative. And they are from Iceland, which adds to the coolness factor.
They made a documentary I still need to [...]

I’ve seen the soundtrack in the top 50 on iTunes, I’ve heard friends talking about the movie…and tonight I finally made the time to watch Once.
Truth be told, I am always a sap for romantic movies, and this one was one of the best I’ve seen in a long time.
Once is described as being a [...]