Archive for June, 2010
new and improved: wordpress 3.0
Jun 29th
i upgraded my wordpress install to version 3.0 today. wordpress isn’t my first cms love (drupal is), but it works well with what i’m trying to do here. i’m not even sure what all of the new features are, but the video below explains them all. the multi-site feature would be the feature to get a big 2-thumbs-up from me.
hillsong new york
Jun 28th
i was just sorting through the nearly 1,000 posts in my google reader feed, since i was in honduras, and came across this nugget. i’m excited that hillsong is following in God’s call for them to plant a church in new york city, but this reason i post this is because of the video. i love the desaturated colors and the use of interviews as narration to the video. very well done.
HILLSONG New York from Hillsong Church on Vimeo.
proverbs | part 1
Jun 8th
we just kicked off an eight-week series at journey. we’re studying the book proverbs for the summer of 2010. an eight-week series is one of the longest that we do. we’re splitting the series into two, four-week studies. proverbs part 1 and proverbs part 2. we hope that splitting it up will keep everyone engaged and help them not run of the risk of get burned out on it.
i’m still trying to figure out what types of thoughts i’d like to share here. i thought this would be a great outlet for displaying the stuff i get to work on and explain how we pull it off. maybe it will be helpful information to someone out there who is doing similar stuff. below is the title package for part 1 of the proverbs series. you could also call it an intro video to the sermon.
i started with an after effects template from revostock. revostock and videohive are top-notch sites where i have purchased after effects templates. the templates can be somewhat pricey, but the results are well worth the price. the original idea we had was to list some of the main topics we would be covering in part 1 of the series, but then elected to highlight a key verse from proverbs. we chose proverbs 1:5.
“let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance,”
the audio track is “stand still” by the album leaf. we recently saw the album leaf in concert in chapel hill at the cat’s cradle with some of the journey staff. if you get a chance to see them live, do it.
in week one of the series, jimmy covered the overall theme of proverbs, wisdom. this coming weekend smooth will be sharing about what it means to fear the Lord. i encourage you to listen or watch to the sermons online if you have a hankering. it’s well worth your time.
let me know if you’d like to see more posts like this…
