For those who like to watch what they say
Jimmy Fallon is one talented guy. If you ever wondered how talented, take a look at his Saturday Night Live
audition. I knew he was talented but this was over the top. If you want to know how to do an audition this would be a good tape to watch.
I am sitting in my loft on a beautiful evening in Vancouver B.C. I am looking out over the water at the mountains and I am thinking what a place Terry and I live in. They call it Super Natural British Columbia.
Today I was thinking, how complex nature is. The fact that we are on this ball called Earth and it is spinning and moving and it is so precise that if one little minor thing goes wrong it is over as far as this earth is concerned. So the age-old argument if you see something that is of great design there must be a designer. I am not a scientist but logic does work for me.
With all of the news recently I thought we could use some inspiration. What better way to do that then with a Gospel choir. This is a group that appeared on Britain’s Got Talent. It is amazing what music can do. Music crosses so many barriers. Perhaps if we could just get nations to start singing together we could start to see some unity.
Ever hear of the movie Shane? It is, in my opinion, one of the best western’s ever made. Brenden De Wilde, Jack Palance, Ben Johnson, Edgar Buchanan, Van Heflin, Alan Lad and Jean arthur. A simple story of a gun slinger who was trying to change his ways and ends up ridding the city of some bad guys.
So there are some things in this world that I would never do. In this video you are about to watch this is one of them. I may jump out of an airplane, I may but I would never shoot an arrow across a canyon with a rope attached to it and hope that it would hold me while I jumped off the cliff with the rope attached to me. I can only say one thing, “suicide wish.”
Charley Chaplin was one of the worlds great comedians. He was actually before my time but his work lives on. In one of his movies he gave this amazing speech, I do not agree with everything but there is a lot that rings true to me. When you listen to his speech what are your thoughts? Does his speech move you? Do you think that it relates to today? The idea that we have created so much but we yet have such great needs.
I came to know Jesus during what they called the Jesus People Movement. One of the groups that were popular at that time was a group called, Love Song. The leader of the group was Chuck Girard who was an amazing guitar player and wrote some powerful songs. One of them was a song called Welcome Back. THe message is very simple, a lot of people have given up on religion and rightfully so, but they are still hungry for spiritual things.
have decided to do what I do best and that is to share the good news of Jesus Christ in an many creative ways as I can. In a world filled with chaos it is good to know that there is a place we can go that is an island of peace, hope, comfort and joy. I find that place is when I worship. There is something about concentrating on God and His goodness and his Majesty that causes a person to turn away from the troubles of the day and enter into a place where answers are found and hope is restored.
I would love to have been a part of this prank. This reminds me of the old candid camera days, which was one of my favourite shows. I remember the bit where they pushed a car with no engine in it to a service station. When the attendant came out the guy behind the wheel asked the attendant to check the oil, when he opened the hood and saw no engine it made for great Television.
Most of you reading this post may have never heard of Jackie Gleason. He was the star of the T.V. show “The Honeymooners.” His sidekick was Ed Norton and the two of them made comedic history. The clip I am running is Television in its hey day. There were only a few stations available, and people were in love with the big man with a big mouth and a bigger heart. Jackie also had a variety show simply called “The Jackie Gleason Show.”
The big game is ready to start. Number one against number two. Notre Dame verses Alabama. In football it does not get bigger than this. Alabama is favoured to win but the Irish have the spirit of Rudy behind them. I think Rudy is one of the best sports movies I have ever seen. It is based on a true story. The story of a young man who had a dream and like many dreams he had many opportunities to give up and let his dream pass him by.
Here are some very creative people. Someday I want to do one of these. So a little more Christmas Cheer for Christmas day. Enjoy
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