Eyes Right

Our 5th grade Sunday School class of 10 and 11 year old students recorded a seven minute podcast today, which is going to be played during our family Christmas Eve service at church this year. This podcast is available in three different forms:

1. As an audio-only mp3 file
2. As an enhanced podcast (requires free QuickTime Player software or iTunes software)
3. As a VoiceThread digital story

You are welcome to leave feedback for our students on the VoiceThread or here as comments. Merry Christmas!

 

 10 year old reflections about Jesus on Christmas Eve (audio-only) [07:20m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 10 year old reflections about Jesus on Christmas Eve (enhanced podcast) [07:20m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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A friend showed me this video from a concert by Casting Crowns today. Wow.

This is a completely unique take on musical interpretation than I’ve seen previously in videos or live stage performances. Very creative, as well as moving. I love this song. I first learned of Casting Crowns several years ago, listening to Air1 Radio when we lived in Lubbock. (Here in Oklahoma, I listen to K-LOVE more than Air1 now, when I listen Christian radio.) I think the band started as a youth group praise team, and they continue to serve in that capacity as well as play concerts. Their music is definitely inspired by the Lord.

Their official website is www.castingcrowns.com. They have more YouTube videos linked from their website. I think it is great Casting Crowns has embraced the use of new media sites, like YouTube, to share their music and their gospel message with the world. Seeing this video adds a different dimension to the experience of listening to their music and allowing the message to penetrate my mind and spirit.

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5th grade students in the Sunday school class I’m co-teaching this semester contributed to this four minute audio podcast on the theme, “Who Is Jesus?” Some of these recordings were made during our Sunday school class last week using Audacity and an external microphone, but most were made by students and teachers from home using their phones and the free Gabcast service.

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Our 3rd, 4th and 5th graders at church this evening created our first BLASTcast podcast! Check it out, our first effort is 20 minutes long, with the first half different segments/corners by kids and the last half an “in the field” mission interview.

In the “about” section of the blog site we included a link to our BLASTcast planning guide, which is modeled after Radio WillowWeb.

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Chatting with my cousin/sister and her husband, they shared a different way of perceiving people, or personality theories. Although this is a practice we–human beings–have traditionally engaged in with everything from the 4 humours (e.g. sanguine, melancholy, etc) to “orange/blue/green/yellow” as ways to describe personalities, I’d never heard of a Bible-based approach.

Apparently, the approach they shared is based on Revelations 4:7. It reads:

And the first living being was like a lion, and the second living being like a calf, and the third living being had a face as a man, and the fourth living being was like a flying eagle. And the four living beings had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come.

Now, I was not aware of all the symbolism that goes along with these beings. Apparently, they are known as the Symbols of the Four Evangelists.

Matthew is the Man. The Man is Humane.
Mark is the Lion. The Lion is Bold.
Luke is the Ox. The Ox is Sturdy.
John is the Eagle. The Eagle is far-seeing.

Personality styles/models are fun reading, and frightening in their accuracy.

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I took the opportunity on my drive today to record a 5 minute podcast. It’s a short reflection on the 40 days of Community our church is beginning. Hope you enjoy it.

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