Hello all, Orin here. I realized as I sat down to craft this week’s Jesus-Justice-Joy post that Shannon and I have been remiss in letting you know a bit of exciting news. In addition to the book that will be coming out this July sometime, we’ve also both been writing new music, and incorporating some…
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Make a Home Now
All, We’re excited to share this video with all of you today. It’s a composition of Orin’s that has become very important to both of us.
In Orin’s words:
I know we are in politically-charged times; I really don’t mean the piece to be a political statement, but rather an observation of the challenges of Christianity and how we view those around us made in the image and likeness of God.
The video is not only here but on YouTube and SoundCloud as well, and Orin has a webpage set up where one can find the score, a wonderful discussion guide for the video written by Shannon, and a link to make donations to CRS in their efforts dealing with this refugee crisis.
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7zEPAEKav0
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/orinjohnson/make-a-home-now
Orin’s site: https://orinjohnson.com/make-a-home-now/
Thanks to many along the way for their help with this project, notably Michael C., Shannon C., Erin H., Rick T., and Emily B.
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Songs We Should Never Record – NCCYM 2014
Hello NPM 2021! Thanks for visiting. We had a great time at this year’s convention, and hope you did too, whether in person or virtually. Below is the webpage we set up when we debuted “Songs We Should Never Record” at NCCYM in 2014. Enjoy watching the video of that below!
You can also check out older videos of The Liturginerd Olympics and “May God Bless and Keep You” as well as the rest of our site of course. Thanks again for dropping in!
Hello everybody! Boy, did we have a blast at NCCYM in San Antonio this past weekend – we hope you did too. We’re happy to make available to our visitors, absolutely free, our small piece of the Friday Night Youth Ministry Extravaganza, “Songs We Should Never Record.”
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We also want to add a special word of thanks to our friend Mike Kivett, who penned the words to “There They Go, Lord.” Mike is a great live audio technician, he helped us with our first couple self-produced CDs, and most importantly is an all around good egg. When he heard some our silly stuff we were asking him to record, he shared with us his little creation, and we’re certainly glad he did. Thanks, Mike!
And thanks as well to the NFCYM for a great conference as always, and great NCYCs the other years. See you next fall in Indy!
PS – A couple people have asked us about the lyrics to the “Stand By Your Man” parody we sang as part of the finale of the night. Those words were written by Bob Rice, here they are:
Sometimes its hard to be a pastor,
Caring for all those ministries.
Absolving all those sins, the roof is caving in,
And the youth room needs a 55 inch flat screen high definition TV.
Stand by your man,
Give him an ear to listen.
It’s hard, he’s always giving,
And you are kind of needy.
Stand by your man,
And even if he’s awkward,
Make him look as cool as you can,
Baby! Stand by your man.
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OddPoll – Rosary Favorites
So, today is the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, and we’ve put up a new poll in the sidebar of the blog – which set of mysteries is your favorite? We understand that it may change day to day, moment to moment, but if you had to pick one, which would it be?…
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New OddPoll – Marian Devotion
In honor of today’s lesser-known marian feast, down there, in the sidebar, vote on your favorite devotional title for Mary! If you pick the “other” answer, leave your favorite title in the comments of this post. Happy voting (for the next week or so)!
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Happy Feast Day!
Today, August 5th, is the Feast of Our Lady of the Snows, known today as the Dedication of the Mary Major Basilica in Rome. The early Church was often struggling in its theology, and one of the first debates was on the very nature of Jesus: was he a man, was he God, or was…
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Comments Fixed (In Honor of Mary)
In honor of the Feast of the Annunciation, we fixed the problems (we just learned about) that some Oddblog viewers were having with the comments if they were using IE on windows. (Why anyone would willingly do that to themselves – use IE and/or windows – we’re not sure, but hey, it’s not our place…