MP3 Playtagger

Play Tagger

Play Tagger is a neat little tool that allows you to easily play mp3 files directly on del.icio.us (see the popular mp3 bookmarks), and you can have it for your website or blog too. Include this tiny javascript in your HTML, and your mp3 links will automatically become playable right on the page. In addition, your visitors will have the opportunity to easily tag and post the mp3 link to del.icio.us. This script is very lightweight, as is the flash movie that plays on demand.

Examples

Water Under Water – The Thrill.mp3

Colin MacIntyre – How Bout I Love You More.mp3

Stellastarr – Sweet Troubled Soul.mp3

How to include

Copy the code below and place it in anywhere in your HTML.

<script type=”text/javascript” src=”http://images.del.icio.us/static/js/playtagger.js” mce_src=”http://images.del.icio.us/static/js/playtagger.js”></script>

Velvet Elvis

Just finished reading “Velvet Elvis – Repainting The Christian Faith” by Rob Bell.

It’s a bit of an off-beat, back to basics look at the Christian faith, based on the ministry of Rob Bell and the ethos of his new church “Mars Hill”.

See review by LICC http://www.licc.org.uk/culture/velvet-elvis?PHPSESSID=e8968bcf29ce142ec0e9231373e7a083

additional resources

Rob Bell is pastor at Mars Hill, an independent free church in Grand Rapids in Michigan. Check out mhbcmi.org.

Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith was published last year by Zondervan – see zondervan.com.

‘Centre Stage for a Pastor Where It’s Rock that Usually Rules’ – read a report from the New York Times about Bell’s ‘Everything is Spiritual’ tour last year, when he played music venues across the States.

Find out more about Bell’s beguiling DVD series, ‘Nooma’, at nooma.com. His latest DVD, Breathe, was unveiled this week when he came to speak in the British Isles.

Brian Draper has interviewed Rob Bell for a feature that will appear in Church Times shortly – go to churchtimes.org.uk.

Three Images of Salvation

1. John 11:1-12 – The dead body of Lazarus.

A picture of how we are dead and rotting in our sins before we are saved.

2. Genesis 24:42-60 – Isaac and Rebecca, a marriage made in heaven.

A picture of how God seeks us out as His chosen ones, and we leave our old lives behind to follow and be with Him.

3.  2Kings 6:8-18 – Elisha and the invisible army.

A picture of how God opens our eyes to the invisible resources that are ours as His children.

Love and Glory

John 17 verse 6 says – “I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word.”

Believers are the Father’s gift to the Son, and are part of the exchange of love between Father and Son. In return , the Son returns glory to the Father through the lives and works of believers.  

The Boss Wears Prada

(Taken from an article by LICC) 

‘Saul tried to pin him to the wall with his spear, but David eluded him as Saul drove the spear into the wall. That night David made good his escape.’ 1 Samuel 19:10

Research indicates that 70% of employees leave managers not jobs. It’s the boss they can’t abide, not their work or role. Of course it takes two to tango. Still, if like David, your boss tries to spear you to the wall, it’s wise to plan a swift exit strategy. Certainly, in today’s workplaces there is a great deal of bullying and ethical pressure and, whilst Meryl Streep’s cinematic boss from hell wears Prada, in real life they are just as likely to be draped in M&S or Primark.

What then is the Christian response?