1.29.2008

So the mall has become an inspiration to me. We have a series later in the year where I wanted to create a dot effect as a backdrop and American Eagle's new displays are just the right base. Carpet tubing held together by wing nuts. I would just add multi-colored gels to one side and back light it... and you have a polka dot extravaganza!

I also saw this chair display at H&M that I thought was cool. What have you seen in displays lately that could transfer to church set-design? Email your pictures to jasoneilbedell@gmail.com






1.22.2008

So my wife and I were at the mall and I noticed this elderly lady sitting alone and reading. What was the book?" you ask. When Your World Makes No Sense by Henry Cloud. It made me laugh out loud when I saw it and Carrie scolded me for taking the picture, but it made me think...


Are we informing our people? Are we bringing some sense and meaning to the chaos of life? I know at Forefront we strive to create a relevant place where people can bring the chaos of life and lay it out so we can as Big Black puts it, "Do Work." But I definitely think we can do better. From the C. Arts side of the coin: "How do you connect to people to stir their hearts to change?" or "What process do you think through when a series is coming up?" Our ultimate goal should be changing hearts and impacting those who don't know God, but do we always accomplish that goal? Food for thought.

1.16.2008


Okay, so I'll be back blogging tomorrow, but I couldn't resist this. Mark Malkoff, does the name sound familiar? Well he's best known for visiting all of Manhattan's 171 Starbucks in less than 24 hours, but his apartment was getting fumigated and what better place to live than IKEA?!

This just gets me weak. Check it out here.

Been busy with things, but I will get back to blogging regularly Thursday.

J-del **over and out**



The holidays have been a whirlwind of travel, fun, and rest... but now it's time to get back into the swing of things and what better way than to post some things you can download... some material for your viewing pleasure. We're doing a series based on Vince's book, "I Became A Christian And All I Got Was This Lousy T-shirt," (book site here). Baker Books put together a layout with all the weekly messages, small group sessions, song ideas, lead-ins, etc. But they don't have the strip intro videos, so here they are plus all the other content. Visit the book site for series info. Enjoy.


Interactive/ Live Elements for the Series








Videos: Series Promo
Video 1- T-shirt Promo-
http://www.jbedell.com/media/tshirt_001.m4v.zip



Videos: Counseling w/ Kris






Videos: Weekly Intro Strip Sequence







Images/ Weekly Series Slides