Monday, Jun 30, 2008

The Running A.M.O.K. Podcast-6/22/08 Living out Colossians 3:23 as an artist

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This podcast is about living your life to God's glory; a life of service and of balance, a life you can actually enjoy. To really illustrate this message I am attaching it to one of the best examples of this in all of scripture, the prophet Daniel. Join me as I work through these issues and show how Daniel did it right in my message called "Just Because You're Paranoid Doesn't Mean They're Not Out to Get You! (But God still wins).

Also we'll look at an art teacher who is really living this out in a unique way and a series of questions every artist should as of him/herself. Over on the companion blog, http://amokarts.blogspot.com you can see a step by step series of photos on the painting I created in conjunction with this message. I hope it blesses you.

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Tuesday, Jun 17, 2008

The Running A.M.O.K. Podcast 6/15/08 Dealing with Failure and Rejection

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I'm in the process of reading a great book right now called Thriving as an Artist in the Church by Rory Noland. The book discusses the many issues artists of all disciplines can face and how we should deal with them. Each chapter of the book starts with a scenario then has some questions to answer about it. The chapter then gives some really good biblical advice on dealing with the issue followed by some review questions. It's a great resource for any artistic person wanting to serve God with his or her gifting. As I was working through the questions from the chapter on dealing with failure and rejection, I found myself i some serious self-examination and thought my listeners might benefit from not only hearing my answers but answering the questions for themselves.

Failure and rejection seems to be a fact of life for artists, something that most of us have dealt with or will deal with. Check out the podcast and answer the questions for yourself on the companion blog at http://amokarts.mypodcast.com Thanks to Rory Noland for granting me permission to use his questions, you can also find a link to his website on the companion blog.

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Wednesday, Jun 11, 2008

The Running A.M.O.K. Podcast 6/8/08 Building a service artistically

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In this issue we are going to look at a unique way the Lord gave me to present a message on Daniel 4, combining writing, Drama and Painting to bring home the point of the message. The message is entitled Slow Learners Anonymous. Rather than just posting the message, I am also giving insights into how it all came about and challenging my listeners to try this type of thing for themselves. Even the bulletin graphic pulled the point together as I converted a photo of myself into a picture of one of the great biblical "slow learners" Nebuchadnezzar, a guy who proves you can be a slow learner and rise to great heights.

Also in this week's podcast, I am highlighting a great painter who is combining her fantastic abstract art with video that shows not just her art, but also her technique and most importantly her heart. Her name is Charlene Rice. You really need to see her work, so go to the companion blog at http://amokarts.blogspot.com/

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Wednesday, Jun 04, 2008

We're All Worshippers

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Hello all you Running A.M.O.K. listeners. Thanks for tuning in to the podcast today. I am in the process of creating this week's podcast and feel I need a permission before I post it from an author whose work inspired this weeks podcast so it may be a few days before it is uploaded.

In the mean time please take a few minutes and listen to my message for the week entitled "We're All Worshippers." It's the third message in my series on the book of Daniel, based on the story of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. This message took a little bit of a different direction than I thought it might when I first started to study the passage (Daniel 3). In this we will look at worship, how we were created to worship and the importance of who we worship. It's an important message for artists, but then again it's an important message for everyone.

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