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Updated Podcast Links

If you're having trouble getting the latest podcast episode, you might need to re-subscribe.  Here's a link to subscribe with iTunes.  Here's a link to the RSS feed where you can just listen online.

We have also updated the Oak Leaf Leaders podcast and blog.  Just go to oakleafleaders.com.  There we provide training and encouragement for our leaders and volunteers.  There's a link there to the RSS feed of the blog and a subscribe link to subscribe with iTunes.

Podcasts Worth Checking Out

I listen to several podcasts and messages throughout the week, and currently subscribe to about 15 or so.  I thought I'd share some of my favorites with you.

• Ed Young from Fellowship Church.  I'm not a disciple of Ed or anything, but I usually get some good ideas from him. 
• Lifechurch is a multi-site church with a bunch of campuses all over the place.  They were recently picked as one of the most innovative churches in the country.  Graig Groschel is a good communicator.
• Love him or hate him, Mark Driscoll is one of the most entertaining and engaging speakers.  He usually teaches verse by verse through the Bible.  I usually listen to him weekly.
• Erwin McManus is one of my favorite speakers.  I just like listening to him. 
• I subscribe to Westridge (our sponsoring church) and Newspring in Anderson, SC  I don't listen every week, but I enjoy Brian and Perry.
• I download podcasts from Mike Lynch @ Northstar in Kennesaw, as well as the official podcast from Granger Community Church.  I also get Willow Creek's podcast. 

There's some great content out there on the web, and listening to other messages is a great way to continue learning and growing throughout the week.  I don't listen to all of these each week, but they are worth checking out.  Any others you'd like to add?  Of course, we also podcast Sundays @ Oak Leaf.  There's a link on our website.

Video, Podcast and eVotion

Here is the video from the service yesterday.  Topic:  No Perfect Families.  It includes a song from Tenth Avenue North.

If you'd like to listen to the service, check out the podcast.  You can listen directly from that page, or use iTunes to download messages to your computer automatically each week.  Just download iTunes for free and use the subscribe with iTunes link to get the podcast.

And finally, if you would like a subscription to the eVotion, a written recap of the message, go here to subscribe.

Oak Leaf Church Podcast

Here's a link to the hot off the press Oak Leaf Church podcast.  Up now are the 2nd preview service and the message from the Grand Opening Service.  We'll continue to update weekly.  When you get to the feedburner page, you can click the link on the right to subscribe with iTunes.

If you'd like to watch video from the grand opening service, you can do that here.

YCKG Podcast is Up

In a few weeks, I'll be back to teaching every week, so I've gotten the podcast up and running again.  (I found an amazing little tool called Podcast Maker that takes care of everything).  Anyway, there are a couple of messages I've done for Sidekick events, as well as the vision/values of Oak Leaf.  I'll put up the weekly messages from Oak Leaf as well.  You can subscribe to the podcast via iTunes by clicking here.

Nice Drive to Florida

I left early this morning to drive down to Orlando.  I'm speaking at a youth camp for Red Bank Baptist Church .  We are staying a Disney's Coranado Springs Resport, which is a cool place.  I love speaking to students, but I hate driving.  But this time, since I was driving along, I loaded up the iPod with some great things and the trip just flew by.

I listened to about half of Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell.  I read this a while back, but wanted a refresher.  It's filled with great stories and I really like his writing.

I had Hillsong United to keep me company as well.  I mean, Tomlin and Crowder are great, but I am glad there is some other good worship music that people are using in church.  It's time to update some of those tired songs, and HIllsong is putting out some great stuff.

I got a new song called "The Riddle" by Five For Fighting.  I love those guys, and love this song, and you should download it. The new Goo Goo Dolls album is also quite nice. As is Daniel Powter (Free Loop and Song 6 are incredible tunes...check them out)

I listened to a Catalyst podcast where they interviewed Tim Stevens and a sermon by Mark Driscoll on I Corinthians 8 about freedom and responsibility in Christ.  It was very good, and anytime I hear someone talking about drinking, smoking, tatoos, vegatarians and homeschoolers, that's an interesting message.

Finally, there was a little Rascal Flats.  If anyone out there could figure out how to do country music like this at church, it would be huge.  Here we are in Georgia, in the south, and we're doing rock and roll as contemporary worship.  This is all fine and good, but so many people like country.  Figure out how to do worship tunes that sound like Rascal Flats, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban and people like this, and you can write a book and start a conference.

Anyway, I'm all listened out and I'm reviewing some notes before the message tonight.  I've been working on some new stuff for students, and I'm excited to be able to communicate God's message to students who have been on a bus for the past 13 hours!

Podcast: Fearless, Part 1

Here's another podcast for you.  This week, it's part one of the Fearless series from the most recent 412 Winter Retreat.  We talked through Joshua 1 and talked about how obedience is everything.  You can subscribe to the podcast using the feedburner link to the right, or simply download the mp3 to your computer and do with it as you please.

Download fearless__obedience_is_everything.mp3

The Oak Leaf Vision

Here's a mp3 of my vision message for Oak Leaf.  It's the first experiment with a podcast.  And figuring how to get podcasts into Typepad.

Download 000_the_oak_leaf_vision.mp3