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The Eric Trap Blog Tour: Day 6
Posted on 17. Apr, 2012 by Kenny.
It’s week two and the blog tour is at it again with three more stops, yesterday.
My friend Brain Dollar posted a great review on his blog. He shared with his readers the three reasons why he liked this book so much.
- It’s a leadership fable – who doesn’t like a leadership fable?
- Eric is easy to relate to – because he’s just like so many of us.
- The lessons are impacting – even those of us who have been dong this for a long time slip in these areas from time to time.
Brian is giving away a few copies, so if you want one, check out what you need to do to win.
Jeremy Echols also posted a review of The Eric Trap. My favorite part of his review is in his “Spoiler Alert” section.
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The Eric Trap Blog Tour: Day 5
Posted on 13. Apr, 2012 by Kenny.
Today marks the last day of the first week of The Eric Trap blog tour. In five days, twelve people have given unique perspectives of this new book in blog posts, facebook updates and youtube videos. Not only do we still have two more weeks, but almost 40 more reviews. Wow! We’ve got a lot more coming your way, so we’re going to take a breather on Saturday and Sunday and start back up again on Monday.
Today though we had three more great reviews.
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Blue Like Jazz Opens Today
Posted on 13. Apr, 2012 by Kenny.
A few weeks ago I got to see an advanced screening of Blue Like Jazz. It was a wonderful movie and I was inspired to do whatever I could to support the film. I certainly want to see more movies like this go to the box office. Movies that tell great stories that point to authentic Christianity. The best way you can support a film is to go see it on opening night. How a movie does on opening night may determine its future at the box office.It will determine if the movie will open in more theaters the next week or if it will begin shutting down to even less theaters.
So, I decided to do my part in supporting BLJ and I organized a group outing. I’m taking almost 30 of my student ministry volunteers and high school students who play in our student band to go see it.
So, here are some ways that you can support Blue Like Jazz:
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GREAT new song for kidmin!
Posted on 12. Apr, 2012 by Kenny.
I hopped over to iShine the other day to watch some of the video clips over there. It’s a great site people!
Regardless, I came across this song and music video by Jaime Grace. I bet that’s not her real name… it sounds to perfect. Ha! As soon as I heard it I thought… the kids would love this song… even if it’s just fun music for when kids are hanging out. Toby Mac is in the song (small parts) which is fun as well. Looks like you can download the video… but its worth looking in other songs and videos by Jamie Grace.
Jamie Grace – Hold Me featuring tobyMac (Official Music Video) [www.keepvid.com] from iShine Live on Vimeo.… Read the rest
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The Eric Trap Blog Tour: Day 4
Posted on 12. Apr, 2012 by Kenny.
Day 4 and already 9 reviews of the Eric Trap. Not bad, huh? I’ve got three more reviews to point you towards today. Three really great reviews:
Sarah Richards, Children’s Pastor in MN wrote a great post summarizing the essence of The Eric Trap on her blog this morning. She’s also giving away a couple of books, so if you haven’t scored one yet, be sure to comment on her post!
Wayne Stocks, my friend from Dad in the Middle wrote a very fun post. I really appreciate his post. He expressed his hesitation with another collaborative book… and I totally get it. Collaborative books are great. One of my favorite books (Switch) is a collaborative book. However, sometimes collaborative books can get in a rut.… Read the rest
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The Eric Trap Blog Tour: Day 3
Posted on 11. Apr, 2012 by Kenny.
Man, we’re really starting to get into this thing.
Today we had two incredible reviews of the book, The Eric Trap. Let me tell you, these people aren’t being paid or encouraged to say what they’re saying. I personally asked about 3-5 people to write reviews and Sam invited 3-5 people as well. Everyone else simply requested a book to review. I had a conversation with Brother Jim last week where he told me that he didn’t know half the people who were going to review the book. We determined that this is a good thing… that’s its not the normal fans who are going to say it’s a great book just because someone’s name is on it.
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Task list vs. wish list
Posted on 11. Apr, 2012 by Kenny.
I’m in the middle of writing an article about family ministry and it made me think of a specific frustration that I and my team experience so many times when it comes to family ministry. I thought I’d post my thoughts here as it isn’t likely this aspect will be covered in the article.
I and my staff team have all sipped the family ministry kool-aid. We’re all believers and have great vision for what family ministry could look like at our church. However, there’s one massive barrier. We’re all so busy doing what it takes to make the weekend experiences successful that there’s not really any time to do some of the things we’ve dreamed of doing.
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Eric Trap: First video review
Posted on 11. Apr, 2012 by Kenny.
Several people will be posting video reviews of the Eric Trap over the next few weeks. If they say a picture is worth a thousand words… it probably means a video is worth ten thousand words. Don’t let Paula Dean throw you off, I haven’t gotten her to read the book yet.
Evan Doyle was the first person to submit a video review. Awesome… and it only took 17 tries.
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The Eric Trap Blog Tour: Day 2
Posted on 10. Apr, 2012 by Kenny.
Now we’re getting somewhere! Today the blog tour jumped to the next level with three different reviews. Trust me, it’s going to get a little nuts these next few weeks. Just wait until the week the book comes out!
Actually last night, Rob Livingston wrote a great post starting off day two. Rob is a bi-vocational kid’s pastor… a school teacher in Sweet Home Alabama. He and I broke bread (or tacos) at Chuy’s here in Austin 8 months ago and I think I made a friend forever by sending him on to eat the best BBQ brisket he’d ever tasted. The funny thing is that Rob didn’t have a blog 10 days ago when he requested a copy of the book… perhaps the Eric Trap prompted a new habit? I hope so! I liked Rob’s review a lot. He described how at one point he got really excited about a decision Eric made thinking, “finally, he got something right!” only to find out that this too was a bad decisions. This illustrates a story we wanted to tell.
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Make it Count
Posted on 10. Apr, 2012 by Kenny.
I came across this video yesterday. You never know if cool videos like this are really legit, or if even this “off the cuff” idea was developed in a corporate think tank. Regardless, I loved it.
I enjoyed the idea, all the great quotes and the adventure. It did challenge me to ask the same question. Am I making it count? Am I taking risks? Probably not nearly enough. Enjoy the video below.
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