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Josh GriffinMore Posts Robot Chicken Does Star Wars

This aired a while back, just saw this on YouTube tonight. So funny …

JG

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Josh GriffinMore Posts New Saddleback Church Logo

The new logo for Saddleback Church appeared on the bulletin this week. Pastor Rick showed it briefly in last week’s video message, and here it is!

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Josh GriffinMore Posts Earthquake!

Wow … just felt that one.

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Josh GriffinMore Posts Movie Review: The Astronaut Farmer

Just downloaded the movie The Astronaut Farmer on the Xbox 360 and watched it last night with the family. All in all, there’s a good story buried in here somewhere, but honestly it’s pretty hard to find. At the core, the message of the film is positive – it’s about being together as a family, dreaming and doing the impossible.

Unfortunately, the journey to learn those lessons isn’t all that interesting to watch. Even with a solid cast (Bruce Willis really isn’t much more than a cameo, though) the film falters on most levels. Special effects, acting, script, cinematography – everything is budget or below average.

There’s a couple of great scenes and great lines – even and a few creative shots – but all at the end of the day this family film fails to lift off. C-

JG

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Josh GriffinMore Posts Pitching a No-Hitter

Never underestimate what a young guy on your team can do.

JG

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Josh GriffinMore Posts Google Searches That Lead Here: Volume 37

Here’s a roundup of some of the more interesting search phrases that people actually used to find this blog in the past 7 days. I kid you not:

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JG

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Josh GriffinMore Posts Francis Chan at PDYM Student Leadership ’08

Big news! We just booked Francis Chan to come speak to our students at the PDYM Student Leadership Conference next year. So exciting for students to get a chance to hear him. Yeah!

JG

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Josh GriffinMore Posts The Ten CGI Commandments

This press release just hit my inbox:

Promenade Pictures has announced that it will release its inaugural big screen feature film as the first in its Epic Stories of the Bible franchise…The Ten Commandments. Scheduled to release in theaters nationwide on October 19 2007, The Ten Commandments is a full-length, 3D CGI animation that brings the Bible classic to life in a film that uncovers the true meaning of faith and God’s message of love to humankind – known as The Ten Commandments.

The Ten Commandments is directed by Bill Boyce (Hermie & Friends) and John Stronach (Ben Hur, Cahoots), and features an award-winning talent line up including Ben Kingsley (narrator voice), Christian Slater (Moses voice), Alfred Molina (Ramses voice), and Elliott Gould (God’s voice) as well as acclaimed family screenwriter Ed Naha (Honey I Shrunk the Kids).

Filled with high adventure and a gentle sense of humor, the miraculous story of The Ten Commandments showcases Moses, an ordinary man with an extraordinary calling. He was the only man in Biblical history to behold the face of God and call Him friend. The film takes a unique approach to highlighting the humanity of Moses and displaying the power of God.

JG

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Josh GriffinMore Posts Podcast 56 is in the Can

Hard to believe that the Simply Youth Ministry Podcast episode 56 is in the can. It should land tomorrow in iTunes, this show is more about finally being together again than really youth ministry. Enjoy it when it shows up!

JG