This afternoon my wife and I took her sisters and a friend to see October Baby which premiered last Friday. I don’t frequent film theaters, well, frequently anyway. As a matter of fact, I can still count on my two hands the times I’ve darkened the doorway of a commercial movie house. I don’t believe [...]
Posted on March 26th, 2012 by Josh Champagne
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This is a great documentary by John Piper. I’m the 2nd individual in my entire multi-generational, “white”, Western-European descended, family to marry “inter-racially”. I have always loved the way the Gospel of Jesus Christ tears down barriers and stone-faced ideologies, whether religious or otherwise. John talks about the human family and adoption and race in [...]
Posted on October 13th, 2011 by Josh Champagne
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Last night, I rode along with some friends up to Reading to attend Fairview Christian School’s Christmas Program. Here’s a few snapshots (I apologize for the quality, they were taken with my phone) and some of the music selections from the evening. Fairview Christian School The school was started several years ago by Fairview Mennonite [...]
Posted on December 12th, 2010 by Josh Champagne
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What is the Age of Accountability? After some recent conversations, I have been re-studying the theory of “The Age of Accountability“. I was a bit surprised to discover that it is indeed a theory; not a hard and fast Biblical doctrine. However, it matters a lot which version of the theory you believe to be [...]
Posted on March 11th, 2010 by Josh Champagne
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Strains of “There is peace and contentment in the Father’s house today…” replay themselves in my mind as I work, having listened to the newly released album Charity Youth Bible School Chorus 2009 from Altar of Praise Studio. Here are a few youtube videos (posted by others) of the chorus in action last November.
Posted on February 9th, 2010 by Josh Champagne
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I have been really challenged in the last two weeks after returning from the Middle East in how I invest my God’s time. Here’s a quote from an excellent message (worth the time investment) that God used to kick-start some changes I’ve had to make in my schedule for the things that really matter. Full [...]
Posted on October 19th, 2009 by Josh Champagne
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Sherwin Samonte, from Vancouver Canada posts beautiful “music videos” of Anabaptist-Mennonite singing on Youtube and Tangle (used to be Godtube) that break the mold of what music videos are usually known to be. Here’s one of his latest postings, He Still Came. It is sung by the Lebanon County Youth Chorus on their album, Somewhere [...]
Posted on May 23rd, 2009 by Josh Champagne
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George Brunk’s Legacy A friend asked me to convert an audio tape to CD for them. It is an old sermon recording from 1951 by George R. Brunk, the Mennonite evangelist who spoke to crowds of 15,000+ people under a massive tent back in the ’50s. You can read more about him HERE and [...]
Posted on April 30th, 2009 by Josh Champagne
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Spring is here in PA at least for now. Yesterday it was 70 degrees and sunny. This morning I woke to the sound of birds outside my window. Here’s a short audio clip: Birds Singing in the Morning What a contrast to last week’s snowstorm!
Posted on March 8th, 2009 by Josh Champagne
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I’d heard of THE MAN FROM GEORGE STREET before, but was recently reminded of it again when a friend emailed me the video. . . Here’s the full story.
Posted on February 21st, 2009 by Josh Champagne
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