Because of some recent conversations with various people, I have been re-studying the theory of “The Age of Accountability”. I was intrigued to discover that in its various forms, it is indeed a theory and not a hard and fast Biblical doctrine. However, the results of which version of the theory you believe in can [...]
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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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 HERE.
Anyway, I looked online [...]
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 this before, but was recently reminded of it again when a friend emailed me the video.
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Here’s the story.
Posted on February 21st, 2009 by Josh Champagne
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Today I received the recording by Altar of Praise Studio from Chorus at YBS ‘08. I must say, I was pleasantly surprised at the quality of the recording. It sounds better than it did live, at least to my untrained ear. Though it is not listed on their website, you can probably get yourself a [...]
Posted on January 30th, 2009 by Josh Champagne
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Yesterday, I started a new blog, and I thought I would document all the technical details of setting it up, partly for my own future reference and partly to help out others who want to go all out and do this thing properly.
This step-by-step is for the Wordpress blogging platform:
Register a domain name and sign [...]
Posted on September 18th, 2008 by Josh Champagne
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I’m going to share my current method of recording the audio for church sermons and special events that I currently employ as one of the audio/tech guys for our church.
For sound amplification, we currently use a wired microphone on a stand, hooked up to a powered mixer with a built in amplifier. Basic 12″ [...]
Posted on June 13th, 2008 by Josh Champagne
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