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I have never been incredibly pro-active about promoting myself as a designer….

I tell myself its because I’m not a designer, which strictly speaking is true.

Anyway, to combat the lack of portfolio and my laziness about creating a real one, I updated my flickr page to include some of my design work – some old, some new.

Click the image to see the “portfolio (kind of)”

H/T ChurchIT

I admit, it is a failing of mine to slam all Christian music because of the dirge that is so popular amongst Christians BUT this is one of those albums that I want you all to listen to – Christian or not – because it is “that” good.

You have to go get it – its on iTunes (you know what to do)

This is the Seay family…..

Brian and Amy and their kids – I want you to pray for Amy

A few years ago we met Brian and Amy when they travelled to Ireland with Shaun Groves – our time spent together was very brief – they are great Godly people.

Brian’s work with Compassion is amazing and most of what I know about Amy and their kids is via his blog. He just re-launched it to relate the experience of Amy’s cancer diagnosis and for her to share what she is going through.

So, lets pray for them as a family and specifically for Amy – please

“Christian hipsters cringe at mega churches, altar calls and door-to-door evangelism. They don’t really like John Eldredge’s Wild at Heart or youth pastors who talk too much about Braveheart. In general, they tend not to like Mel Gibson and have come to really dislike The Passion for being overly bloody and maybe a little sadistic. They don’t like people like Pat Robertson, who on The 700 Club famously said that America should “take Hugo Chavez out.” And for that matter, they don’t particularly like The 700 Club either, except to make fun of it. They don’t like evangelical leaders who get too involved in politics, such as James Dobson or Jerry Falwell, who once said of terrorists  that America should “blow them all away in the name of the Lord.” They don’t like TBN, PAX or Joel Osteen. They do have a wry fondness for Benny Hinn, however.

Christian hipsters tend not to like contemporary Christian music (CCM) or Christian films (except ironically), or any non-book item sold at Family Christian Stores. They hate warehouse churches or churches with American flags on stage, or churches with any flag on stage, really. They prefer the term “Christ follower” to “Christian” and can’t stand the phrases “soul winning” or “non-denominational.” The could do without the weird and awkward evangelistic methods including (but not limited to): sock puppets, ventriloquism, mimes, sign language, beach evangelism and modern dance. Surprisingly, they don’t really have that big of a problem with old-school evangelists like Billy Graham and Billy Sunday and they kind of love the really wild ones like Aimee Semple McPherson.”

from Hipster Christianity by Brett McCracken

Ahem! Guilty as charged on most of the aforementioned….

I wonder do I have actual opinions about the things I “tend to not like” or “cringe” at? Perhaps there is an inbuilt device in me that knows its not cool – like gaydar or a kind of kitsch detecting prophetic gift?

Maybe its just a bad attitude or an ill informed lemming-like response to peer pressure?

“It’s hard to deny yourself or take up any cross daily when you’re chained to the shackles of hip”

Read Part 1