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Prayer in TampaI received this story in an email from the St. Petersburg times and it prompted a letter to the editor. I have my doubts that they will run it, but I at least wanted to share it here. Here is the gist of the article.People who oppose starting government meetings with invocations pleaded with City Council members Thursday to end the practice."I'm not sure you realize how repugnant

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The new toon, AMOKM.A.D.I've been creating daily as usual, just put out a new webcomic called Villains which can be seen at AMOKM.A.D. As well as set designs for Alpha Omega Players, worship paintings and more as well as creating a video about A.M.O.K. (below) and something brand new AMOKM.A.D. the comic. a three times a week web comic to promote awareness and raise funds for ministries. You can

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January 4, 2010, Still creating every dayYes I know it's been a while since I blogged about it, but I am still creating something every day. I've done cartoons, worship paintings, written several sermons, an article and a series of lessons based on the new Casting Crowns CD for Interlinc, laid out a new arts ministry presentation and began doing some set design proposals for Alpha Omega Players

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The past few weeks...I haven't been blogging but I have been creating every day!I've sort of lapsed on the blogging a little bit but here is an update on all the things I have been creating Hi everyone, I wanted to share what I've been up to lately. For the last few months I have been creating a Christmas presentation called The Gift. I did the first two presentations this weekend at Mt. Wilson

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Wednesday, November 11 through Tuesday November 16, 2009 Catching up the blogWell I haven't been blogging as much but I have been creating, and I mean creating A LOT! Wednesday was a day off for me and I used it to play catch up. I am working on two presentations that are both pretty labor intensive right now, but man is it fun!For my one presentation, I am doing a story of an art collector who

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Friday, November 6 through Tuesday, November 10, 2009 Seeking directionFinally finished the last aspect of the swine flu project that may or may not see the light of day. Went on retreat Friday night and Saturday, sought the Lord with my friend John about the direction for our combined arts ministry. It looks like it will go under the banner of Running AMOK and will be involving live public art

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Thursday November 5, 2009 Quick imageThis morning before work I prepared another portion of my video for my friend Bob's presentation. Here it is. Tonight will be starting my sermon and then tomorrow night off for two days retreat at Camp Swatara seeking the Lord on His path for my ministry with my friend and partner in "crime" John ( gifted artist with some pretty amazing left brain skills,

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Saturday October 31 through Wednesday November 4, 2009 Conviction. I've been doing this new creation challenge since August, having created at least one thing every day. Saturday evening I came under some conviction that I have gotten a little out of control with it and have just been creating for the sake of creating. While that may seem okay it was not the purpose of the exercise. If you

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Thursday October 29, Friday October 30, 2009 A message and a new videoBasically the last two days have been spent on sermon prep and creating the above video. This is my own take on a video I saw on YouTube that will be used as part of a church presentation. I'll be at my district Jr. High retreat Friday and Saturday then off to see Michael W. Smith Saturday Night. Sunday is Friends and Family

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Tuesday October 27 and Wednesday October 28, 2009Planning, Praying, Plotting and SchemingMy main creative project for Tuesday was a planning session where four of us worked out what we would do for the Christmas celebration at Mt Wilson Church of the Brethren. I will be painting along with a dancer and a solo dancer and a dance team. It was a wonderful night of creative collaboration. When I got

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Friday October 23, through Monday October 26, 2009 Lots O' StuffI'm booked to do arts ministry at two churches on back to back days the first week in December so I've been busily planning those days. It started off Thursday evening with the start of a video based on Van Gogh's Starry Night. I am making some speed painting videos of quick interpretations of classic paintings as part of the

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Thursday, October 22, 2009, New New CreaturezWell I tried to do NewCreaturez.com as a weekly cartoon/coloring page/activity page and it didn't work very well due to my busy schedule so this morning I retooled it. From now on I will create a booklet based on a memory verse that people can print out, copy two-sided and fold into a four page booklet. Students can read and learn the memory verse,

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Wednesday October 21, 2009 WritingMy creative project yesterday was that I finally got a chance to work on my upcoming book, Beyond the Big Three: Ministry for People Who Don't Preach, Play or Sing. Long way to go on it but I'm starting to see it come together. I may need to rework a few thoughts because I thought of a new element that I wasn't considering.

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Monday October 19 and Tuesday October 20, 2009 A logo and a caricatureOver the last two days I have done a proposed logo for a ministry called Live Right Brand and a caricature for my good friend Bishop James "I Feel God" Brown. Bishop Brown always explains that when you tell anyone your name is James Brown, the first thing they say is "I Feel Good" and so the "I Feel God" moniker is sort of his

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Vote for my shirtsI want to fund a few projects and things by getting this company Threadless to print my designs. You can help me get my design printed by going to Threadless and scoring it. If my design is printed, Threadless will pay me $2,500 in cash and prizes for it! Please help spread the word and go to the pages to vote for my designs.

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Friday October 15 through Sunday October 17, 2009 Sketching on retreat. Well the challenge marches on. I made a promise to myself that I was not going to obsess about creating while on retreat and I kept that promise. I did some sketches for an upcoming presentation by my friend and mentor Bob Disalvio from Amwell Church of the Brethren. I don't want to go into too many details about it because

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Monday October 12 through Thursday October 15 Writing and drawing but not blogging...I start by apologizing to my followers for not posting but I have been creating. Monday's main project was writing a ReTuned for Interlinc. Basically a ReTuned is a short Bible study discussion guide based on a secular song's theme. My ReTuned was based on the song Uprising by Muse. This is another valuable

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Wednesday, October 7 through Sunday October 11. Busy, busy, busyI haven't posted in a few days but I've been creating daily. wednesday and thursday were filled with more drawings for the video below and Friday saw the video completed. Again this is not an original concept it's based on a short poem from Max Lucado's great book Fearless. I also created the above Tshirt design for a contest on

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Tuesday, October 7, 2009 Going to StiltsvilleA few months back I received an email from Max Lucado's publishing company looking for people to be a sort of street team for his new book Fearless. I figured I would read the book review it here, pass along a few promo pieces and call it a day. Well things rarely go the way we plan. I received the book and by the time I read the back cover notes, I

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Thursday, October 1 through Monday October 5, 2009 The challenge moves on. I apologize for my lack of blogging these last few days but rest assured the creating continued, praise God. Thursday saw the completion of the coding of my swine flu project and a few sketches. I have a few more pages to complete for a supplemental piece which I am hoping to complete in the next few days. Friday and

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Wednesday, September 30, 2009. Just for fun, well sort of...This project spanned last night and early this morning but it was quite fun. I found this Tshirt site that was offering a decent amount of money if you submitted a design and they liked it. I flipped through their designs and thought some of their designs looked something like things I used to do quite a bit so I decided to create a new

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Monday September 28 and Tuesday September 29Yesterday my main creative project was a writing project. I had a meeting scheduled to go over my vision for an arts ministry that I have held for a long time. A person who has been involved a long time in drama came to talk to me, my wife and my friend John about the drama component of the ministry. To prepare for this meeting I did a rewrite on the

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Friday, September 25 through Sunday September 27, 2009Friday brought more work on my book project and the supersecret swine flu project. You're probably tired of hearing about that by now but it should be complete soon. Saturday was mainly devoted to writing my sermon, Good, Faithful, Wise and Ready. You should be able to hear that in the next few days at http://runningamok.mypodcast.com/ Sunday

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Thursday, September 24, 2009 New Video on CommunionI have done some more graphics but the big thing this morning was to script and edit the above video on communion and it's ties to passover.

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Tuesday and Wednesday, September 23 and 23, 2009Well I'm still pigging out, spending a lot of time creating more and more pages for my project. (I will post it one day) I've also finished the writing for the project and a lot of the sound recording. Wednesday morning I began working on a project that has been on my heart for a long time. For almost as long as I have been in ministry I have had

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Thursday, September 17 through Monday September 21, 2009Thursday evening I completed a mirror painting for a little boy in my church. Since he was a very small infant he has always been fascinated by my mirror painting called the point and his folks asked me to paint one for him. I did it differently than the point though. The Point shows the crucified Jesus painted on a full length mirror with a

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Thursday September 17, 2009 New Logo for a ministry under consideration writing and more. After being in New Orleans and seeing how much can be done on a relatively small amount of money, I have come to wonder what I can do to help some of the causes that are near and dear to my heart. I came up with this idea called Art4Change but unfortunately the name was taken. The new idea is called ArtMAD (

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Wednesday, September 16, 2009 MCPC Blizzard of Blessings PosterThis morning, I polished off a poster I have been thinking about for quite some time. I did some of the drawings earlier in the week. This piece is a real labor of love for me and my prayer is that it would be part of a very successful campaign. I'd like to give a little background. I don't know that I was always pro-life, but in the

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Monday and Tuesday, September 15, 2009, Video on the Mural Project and more pigs.Early this morning I finished the video on the reflections and posted it. Please take a moment and watch it and if you'd like to be involved in a similar project contact the folks at the St. Bernard Project and Brethren Disaster Ministries. It was written and the narration track was recorded yesterday and the video

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Saturday September 5 to Sunday September 13 Disaster Relief, a mural 4NOLA and a whole lot of pigsWell as it turns out my mural sketch was not appropriate for what the folks at the St. Bernard Project were looking for. That's to be expected on the first round, so the next round of sketches began. We decided to go with happy people working on a construction site. It started by sketching some folks

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Friday September 4, Saturday, September 5, Sunday September 6-Saturday September, 12Miscellaneous Projects and Going Silent For a Few DaysOkay Faithful Readers, yesterday I posted a rather lengthy post/article about my upcoming mission trip. It was one of my creations to be sure, but there has beena new development on my mural project. I heard back from the mission agency and while they liked the

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Thursday, September 3—Mission Trip ImageIt's funny how God works. I have to start this post with a confession. I'm 45 years old, I've been in ministry over ten years and I have never been on a mission trip. There I said it! I've traveled to preach, traveled to write, I've done local service projects, but I have never taken a trip for the sole purpose of serving others on a mission trip. This

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Wednesday, September 2, 2009Today was a rather hectic day, I overslept in the morning, (my usual creative time and had Bible Study in the evening, but I did manage to create a flyer for an upcoming sermon series, based on the book Fearless by Max Lucado and of course the Word of God. We are planning on distributing the flyer around our neighborhood along with a promotional paper with articles on

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Monday August 31 and Tuesday September 1 Finishing the Clearfield County PA ProjectThis project has been so much fun thanks to Jim Stroud of JHStroud Design for giving me a shot. These pieces will eventually be published as part of a travel guide for the county.

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Thursday August 27 to Sunday August 30, 2009 Playing catch up with the blog.Okay I haven't been able to blog for a few days but I have been creating new things daily.• Thursday August 27, created a few new pages for my Swine flu prevention project and reworked the concept. • Friday, August 28, came up with an idea for a web-companion to the swine flu project and worked up a sample,• Saturday,

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Wednesday August 26, A new cartoon and more writingI did another cartoon for my hospital client and finally scripted my Swine flu project and illustrated a few projects. It's unpublished stuff, but here's a clip.

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Tuesday August 25. A Writing DayThis morning I wrote a piece for an ezine and the Christian Humor Writers blog about one of the most wasteful environmentally hazardous ideas the US Government has ever conceived. It's called the Cash for Clunkers Debacle. Read it on the Christian Humor Writers blog. I also began writing a Bible lesson based on the above video by Eleventyseven for Interlinc.

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Monday August 24, Today a Writing Project and an Illustration. I wrote a brief article for an upcoming enews letter. It started off as an email to a friend and then I realized these were truths that a lot of people needed to read, so I edited it and made it into an article. You can read the article below. And I also completed another illustration for my swine flu prevention project. Since it is

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Sunday August 23Today I completed the video for my message called in the image of God. I really consider this to be a life-changing and potentially world changing topic straight from the Word of God. Check it out.

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Saturday August 22Today was one of the most productive days I have had in quite some time. I did the drawings for five pages of my Swine Flu Prevention project, serving the Lord by helping to keep kids healthy and getting paid for it, ain't God good. More importantly, I was blessed to complete my sermon for the week called In The Image of God and started the painting that will eventually be my

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Friday April 21, 2009 Another New Creature.I did this this morning, it's next week's New Creature from NewCreaturez.comA new online friend wrote me asking about her call. She's had some questions about how to use her gift to serve the Lord. Some folks were questioning her motives. It led her to the point of wondering if using her gift was all about her. Here's what I said: If you look at my blog

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Thursday, August 20 Presentation graphicsThese are for my friend and mentor Bob's upcoming presentation. Taking a few minutes at lunch to post these. Eventually these may become a video or else powerpoint slides. By the way for those reading this, I did want to announce that I can do these types of things for your ministry as well. Things like that will help to support AMOKArts.Also I am

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Wednesday August 19 More ToonsI woke up early this morning and completed a few more training cartoons. I am having so much fun with these and I feel like they are doing some good. If the folks at my client take the topics of these cartoons to heart, it will really make life easier for a lot of people. Also I wanted to let you all know I finally got my message for Sunday to Post. It's the second

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Tuesday August 18, creations and a "rejection."Today's creations were more cartoons for a client for some employee training materials and publication. Again I can only show a portion because it's unpublished. I am having a great time doing these and they are really stretching me creatively which is always a good thing. I was also in the running for a comic strip but lost it when I mentioned I was

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Monday, August 17Beginning a project on Swine flu prevention. Since it's obviously unpublished here's a small clip of the cover. Over the next few weeks I will be scripting this project and illustrating it but I really can't say too much about it. In other news, I am planning a mission trip the first week of September and I ask for your prayers. I will be going, Lord willing, to Chalmette,

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Sunday August 16Sunday was mainly a day of rest for me after church, but I did finish up this piece for NewCreaturez.com. It will most likely be posted to the site tomorrow after I have had time to create the coloring and activity pages.

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Saturday, August 15 continuedAs promised here is the video. I made an error in uploading my message for the week, but it will be loaded tomorrow.

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Friday August 14 and Saturday August 15Well I wrote this post once and my computer deleted it when I did a similar function to what I have done in every other posting. It's only a little aggravating. lol. Friday's project was another writing project. My friend John is helping me live out a vision I have had just about since day one of my ministry. The idea is to create an arts ministry that

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Thursday August 13, 2009No image today. I did a cartoon but it didn't convey the right message so I pulled the plug. They can't all be winners. I did create the worship painting for this week's video last night at Studio New Creation You won't see that til the video goes up. I thought it was done, but this morning I decided to add a few things to it to tell more of the story. Watch for the

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Wednesday, August 12, 2009I got a few things done thanks to the magic of photo shop. My friend Paul Turner of The Disciple Project asked me to do a dashboard for his youth ministry for a book and an upcoming series. If you're in youth ministry check out Paul's site. He has some great ideas for ministry and is an all around great guy. The above is what I did. I also did another cartoon for my

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Tuesday August 11, 2009It was a busy day but I was able to sketch out my worship painting for the weekend. Sometimes they work out like that and sometimes they come to me on the spot as I step up to the easel. This one will not be a ten minute project though and will be done on video and the video presented as part of worship. You'll see that video later in the week Lord willing. I also created

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Monday, August 10.Today was a busy day at work, but I managed to get my New Creaturez Comic completed at home along with the corresponding coloring sheet and activity page. You can see the activity sheet and the coloring sheet as well as download all the stuff at http://www.newcreaturez.com I also sketched out two more slides for a presentation I'm working on.[ I'll post them when they are

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Sunday August 9, 2009 A New Video called Living WaterThis is one of my worship paintings. This is the type of painting I do almost weekly at my church New Creation Fellowship in Reading, PA. It went along with my sermon on the woman at the well from John 4. I plan to post more like this. The actual painting took between ten and 12 minutes to paint (on a canvas prepared with a white and yellow

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Saturday, August 8, 2009 My Sermon for the WeekSaturday was when I did the brunt of the work on my sermon. It's called a Tale of Two Women; Part One: The Woman at the well. The message is about a woman who had a life changing encounter with Jesus, how you can have one too and how following the teachings of Jesus on this could revitalize your church. You can hear it by clicking this link. A Tale

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Friday, August 7, 2009 More CartoonsThis morning I finished two client cartoons for a local hospital. I can't show you the whole thing because they haven't printed it yet, but above is a taste of one of them. I'll also be starting on my sermon tonight and that will be my Saturday project as well. More posts Monday

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Wednesday, August 5, 2009 T-shirt designOne of the ladies formerly from my youth group and her husband are members of a billiard team traveling to Vegas for a competition and asked me to design a T-shirt for their team. The name of their team is Indian Spatz it has something to do with the game of nineball, I believe though I know nothing about billiards besides I'm really bad at it. I decided to

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Tuesday 8/4/09 Logo for upcoming conferenceMy friend and mentor Bob is chairing a major ministry conference and asked me to do some designs. This is a proposed logo. You'll no doubt see more pieces from this as we go as there will be multiple projects involved with this. I also drew a character for an accompanying video.

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Monday 8/3/09 The start of the journeyThe New Creation Challenge, blogging my creative journey.Hello to all my faithful readers. As many of you know my church is called New Creation Fellowship and 2 Corinthians 5:17 is a major guiding verse on my life and ministry. Well one day as I was praying, I came upon a thought, as an artist, I make new creations all the time and that led to an idea. What

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AMOK Creative Arts Ministry presents Animal SchoolPart of the AMOKArts "God is Creative" Presentation, this short video looks at how God created each of us with a purpose by looking at a fictitious school for animals. At this school the faculty tries to make everyone good at everything with disastrous results. Based on a story by John Maxwell and Rick Warren this videos challenges us all to be

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A.M.O.K. Creative Arts Ministry presents God is CreativeA painting portraying the creation account from Genesis 1. The introduction for my new children's presentation called God is Creative, which shows how God has created each of us with a plan and a purpose. To book this presentation, contact Dave Weiss at www.amokarts.com

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I recently wrote this article and thought I would share it here as well. Running AMOKJohn and Kate Plus 8 Minus 1 (Viewer)By Dave Weiss I have a favorite TV show. It’s sort of a guilty pleasure of mine and that show is…NCIS. Yeah I know but stick with me, I’m making a point. In the last episode of NCIS this season we are left hanging with Ziva having left NCIS somewhere in Africa, bruised and

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MiserableDon't worry I haven't stumbled into a pit of negativity, but I did learn a great lesson last night. We were doing a study from Rick Warren's 40 days of love campaign. It's a great study. Last night he was talking about forgiveness and how if we don't forgive we will become bitter. His point was bitterness will make you miserable. As I wrote the word miserable on my study guide and it

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A Little More HomeworkMy son Chris and I are really into musical theater. Recently Chris bought the soundtrack to Jason Robert Brown's Musical 13. I love the music for this show especially the song in the video above, A LIttle More Homework. It's a song sung by a 13 year old boy walking into manhood and confessing that he will do his very best, but he still has a lot to learn. The lyrics are very

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AMOK Creative Arts Ministry presents Making a FishThis week my video is a little different. It's a how to video I created showing how I made a prop fish for an upcoming production of Seussical Jr. for Alpha Omega Players. Beyond that there is a message attached challenging believers to do two things vitally important in being used by God.

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AMOKArts Resource ReviewCreative Calisthenics: A Workout for the Writers Imagination by Terri Mainavailable through the web site http://www.creativecalisthenics.comDid you ever spend your time staring at a blank page and hoping for inspiration? I think it happens to all of us. Well if you’re a writer, Terri Main has a book that will come to your rescue. It’s called Creative Calisthenics. Creative

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Being Bezalel: Using Your Gifts to Serve the LordIn case you’ve ever wondered if your artistic talent is anointed by God and useful to the church, consider Bezalel: Exodus 31:1 Then the LORD said to Moses, (2) "See, I have chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, (3) and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability and knowledge in all kinds of

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Meet Frank Flatskifor more details go to http://www.amokarts.com/frankflatski.html

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Remember the JellyfishI received an email from a friend who was somewhat frustrated that he was unable to reach a goal he set for himself. Glad to hear you are going for the quality over quantity. All this really depends on the purpose of your work. A devotional sketch a day is doable. A print worthy (piece) a day is a lofty goal for someone who is also employed. I used to do a single panel comic

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Product Review: Interlinc: A Great Youth Ministry ResourceDisclaimer: I’ve been a writer for Interlinc for nearly a decade, so I guess you could say I am biased in this review. That being said, I became a writer for them after using the resource for quite some time. I am very enthusiastic about this resource and it exemplifies the AMOK philosophy, the resource itself ministers through the arts (

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My New Video Turn AroundA simple message that says, to quote Led Zeppelin, "there's still time to change the road you're on." The image is my interpretation of an ambigram I found on the internet, that I think really says what I've trying to say.

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Secret MillionaireI have a new favorite show (it's one of several), it's called Secret Millionaire (Wednesdays on FOX) and as Christmas rolls around it could not be more meaningful. You see between it and another of my favorites, Extreme Makeover Home Edition, it gives me some hope, not the kind of hope I find in Christ which is ever present, but hope in my fellow man, which gets ripped up quite

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Running A.M.O.K. Creative Arts Ministry:Why Do Artists Get a Pass?by D.C. Weiss A few days ago I was doing some set painting at a local theater and a few of us stage parents and the director were talking about how directors often would rather work with nice people who work hard and cooperate. As opposed to working with more talented people with bad attitudes and work ethics. However,

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Now that the election is over

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Transcript:for the Running A.M.O.K. Podcast 9/28/08Welcome to the Running A.M.O.K. Podcast for the week of September 28, 2008Motivations...More or Less?Well it started already. I had just sent out my first notice to the elists I belong to sharing my vision to minister to artists, helping them to find their way into using their gifts to serve the Lord. Serving as something of a pastor and a

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A.M.O.K. Creative Arts Ministry IdeasHave a God Given IdeaBy DC WeissI know this is probably going to seem like a DUH! moment for some readers and yet I feel at the start of a column for people who want to serve the Lord in the arts I think it’s important to touch on this fact. The best ministry is ministry that was actually inspired by God. I know that should be obvious and yet too often I find

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The Body of ChristI also have created an arts based resource for teaching the concepts in this video, called Many Parts One Body.For more on A.M.O.K. go to www.radicallyreal.com/amok.

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Refocussing slightlyFor some time now I have been feeling a call to minister to artists and to help artists to use their gifts in the service of the Lord. I believe there are a lot of artists out there in the church who could be used mightily by God but we either don't know how, our churches don't know what to do with us or a little of both. For a while now I've been feeling like I should serve

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What is it?

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MasterpieceDon't worry it's not going to my head, I'm not talking about my masterpiece, I'm talking about God's. What is God's masterpiece? Watch and listen.

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My New Projectcodebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" WIDTH="384" HEIGHT="304">

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Check out my new video...DichotomyComment to let me know what you think.

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You Can't Kill Love!My new art/video project. Let me know what you think.

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The Running A.M.O.K. Podcast-7/13/08 The Heart of THE Alpha OmegaFor almost three years, I have been spending time with my local theater group (Alpha Omega Players) and having a great time. The more involved I become, the more it stretches me creatively. No I'm not an actor and I only sing in church and my car, but I get to paint and sculpt and create and try new things. It's great. Lately though

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The Running A.M.O.K. Podcast-6/22/08 Living out Colossians 3:23 as an Artist This podcast is about living your life to God's glory; a life of service and of balance, a life you can actually enjoy. To really illustrate this message I am attaching it to one of the best examples of this in all of scripture, the prophet Daniel. Join me as I work through these issues and show how Daniel did it right

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The Running A.M.O.K. Podcast 6/15/08, Dealing with Failure and RejectionI'm in the process of reading a great book right now called Thriving as an Artist in the Church by Rory Noland. The book discusses the many issues artists of all disciplines can face and how we should deal with them. Each chapter of the book starts with a scenario then has some questions to answer about it. The chapter then

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The Running A.M.O.K. Podcast for the week of June 8, 2008In this issue we are going to look at a unique way the Lord gave me to present a message on Daniel 4, combining writing, Drama and Painting to bring home the point of the message. The message is entitled Slow Learners Anonymous. Rather than just posting the message, I am also giving insights into how it all came about and challenging my

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The Running A.M.O.K. Podcast for May 25, 2008You Gotta Serve Somebody The piece of art this week is the sketch for the painting for this week's sermon entitled Trust. It's called You Are Here based on Daniel 2. To hear the message that goes with it, go to The New Creation Podcast.This week we are talking about service opportunities for artists.Resources this week include: The Running A.M.O.K.

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For more info go to the C.A.T. website

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I am a member of a Christian comics elist and the issue of using horror as a tool to share and spread the gospel through their comics. I felt the need to weigh in. Here's what I wrote. Welcome to the Monday night raw wrestling match occurring in my head. Getting in on this late, but I have really mixed feelings about this. On one hand I love the work of Frank Peretti which could move into the

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The Running A.M.O.K. Podcast, May 11, 2008 Identifying the GiftsIn this episode, we will look at the importance of identifying gifts and talents in all believers. To do this I will share how someone taking the time to identify my gifts changed my life forever. We will also look at how to paint backdrops and murals in preparation for VBS season, how creative people in the church can bless this

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The Running A.M.O.K. Podcast 5/4/07In this week's Podcast. See the Above for the graphics of the "It is What it is" Painting.• To hear the Message that goes with it go to The archives of the Running A.M.O.K. Podcast• The musical collaboration idea for the music section references the ministry of Tom Post • The Drama idea features the script for my skit the box which you can download

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The very first Running A.M.O.K. Podcast Arts Ministry Resource GuideThis week's issue includes the followingWhy this podcast?What is A.M.O.K.?Art Resource Painting without a netMusic Resource InterlincMusic Review John WallerWriter’s prompt challengeDrama Reinterpreting Scripture Vonda SkeltonMemory Verse 1 Peter 4:10I’ve decided after much prayer and many promptings from the Spirit to transform

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Blog PartyMy friend Paul over at The Disciple Project is celebrating his 100th blog with a "Blog Party." Guest bloggers, and a grand prize! Check it out March 27.

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A Creative Idea God gave me.I was at the Creative Church Conference last week at Fellowship Church in Grapevine (Dallas) TX. It was a great time and very inspirational. On Sunday, I returned home and preached a message I adapted from a message I heard from Brian Houston of Hillsong. I titled the message Nothing. Basically the message was about people in the Bible who thought they had nothing but

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Get On the Plane!Those of you who know me, know I prayer walk every morning. Those who know me better, know I love to fly. There are often times in the predawn hours that I will see a plane flying overhead and I wonder where those people are going, what adventures lie in store for them, etc. and sometimes I even pray for these unseen strangers at 35,000 feet. This morning was different. I saw the

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A lot of people get caught up in gifts over the holidays and a lot of people in the church get pretty bent out of shape about that. At A.M.O.K. and in my personal life and ministry I have been focused very heavily on gifts too. Much of my ministry is focused on gifts. And so here's what I propose, as you receive and give your gifts this Christmas season remember that Christmas is all about giving

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The Hope of a Child.This week's podcast comes from the first part of our Christmas series and a baby dedication in our church and it looks at our relationship with God modeled in our relationship with the children in our lives and churches. Here is an excerpt: Mark 10:15I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it." What does that

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As was previously referenced I am a huge fan of Phil Vischer, creator of Veggie Tales. I am currently reading his autobiography Me, Myself and Bob. Earlier I was surfing the frequently asked questions page on his blog. As many of my readers probably already know, Big Idea Productions went bankrupt and was acquired by a company called Classic Media. This question showed up on his blog...Q: So are

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Examine YourselfThis week's message is a little different. I was invited to return to the church where I first came to Christ to preach what is called an examination service in preparation for a "love Feast" (Lord's Supper) service. To really understand a love feast, read John 13. In 1 Corinthians 11 Paul gives instructions on how to approach communion in a worthy manner and all of it revolves

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Take Your TemperatureThe new Running A.M.O.K. Podcast has just been posted. It's the last(?) message in the series on Jesus' messages to the churches from the book of Revelation. This message to the church in Laodicea is the message to the church in the worst shape of all. They are neither hot for Jesus nor cold to Him, they are simply indifferent and complacent. They are Lukewarm. How's your

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