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Short films

It's been a long time since I've posted in FD, but just wanted to update on a few recent short interviews, youtube video blurbage and short films. 

First is with a brilliant teacher called Ian Clayton, from New Zealand.  He taught a few seminars here on the glory realm, translocation, and the DNA of God.   I was able to get twenty minutes interviewing him.  Here's a taste. 

I'm still working on a near-perfect short film on a Communion  Service with John Crowder, my personal hero and some fundies would say, my personal idol.   There's even an appearance by his cohort in crime, the pirate Dave Vaughan, from Big Brother fame. 

I have helped start up  a series for David Shadbolt on sort of a "Prophecy for Normal Adults."  I was able to shoot a short iPhone conversation with Phyllis Tickle at the Greenbelt Fest.  And, of course, my brutha George "Neo" Elerick and I continue to work together and here's a new channel of the films we've done.  

All of that, plus  I recently spent time with a preacher dude who I keep calling "Buddy" but his real name is Victor Robert Farrell .  He preaches a Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God  type of message, so it's not my kind of thing, but it should make an interesting, conflicting short.    

All of these people I'd consider to be "God's crazy kids" (to paraphrase Bono).  These films  reflect a wide galaxy of theological viewpoints, liturgical practices and rituals.  I guess if you got them all into one room, there'd be a lot of Ecstacy in the midst Battle-- which would make an even more interesting, larger film.  

Now, there's an idea.  Ecstatic Battle. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prophetic? you decide

This is one of those rare music promos where the film captures the power of the song, and the song enhances the visual.  It's a brilliant vid.

I guess in church we'd call this prophetic, 'cos the band is waving Blue Flags around with a victorious feel to it, there's a bunch of bongos. There's like an army of people and a choir and heavenly cloud mist.  

And the song is proclaiming what could be considered a prophetic word: the dog days are over-- let's get out of the wilderness and into the promised land sort of thing. 

However, there are no lion or eagle paintings in this video, so maybe it's not prophetic.   

What do PBS and God TV have in common?

Christian television & PBS  have one thing in common, and it is certainly not their politics.  

It is the magic of the Telethon.  A collective mass=appeal to their followers for money.  

PBS telethons show four-hour long inspirational teachings from Wayne Dyer and Deepak Chopra, with intermissions that offer tote bags, coffee mugs and, well, expensive inspirational teachings from Wayne Dyer and Deepak Chopra.  

Christian TV telethons, as most of you know, feature that crazy dude with the scary white-hair that looks like Andy Warhol- preaching about:

(choose your season) Passover, Rosh Hashanah, Feast of Tabernacles 

and how it relates to...

(choose your network) God tv/INSP/TBN/Daystar are the ministries to give a love gift to within the next (choose your seasonal completion) 12 hours/3 days/7 days...

So, last week, God tv were doing their latest telethon called Broadcast Alert, live from Jerusalem, and honestly I'm watching it for laughs.  

"Another telethon," I muse. "Break out the white wigs and the money." 

The hosts are printing out prayer requests and donations on the studio laser printers,the suits and accountants are on camera looking awkward, and the money donations are flashing across the screen in red.  

I'm thinking this is good, cheap, fast food for my cynical blogging soul.   

However, one of the hosts, Wendy Alec, starts praying in tongues in the Spirit.  And she's loud, and anyone tuning in might think she was nuts.  It's getting raw, and as she prays it looks like she might fall or pass out or convulse or something. 

And at that moment, my cynicism was drowned out by a gush of belief. 

Wendy was not making a sanitized PBS request to viewers, she was not manipulating the needy faithful to give cash.  She was praying to God for help to keep the network alive, and moving into an atmosphere where strange and glorious miracles can happen. 

More of that, please.  

  

XPmedia.com - False vs Poor Prophecy

XPmedia.com - False vs Poor Prophecy

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The Donut Miracle That Never Happened

I would love it if every time we went street witnessing, we'd hit one out of the park-- a salvation, a healing, a prophetic word.  These would all be game changers.  Home runs. 

But it doesn't always happen like that. 

We are not all spiritual superheroes.  Not everybody bats 1000%, there are lots of times where we strikeout.   It'd be great if I was filming and someone's leg would stretch out to normal size, but in this case, not even the donut miracle happened.  

In fact, if I had tried to punch someone like my idol Todd Bentley does, it'd have probably ended up in a getting hurt in a fist fight. 

Once in a while, it's fun just to give it a shot.  

That's what I admire about Brandon, the pastor in this video.  He's bold- you know what it's like to yell onto Camden Lock that we've got miracles to pray for?  It ain't easy.  And maybe, just maybe, God will show up and honor that type of boldness. 

When that happens, I will be glad to film it.  

My top three excuses for not blogging

I have not been blogging.  I've been facebooking, tumblr'ing, tweeting.  But no updates to Free Donuts in the longest time.  

Here are my top three excuses.

1) I've joined a GTD cult and I am only permitted to write on paper napkins, iCal or fidgety apps.  And since Typepad does not do lists very well, there ya go.  

2) I've been too busy working on this Todd Bentley Outpouring film (tentatively titled The Five Fingers of Glory, but that could change) and have been so caught up to the Third Heaven I haven't had time or inclination to blog.

3) Listening to obscure Genesis tracks on Spotify is so much more fun than blogging is. 

Confession time over. I am back on the blog.  

throw some wood on that thare fire

I know there was a huge amount of talk and promotional material surrounding the Law of Attraction, and it's obvious that there is some truth to that concept. But really it is only one law, a small portion of truth when it comes to it.  

There's just as much truth to the law of unity.  When people get together with one thing in mind, and a good heart attitude, nothing can stop them from achieving great things.  

My old and wise bible-belt mentor Cliff used to call it being "in one accord".  

So when a group of people gather to just focus on Jesus, the atmosphere is most likely going to be electric. 

And when people are ready to surrender their strife, agendas and fleshly motives, the voltage is turned up higher, and you can start a fire.  

My crew gets sloshed

Met Jeff Garvin yesterday and my crew got sloshed at starbucks

Liverpool

Felt like such an awkward american tourist this week in Liverpool, we stayed at the Hard Day's Night Hotel. Loved the photos and sculptures, the yellow submarine juke box in the front lobby is amazing. Although I am saving a trip to John Lennon's childhood home for next time, I think what would be cool in Liverpool is a place like Strawberry Fields in NYC, some place where you can just chill that reflects the better aspects of Beatle folk lore. The Beatle's Story museum was interesting, and I most enjoyed some video interviews of John talking about his immigration problems.

There's a great story about how John used to call into the 700 Club for prayer -- and there are even records of this at CBN, where he called in after praying with Pat for salvation. This was in the mid 70s and although it lasted for a short season, I remember reading that Yoko and the stubborn ways of some fundamentalist missionaries actually convinced him out of it. Shame.

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ramblings and exploits

My belfastian buddy Don has posted about our recent God-exploits here. He calls the blog post "Lakeland Fruit", and I would comment that his question of "where's the fruit" to various renewals and revivals is answered by developing an intimate relationship with God as Father, something that takes some time to do. Although the effect of having a Bentley, Arnott or even Joe Smoe on the ministry team lay hands on you is immediate with an instant manifestation attached to it (falling, barking, spinning, getting drunk) it does not mean that you get instant fruit with that order as well. Revivals are a catalyst designed to get us to do the Stuff we are normally supposed to be doing: reading the Word, praying for people, experiencing grace for ourselves and others-- they are not designed to impart character, although I would not limit God from doing that as well.

This morning I woke up thinking that a year ago, the last thing on my mind was to go and pray for the sick. I was on fire, but certainly not on fire for God! but He knows that , thats why He pours out His Spirit so wayward sons such as myself can get back on the right track. I opened up Bobby Conner's book, The Shephard's Rod, and found this:

Don't let your past failures keep you from your future victories. There is a great grace offered for each of us to get over past failures. It makes no difference how twisted and tangled your life has been or is now; God is able. God always makes a way to free us from our past. We are in a season of refreshing and restoring. This is a new day, old things have passed away. God is releasing divine favor to us so that we can accomplish great exploits for the glory of God...

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