David Blaine – Holding His Breath For 17 minutes

This is one of the most unbelievable things I’ve ever seen. It is David Blaine giving a TED talk on how he trained himself to hold his breath for 17 minutes. When he gets to the part where he tells the audience of medical professionals how he would practice only breathing for 8 minutes out of 52, you can see the disbelief on their faces. He dropped 50 lbs in 3 months to do this. While he doesn’t seem like the sharpest tool in the shed, you have got to be amazed at his discipline to accomplish what seems impossible.

Is It Wrong To Cry At A LightBrite?

(Pt. 4 in the Why I Love Art series)

I appreciate creativity. Since it is one of the places where our lives intersect with God, it is part of what I want to explore and celebrate with this blog. When we take the things God has created and make something beautiful out of it, we reflect something of His image. And when we do it with the most common of things – say, a child’s toy – how cool is that?

I love the part where God grows new life out of tragedy. Even death can’t hold Him.

A Social Network Christmas

Saw this at church today. It made me laugh and cry, all at the same time. ]