It is our understanding (we don’t have TV), that this commercial has been airing on TV and has become popular to the point that it now ranks “3rd overall” on YouTube this week!
Watch these in order so that you can see what the end product is supposed to look like, and then when you watch the production clip you will understand what the goal is.
Ad #1
Ad #2
Ad #3 (The most amazing)
Now watch this short clip on how they make these ads…
Fun isn’t it? These clips especially caught our eye because we have making promotional videos on our mind right now. Fascinating!!
There is more to being vendors at a homeschool conference than loading trailers, matching shirts and sore feet. For Timberdoodle there is also the quirky ritual of choosing a theme song. The chosen song must wake us up for some very early commutes, and underscore the reason we do what we do.
This year’s selection, (Wherever We Go by Newsboys) is a bit edgier than previous choices, but the words are a wake-up call to all Christ-followers. If we are indeed spreading a message of life to the dead, if we are joyously revealing the gospel wherever we go, then everywhere we go should reflect our festivity.
No, our family is not living in La La land. We have tightened our belts like nearly every other American family, and we have anguished over the unrelenting physical deterioration of loved ones. But we have a hope that does not disappoint and that is why we believe that wherever we go we should invite others to join us in our celebration of salvation.
America’s unemployment is nearing record highs but no matter what your earthly employment is, be it as a business executive or dishwasher, in God’s economy there is no such thing as unemployment. From the moment you become His, He has a unique, specific job that does not require a W2 form and will never result in pink slip. And when your heart explodes with the knowledge of what He has done for you, you can’t help but love your job!
If your family is adverse to contemporary music, Wherever We Go will never be your family’s anthem, but with the black cloud that hovers over much of our nation, its rousing lyrics never failed to put smiles on our faces.
Partying on – with eternity in mind,
Dan, Deb, Joy, Hope, Grace, Abel and Pearl
P.S.
If you have not heard Wherever We Go by Newsboys before here are the lyrics in video format (a bit cheesy but gives you the content).
If you would like to watch the Newsboys perform it live, here it is.
BBC News reports, “Canadian researchers found those with low self-esteem actually felt worse after repeating positive statements about themselves.”
This news report should come as no surprise for those of us who know that our joy and peace will never be fulfilled in who we are but in who God is and what grace He has shown us through Jesus.
And although I cannot agree with their inevitable new direction of attack, I did find this an interesting read and applicable for discussion with your homeschooling teens and preteens.
Written by John Knight, a father with a special-needs son, an amazing testimony of God’s goodness and faithfulness in the midst of suffering.
“The 4th of July is a different sort of ‘Independence Day’ for me. On July 4, 1995 my multiply-disabled son entered the world and my life came crashing down around me—and would soon include a deep and intense bitterness toward God.
I never denied that God existed or is powerful; I concluded he was mean and capricious. But it also began God’s work of creating an affection for him and for the sufficiency of Jesus Christ. I am often astonished, when thinking back, that I am now able to praise God for his goodness in giving my son his autism and blindness.
None of this happened easily or by accident. I can point to five specific things that God brought to bear on my life…”
For the last couple of years our family has found Bob Kauflin and his ministry to be of great help, and when we discovered this refreshing article concerning the Fourth of July we thought you might enjoy it too.
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