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We Are the Reason is my fifth YouTube video. It’s one of my favorite seasonal songs. I incorporated tweets from Twitter’s Tworship for the first time.  View my other YouTube videos.

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Cielo is my third YouTube video/slide show. This song is new enough that there isn’t a comparable YouTube video (until now). View my other YouTube videos.

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Beauty from Ashes is a study that I wrote and then delivered both online through Tworship Indoors and through my local church this summer. It’s a great blessing when I am given an opportunity to share how God has worked directly in my life and then see it replicated in the lives of others. The greatest blessing is having the tables turned and being blessed in return.

This must be a part of what Jesus meant when he directed us to love our neighbors as ourselves (Matthew 22:39). I had these kinds of experiences with my neighbors at Trinity Evangelical Church in Peterborough, NH and with neighbors from all over the world online. I think of the Holy Spirit as a busy fellow because when He shows Himself so obviously, He shines His light on everyone in the area, not just on the more likely targets.

To everyone who participated in any fashion in the study locally or online, know that you showed me God’s “beauty”, His poetry in your lives; I thank you for that. May God rain down blessings for 1,000 generations on you and yours.

Special thanks to my wife Laurie @mrsmcProdigal for her help delivering Beauty from Ashes locally and to my old friend Marie @spreadingJoy for her assistance online.

Beauty from Ashes Summary:

• It’s about God.
• Everything is connected.
• Everything matters.

Sources:

Romans 8:28

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

Ephesians 2:10

For we are God’s workmanship [poiema: poetry], created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

We searched for these truths in the lives of major Old Testament characters.

• Jacob
• Joseph

Example: How did God show his poetic touch by having the Pharaoh’s cupbearer and baker thrown into the prison Joseph was in?

• Moses
• David

Example: How does God show His poetry by sending Jerusalem’s ne’er-do-wells to join forces with David in his cave?

• Elijah
• Ruth & Naomi
• Esther

Our theme music is below.

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Excerpts from The Prodigal Parable

But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him …

The older brother became angry and refused to go in.

“‘My son,’ the father said, ‘you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ “.  Luke 15:11ff

Scenes from my prodigal journey appropriately set to Prodigal by Casting Crowns:

I’d like to give a special shout out to Blogger and Vlogger Mike Campagna (@aheartforGod) and to Sean @HisFriendlyWay for inspiring this video; Pastor Mike is the master of high impact content videos like this one. Here’s his tweet about this video:

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