This is the second Hermie DVD I have received via the Thomas Nelson Book Review Blogger program, now known as Booksneeze (sounds a little gross, but the idea is “Great books are contagious”).

We showed Antonio Meets His Match to our six-year old daughter, along with a three and one year old at our church.  My daughter is a fan of Hermie; here is her review below:

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Some of the most life-giving set of relationships I’ve cultivated from last year sprung forth from The Idea Camp tribe.  Charles Lee, founder of The Idea Camp, has just launched The Ideation Conference — sort of a next-level approach for those involved in nonprofit + humanitarian work.  In their own words:

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One of these days, I will get back to blogging (hmm, I’ve heard that before)…

In the meantime, get a free movie rental at Amazon.com (didn’t realize they were renting out movies — this must be their intro marketing campaign?).

Maybe I’ll finally get around to watching Helvetica

Chris Seay, lead pastor of Ecclesia Houston and co-founder of the Advent Conspiracy, explores the overarching themes of mystery, faith and spirituality in the television series Lost in his recently released book, The Gospel According to Lost. [Scott Erickson, artist in residence at Ecclesia Houston, painted the image to the left, along with other “icons” of characters from the series, for the book.]

The Gospel According to Lost is a thoughtful engagement of the series written from the perspective of a fan (although, non-fans could probably read and enjoy this book as well).

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Tim Hughes and his Worship Central crew have made available a free acoustic worship album for download.

Tim is best-known for penning popular worship anthems such as Here I Am to Worship (Light of the World), Beautiful One and Happy Day.

The Worship Central site has loads of free chord sheets, video tutorials (for guitar, drums, etc.) and worship-related articles.  Merry Christmas, friends!