Link Round-up: Week of March 5, 2012

Crazy Church Singer - Hold out for 1:07, where it just gets creepy.

• The Food Lab, Ramen Edition: How to Make Chashu Pork Belly (Serious Eats)
• "Chicken & Rice Guys" food truck is coming and they'll be by the Boston Public Library. Follow their twitter or Facebook account for the details. And check out this Boston.com article for a little more background. (Various)
• Umami Dearest - A big shout out to the uses of miso from Mark Bittman(NYT)
• The Food Lab, Ramen Edition: How to Make a Marinated Soft Boiled Egg (Ajitsuke Tamago) (Serious Eats)
• Pica Pic: Retro Handheld Gaming - A great site that emulates handheld games pre-dating the Gameboy (The Retroist) 
• 'Avengers' Movie Trailer Recreated With Marvel's '60s Cartoon Clips (Comics Alliance)

Tuesday's Tunes: Revelation Song

Revelation Song - Shane and Shane


Although this song has already been around for the last few years, I had the wonderful opportunity to introduce this at the morning service for CCFC two weeks ago and in my limited perspective, was received well by the congregation. Much like my selection from last week, this is another great song for corporate worship, enjoy! 

Revelation Song
By Marc Edwin Allen, Nathan Barcalow, Derek Doherty, Alejandro M. Linares, Randy Strohmeyer

Verse 1
Worthy is the, Lamb who was slain
Holy, Holy, is He
Sing a new song, to him who sits on
Heaven's mercy seat

Chorus
Holy, Holy, Holy
Is the Lord God Almighty
Who was, and is, and is to come
With all creation I sing
Praise to the King of Kings
You are my everything
And I will adore You

Verse 2
Clothed in rainbows, of living color
Flashes of lightning, rolls of thunder
Blessing and honor, strength and glory and power be
to You the only wise King

Verse 3
Filled with wonder, awestruck wonder
At the mention of your name
Jesus your name is power
Breath, and living water
Such a marvelous mystery

And as a bonus, here's the original version by Kari Jobe with the Gateway Worship team:

Link Round-up: Week of February 26, 2012

Happy Friday and welcome to the month of March!

I like sharing links that pique my interest via Facebook and Twitter, so I thought I'd do a weekly round-up on the blog as well, happy reading!

• Superman Telecaster guitar body (Etsy)
• It's MODOK Madness Running Wild In March! (MTV Geek)
• 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Cartoon Introduction Redone in Stop Motion (Retroist)
• New (and Awesome) Avengers Movie Trailer (Apple)
• Six-Legged Giant Finds Secret Hideaway, Hides For 80 Years (NPR)
• Is It Time to Cut Bait When It Comes to Mediocre Sushi? (NYT)
• Rich and Creamy Tonkotsu Ramen Broth (Serious Eats)

Tuesday's Tunes: Here For You

Today I'm sharing with you a great worship song I've been listening to, "Here For You." It has some truly powerful lyrics, especially in the context of corporate worship. As this song slowly builds to the final chorus of "We welcome You with praise...," my heart can't help but well up hearing/saying the words of sheer adoration to the Lord. I hope you enjoy it as well, lyrics are provided below.

Here For You
By: Jesse Reeves, Tim Wanstall, Matt Maher, Matt Redman

Verse 1
Let our praise be Your welcome
Let our songs be a sign
We are here for You, we are here for You
Let Your breath come from heaven
Fill our hearts with Your life
We are here for You, we are here for You

Chorus
To You our hearts are open
Nothing here is hidden
You are our one desire
You alone are holy
Only You are worthy
God, let Your fire fall down

Verse 2
Let our shout be Your anthem
Your renown fill the skies
We are here for You, we are here for You
Let Your Word move in power
Let what's dead come to life
We are here for You, we are here for You

Bridge
We welcome You with praise
We welcome You with praise
Almighty God of love
Be welcomed in this place
Let every heart adore
Let every soul awake
Almighty God of love
Be welcomed in this place

Want the chords and additional information? Visit worshiptogether.com, a great resource for worship leaders and worshipers alike.

Mega-awesome

Happy Friday! Things have been very busy work wise as I've been gearing up for a week-long event for work next week, but I thought I should at least sneak in a fun post.

I hold Mega Man 2 as one of my top five games for the NES and was thoroughly entertained by some of these re-imaginings of the the title character:

Megaman Solitude, by `Artgerm

 

 

megaman by ~ivanev

 

 

Megaman Tribute by *saiyagina

MegaMan quickpaint by *Freakshow6