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The Day Metallica Came to Church

John Van Sloten is a pastor at New Hope Church in Calgary.

John Van Sloten is a pastor at New Hope Church in Calgary.

What does the music of Metallica have to do with God? According to author and pastor John Van Sloten, a lot. God can speak through their music – if we’re listening, he says. Van Sloten has built a church around the band’s music and lyrics and shows us first hand how God uses many things (including heavy metal music) to call his children home. In fact, Van Sloten shows how God can speak to us through anything and everything – heavy metal music, R-rated films, sports, and even the latest fashions. If you’re listening, his book The Day Metallica Came to Church might just change the way you hear God’s voice – and how you live in today’s world.

You can read the first chapter for free by clicking here. I recommend it. You can buy it here.

The Day Metallica Came to Church

2011 Guide to Fall Television


The end of summer pretty much makes us all depressed. If you live in Minnesota, you realize as the sun sets earlier, that the cold wet stuff is on the way. The silver lining here is that fall television will be ramping up. There appears to be some gems out there, so warm up the DVR and get familiar with your options. You can also assume that the majority of these will get cancelled just as you start to like them. Such is life.

Read the full list from Gawker here:

My picks for new shows?
Up All Night – NBC – 9/14/11 (Good cast, previews look promising)
The X Factor – FOX – 9/21/11 (Might be cool since that they allow bands)
Person of Interest – CBS – 9/22/11 (Created by J.J. Abrams and Jonathan Nolan. My interest is high.)
Enlightened – HBO – 10/10/11 (Stars Timm Sharp, Laura Dern, Luke Wilson, and many more.) Hard to explain, so view trailer here.

Returning shows you should probably be watching.
Sons of Anarchy
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Modern Family
Boardwalk Empire
Dexter
The Walking Dead

Jack White Collaborates With Insane Clown Posse to Cover Mozart

Jack White Collaborates With Insane Clown Posse to Cover Mozart. Oh, and it’s terrible.

Insane Clown Posse (with Jack White and JEFF the Brotherhood)

Insane Clown Posse (with Jack White and JEFF the Brotherhood)

KNUCKLE: A film about bare-knuckle fighting (trailer)

Knuckle takes us inside their brutal, secretive and exhilarating bare-knuckle fighting lives. Chronicling a history of violent feuding between rival families, the story focuses on two brothers as they fight for their reputations and the honour of their family name. No one knows how the feuds originated, no one really believes that they will ever end.

This brutal documentary offers an exclusive insight into the world of Irish Travellers and the lengths they will go to protect their family. Directed by Ian Palmer.

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MMA knockouts in slow motion

MMA knockouts viewed in slow motion make me wonder if this sport should be legal.

A new show for people that like junk and inventions

JUNKies is a new television show on the Science Channel about Jimmy’s Junk, a junkyard on Long Island that specializes in unusual salvaged parts for projects by artists and inventors. (via Laughing Squid)

Horror movie ‘The Woman In Black’

CBS Films’ The Woman In Black opens Feb 3, 2012 and stars Daniel Radcliffe as a lawyer who travels to a remote English village and discovers that the ghost of a scorned woman is terrorizing the locals. It is directed by James Watkins and gets it’s legs from a remake of a 1989 TV movie that was adapted from a play that was adapted from Susan Hill‘s novel.

Drumming for Jesus

The Largest DrumSET

90 Drums & 90 Cymbals…for His Glory!

The largest drum set in the world was designed and is played by a guy named Dr Mark. Here is what he says about it:

I have designed and play The Largest DrumSET in the World with an arsenal of unusual sounds to Worship God and Wage War against the enemy since 1978. God’s presence & power upon these sounds bring LIFE, healing, deliverance and miracles. We get to kick the devil out of his place of power…in our lives and in our world!

the largest drum set

The largest drum set in the world

Learn more about Dr Mark and the largest drum set in the world (including specs) here.

You have taken God rock to a whole new level Dr Mark. I’m gonna go turn my guitar amp up to eleven now.

The World’s Fastest Guitar Player

Guitarist John “Dr. Hot Licks” Taylor played “Flight of the Bumblebee” at 600 beats per minute on April 24, 2011, making him the world’s fastest guitar player according to the Guinness Book of World Records. It gets weird at about 4:10. (via Laughing Squid)