Under the Moon + Stars [feat. Mark Yaconelli]

Mark Yaconelli is one of the best storytellers I know. Under the Moon + Stars is a story Mark told one afternoon while we were talking about the sort of people who help other people grow up. If the wind is favorable, that help comes when we’re kids. If not, it comes later, when our paths cross with people like Mark.  This little movie is about listening to people, and encouraging folks to listen to their own lives for clues about where they might go in light of where they’ve been. You can download your own copy of Under the Moon + Stars [feat. Mark Yaconelli].

At $2, think of it as video dim sum.

All the video at thetinycompanycalledme.com me is now just $2 a serving - except the stuff that's free.

Under the Moon + Stars (feat. Mark Yaconelli)

The newest piece is called Under the Moon + Stars, featuring Mark Yaconelli telling a delightful story about something that happened the summer he was 13 years-old. It's a great way introduce a conversation about the future, about dreaming, about growing up, about being the person who believes in people + about the people who believe in us...

All the videos at thetinycompanycalledme.com are short, sweet, cheap and tuned to ignite reflection + conversation about faith + spiritual formation, about taking risks, going deep, growing up.

Know anyone who cares about things like that? Send them on over for a free taste, or an inexpensive meal, you know for... the soul.

Happy New Year.

jh

passages | 92024 - 98155 (give or take) UPDATE

If you were thinking about coming to visit Susan and/or me in San Diego, think instead of what that visit might be like in Seattle - because that's where we'll be... tomorrow (assuming nothing weirder happens than us moving from San Diego to Seattle).

[UPDATE: We've found a lovely place to live in Mountlake Terrace, Washington - a touch more than ten miles north of Seattle proper (that's 98043 for those keeping score at home). It's worlds away from our little southern California beach town - there are big trees and blackberry brambles out the back door, and it's remarkably quiet. Second night in town we saw Kate in Shakespeare's As You Like It in the Seattle Shakespeare Company outdoor summer series; fourth night, we heard her sing a hilarious and delightful new song in the 17th annual New Voices concert at Seattle Repertory Theater - so, off to an entertaining start! Just a bit more unpacking and settling (thanks for helping with the move-in Hamers + Jaegers!) and we'll be fully operational. 

On this first day of school for many families we love, I suppose we're feeling the end of summer too - sad to have left our good life and lovely friends in California... and excited for all that's ahead.]

Leaving Colorado in 2000, we expected to land in the Seattle area but found ourselves happily rerouted for 15 wonderful years at the beach. Now, in the ebb and flow of all things, we’ve decided to complete the journey. We sold our little beach home at blinding speed, and we’re on our way.

In terms of work, other than physical location, nothing changes - the tiny company called me is still open for business, just farther north.

This move brings us back together with our daughter, the amazing Kate Jaeger and her wonder-spouse Eli, so we're majorly stoked about that. This reunion mitigates some of the melancholy we feel in leaving dear friends and neighbors in our remarkable San Diego community (we never expected that sort of closeness - what a crazy, beautiful grace... Thank you.)

So, on we go! More news when there is more...

The Post-Ironic Millennial Speaks | Updated

This is Brian Boyle. Brian plays The Post-Ironic Millennial. His job, as The Post-Ironic Millennial, is provoking thoughtful reflection and dialogue in small groups of youth workers, parents and teenagers who wrestle with ongoing spiritual formation. He's pretty good at what he does.

Now you can get three digital shorts from The Post-Ironic Millennial for just $2.79 US. 

Watch Flannel Graph Jesus below and, if you find it thought-provoking, follow the onscreen link to get three discussion starters—Flannel Graph Jesus, Just Like it Says in the Bible and Remember—for just $2.79 — or rent it for $2.29. 

If you're social (and I know you are): You can own these three videos for your own use AND you can gift them as free rentals to three friends of your choosing at no additional charge. If you find a better deal than that (assuming stealing the movies outright is not to your liking), I think you'd better grab it.

Q: Where's the Study Guide?
A: Use these movies in your small group with The Last Study Guide You'll Ever Need.

testing, testing | a new video delivery system

To test a new delivery system for digital videos from the tiny company called me, I'm offering three digital shorts from The Post-Ironic Millennial for one redonkulously low price. Just follow the onscreen link in the video below to get all three movies for as little as $2.79. (What! That's crazy!) You heard me right: For as little as $2.79, you can grab all three of these oddball discussion pieces. 

But wait, there's more! (No!) Yes! In addition to having these huggable keepsakes for your very own, you can gift them as free rentals to three friends of your choosing at no additional charge to you or any other party, living or dead. Now that's what I call major motion picture magic.

"But, hold up: Where's the Study Guide?" you ask... Not to worry — you can use these movies in your small group with The Last Study Guide You'll Ever Need. Or, heck! They're HiDef — project 'em on a giant screen if you like! These copies are yours to do with as you please for as little as $2.79.