Giveaway winners

Charlie Hall Band
The Charlie Hall Band

Thanks to everyone who entered the contest to win a collection of Charlie Hall CDs.

I appreciate everyone who took part and blogged about it.

Using a random integer generator, the four 2nd place winners are….

Alexthegreen
LizDyer
Headphonaught
Rachel

Congrats!!

And the winner of the Charlie Hall CD Pack…

Random.org
Random.org

Josh Estes

And in case you’re wondering… of all the comments, only one of you preferred Crowder’s facial hair over Charlie Hall’s.

For the winners, drop me an email with your mailing address and I’ll be sure the prizes are sent out ASAP.

Congrats again to the winners and thanks to everyone who entered!

The Gospel of Welcome (video)

I had the opportunity to return to encounter yesterday to fill in for Brian as he attended a family event.

It’s always an honor to be asked to speak to any group and yesterday was no exception.

My thoughts were broadcast on Ustream… and I’ve taken the video and posted my portion of it on Vimeo.

Would love your feedback and thoughts if you get a chance.

Also, I played around with the video on my iPhone Friday before and after our doctor appointment.

In case you missed it – we were given some awesome news Friday… so watch the videos to see what it was đŸ˜‰

Charlie Hall The Rising: Giveaway

Charlie Hall Band
The Charlie Hall Band

Oklahoma native — Mr Passion himself — Charlie Hall, has just released a new album – The Rising.

It’s a pretty sweet album (if I do say so myself).

As part of the album release, Sparrow Records has generously offered up a giveaway for the readers of my blog…

A COLLECTION OF CHARLIE HALL’S ALBUMS FROM SPARROW RECORDS!

Includes:
The Rising
The Bright Sadness
Flying Into Daybreak
On The Road To Beautiful

There will be one Grand Prize winner who will receive a copy of each of these albums! Four brand new albums to add to your collection.

Along with the Grand Prize winner, there will also be four second place winners who will receive a copy of Charlie Hall’s latest CD – The Rising.

Charlie Hall - The Rising
Charlie Hall - The Rising

To enter, simply answer the following question in the comments below:

Who has the best “chin beard” — Charlie Hall or David Crowder?

Charlie Hall
Charlie Hall
David Crowder
David Crowder

Or for an additional entry, simply Tweet the following:

“Win a collection of Charlie Hall’s albums http://ow.ly/2PuRF (via @jdblundell). Please RT.”

Be sure you include the link and my Twitter username so I can track all the entries.

The contest will end at 10 p.m. on Sunday evening (10-10-10) and I’ll chose one Grand Prize winner from all the comments and Tweets and four 2nd place winners at random on Monday, Oct. 11, 2010.

So be sure your comments and Tweets are posted before 10 p.m. CST on Sunday, Oct. 10.

Please, only one comment and Tweet per person.

Thanks for entering… and thanks even more for reading!

Homeless man Under Pressure

A video shared by Mark Horvath:

(I) Keep coming up with love but it’s so slashed and torn
Why – why – why ?
Love love love love love
Insanity laughs under pressure we’re cracking
Can’t we give ourselves one more chance
Why can’t we give love that one more chance
Why can’t we give love give love give love give love give love give love give love give love give love
‘Cause love’s such an old fashioned word
And love dares you to care for
The people on the edge of the night
And love dares you to change our way of
Caring about ourselves

BTW – I’ll be speaking about this crazy love this coming Sunday at encounter in Waxahachie. Come join the discussion at 10:30 a.m. CST. If you can’t make it to Waxahachie Sunday morning you should be able to join in online – live.encounterthis.com

UPDATE: Mark tells me this man is not homeless. His name is Sky Soleil and he lives in Los Angeles. Mark wrote, “I think this is a cute video and it made me smile, but Sky should have been upfront about not really being homeless. being dishonest and using a gimmick to help a video get views sucks!” I agree.

UPDATE 2: This is from the description on YouTube:

This is a performance meant to entertain and inspire.

If you want to help…

http://www.squidoo.com/help-the-homel…

http://homelessness.change.org/nonpro…

As I said this is a performance. I don’t want there to be any doubts about my situation. I am a performer. I have a roof over my head and I have yet to start my own family. But this video isn’t about me. This is for the men, women and children on our streets who don’t have bright green puppets on their hands. The people who aren’t always as easy to see. This is for you.

http://invisiblepeople.tv/blog/

UPDATE 3: Change.org posted an interview with Sky Soleil, the actor in the video. A great interview – worth reading. Shows how a simple act can really spur a lot of people to action.

iPhone vs Android initial thoughts

Me and my iPhone 3G
Me and my iPhone 3G

Well I’ve done the unthinkable… I’ve switched to an iPhone… for the time being.

After several months of using a rooted G1 and Cyanogenmod 6 (Android 2.2) on AT&T the phone was becoming more and more unreliable. While the last few weeks (since the stable version of Cyanogenmod 6 was released) I haven’t had too many problems, after missing a vital text message early Saturday morning, I gave into Laurie’s request to consider getting a different phone.

After all, with twins on the way and her at 34+ weeks… it’s probably best I have a phone I know I can count on.
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