Weekend Mixtape 8/27/10

Weekend Mixtape #34 was put together by Lee, Mackinzey & Mitch.

Audio Adrenaline – Ocean Floor
Bob Carlisle – Butterfly Kisses
Jeremy Camp – Walk By Faith
Newsboys – Love Liberty Disco
Newsong & Natalie Grant – When God Made You
Mark Schultz – He’s My Son
Phillips, Craig & Dean – Mercy Came Running
Newsboys – Wherever We Go
Jeremy Camp – Lay Down My Pride
Big Daddy Weave – Audience of One
Chris Tomlin – How Great Is Our God
Sanctus Real – We Need Each Other

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Penny Pinching Tip About Toothpaste

Even if I’m not saving wheelbarrow loads of cash with this tip, I’m all for pinching pennies by extending the life of my tube of toothpaste.  Woman’s Day Magazine recently advised using less.

“Despite what you see on commercials, a brush full of toothpaste won’t clean your pearly whites any better than half that amount, according to E. Jane Crocker, RHD, president of the Massachusetts Dental Hygienists’ Association.  ‘All you need is a pea-size amount of toothpaste—yes, I mean the little green vegetable!’  Not only will that get the job done effectively (by cleaning and removing plaque, stains and food debris), you’ll also extend the life of your tube.”

Click here to see Woman’s Day’s “8 Things You Didn’t Know About Toothpaste.”

Weekend Mixtape 8/20/10

Weekend Mixtape #33 was put together by Erik from Brainerd.

Chris Tomlin – Sing, Sing, Sing
Matt Maher – Your Grace Is Enough
Matt Redman – Blessed Be Your Name
Paul Baloche – Hosanna
TobyMac – Get Back Up
Matt Redman – The Heart of Worship
MercyMe – All of Creation
Tim Hughes – Happy
Chris Tomlin – Holy Is The Lord
Phillips, Craig & Dean – Revelation Song
Kutless – All Who Are Thirsty
Needtobreathe – Let Us Love

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Pulse Geocaching August 2010

This morning I was hanging out at the Sawmill Inn in Brainerd enjoying a large cup of coffee (see below) during PULSE GEOCACHE!

On the Tim With Him Morning Show, Tim Norton gave out coordinates and clues to help people find me.  Steve from Randall found me first, and won a gift certificate to the Sawmill Inn, a Pulse T-shirt, an Addison Road CD and a trillion-dollar-bill Gospel tract.

Higher Ground 2010

The Higher Ground Music Festival in Winsted, MN this year gave us a lot of memories:

-Awesome concerts with Chris Tomlin, Steven Curtis Chapman, Go Fish, etc.
-Intense storms (which flooded the festival and camping grounds and destroyed The Pulse’s Tent).
-Wonderful reminders of God’s promises!

The internet has been buzzing with a viral video about a “Double Rainbow” in which a guy gets very emotional and asks, “What does it mean?!”

We know what it means.  From Genesis 9:11-16….

God said to Noah, “I establish my covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.”  And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life. Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.”

Amazing.  We were doubly reminded of God’s covenant at Higher Ground 2010!

*Photos by Dawn Norton

Weekend Mixtape 8/13/10

Weekend Mixtape #32 was put together by Ashley from Backus.

TobyMac – Made To Love
Supertones – Resolution
DC Talk – Jesus Freak
Audio Adrenaline – Big House
Newsboys – Shine
Jars of Clay – Liquid
Newsboys – Breakfast
David Phelps – End Of The Beginning
Michael W Smith – This Is Your Time
Casting Crowns – Praise You In This Storm
DC Talk – In The Light
David Crowder Band – Oh Happiness

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Not Home Yet….

Comedian Ken Davis told a great story today on Lighten Up:

After fifty years of service in Africa, a weary missionary couple walked down the gangplank of their boat.  The disimbarking was delayed by a crowd of press and well-wishers welcoming President Theodore Roosevelt back from his most recent safari.  As they made their way through the throng, the husband expressed how discouraged he was.  After fifty years of service to God, after losing two children to jungle diseases, there was not a single person to welcome them home.  His wife suggested that he talk to God about this during his bedtime prayers.  In their cheap little hotel room, the exausted wife fell asleep almost immediately.  She woke in the morning to find her husband smiling and whistling softly as he prepared for the day.

“Boy, you’ve sure lightened up!” she said.  “Did you tell God about your disappointment?”

“Yes I did.” he said.  “I told Him how sad and angry it made me that, after all the years of service and sacrifice we did, nobody was there to welcome us home.”

His wife asked, “Well, what did God say to you?”

With a smile, her husband answered, “God said, ‘you’re not home yet.'”

Weekend Mixtape 8/06/10

Weekend Mixtape #31 was put together by Emili from Aitkin.

Seabird – Don’t You Know You’re Beautiful
Chris and Conrad – Lead Me To The Cross
Carrie Underwood – Temporary Home
Jonny Diaz – More Beautiful You
Mark Schultz – Letters From War
Matthew West – Next Thing You Know
Pillar – Smiling Down
Casting Crowns- Does Anybody Hear Her?
TobyMac – Get Back Up
Carrie Underwood – Jesus, Take The Wheel
Newsboys – The Way We Roll
Steven Curtis Chapman – Live Out Loud

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An Encounter With An Equipped Warrior

In addition to smelling the wonderful aromas of fried foods, I’ve been enjoying some conversations at the Crow Wing County Fair this week.  I talked with an 85 year old guy named Bob Peterson, whose incredible trust in God’s Word was inspiring.

Please be praying that many more people would be exposed to God’s Word this week.

“For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” -Hebrews 4:12

Crow Wing County Fair 2010

The Pulse is at the Crow Wing County Fair in Brainerd again this year, and we’d love for you to stop by.  We’re in the same spot as in the past (between the bunnies and the bathrooms, right across from the Army Hummer).  Pulse Plinko has been popular again this year and gives you a chance to win CD’s, T-shirts, Higher Ground Music Festival tickets, and free jet ski rentals.  We’re also giving out free samples of Walleye Dan’s new brand of coffee.  We’ll be out there through Saturday night, and we’d love to hang out with you!

McGruff the Crime Dog playing Pulse Plinko!