Yesterday I got to work on my first podcast for the Threads team, a roundtable discussion on the Oscars. Normally the roundtable discussions are about ministry, culture, etc., but the group wanted to kick back and have a fun little movie chat.
Unfortunately, as I was getting ready for the podcast I realized a horrible truth: I had only seen three movies out of all of the nominations. So you can
listen in as I desperately try to sound like I have a clue (though I did get to talk about Persepolis and
Once).
I've found that I consume my media in a growing number of ways, completely at the sacrifice of actually going to the theatre. If I can have a better visual and auditory experience in my home, if I can make it a social even by having friends over (and being able to talk during the movie), if I can get a glass of water if I'm thirsty instead of paying $3.50 for a bottle of water... and the cost is the same ($20 for two tickets vs $15-20 for a Blu-Ray)... why wouldn't I just wait until it comes out for home release?
And.... we're back! After a brief hiatus in order to get out processes sorted out, we've begun to push out digital download content to LifeWay.com again. I'm happy to say that the first out of the gate this go around is the Threads study, Tough Sayings of Jesus by Michael Kelley.
For the downloadable resources, literally the entire study is available either as a complete bundle, as individual sessions, or as just the videos (in my humble opinion, the Captive
video from this series is one of the short video segments to come out of LifeWay). Each session contains a lot:
1) The Leader Guide PDF
2) The Member Book PDF
3) The Corresponding Conversation-Stater Video
4) Audio Teaching Help from Michael Kelley
5) Tough Saying Poster PDF & email banner JPG
6) Sample of Tough Sayings 2
The Threads team have reallyl gone all out to make this a complete digital offering. Also available today is the "More Than Stats" video from Get Uncomfortable and the previously unreleased "Hear" video.