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2 80s icons together, Paul Simon and Chevy Chase, this is like 80s ecstasy. The white sports jackets, high water jeans, light pink walls it just all works for me. This video make me so happy, I feel like a school girl who just made the high school cheerleading squad. Little known fact, the names in the song came from an incident at a party that Simon went to with his wife Peggy Harper. The host of the party called Paul “Al”, and Peggy “Betty”, inspiring Simon to write a song. And now you know…..
I guess there’s nothing wrong with this, it’s just really cheesy. My friends and I had joked about a christian version and we should have known it was happen sooner or later. Rocking to Chris Tomlin just isn’t going to have the same feeling as Clapton, SRV or AC/DC. Reports that ‘Guitar Praise’ comes with an acoustic pretend guitar instead of the usual axe, 5 tambourines and streamers are denied by the company. Although apparently there is a prophetic mode for the game where whatever you play, no matter how awful, is rewarded with points in heaven. There’s also rumored to be a “Inappropriate conversion of secular song to worship” mode, aka Rick Pino mode, where you take songs in Guitar Hero and attempt to redeem them by cleverly changing a couple words.
No word on what songs will be on the game. Game goes on sale next month at GuitarPraise.com. Would any of you consider getting this? I won’t make fun of you, at least not publicly…..well maybe I will.
I love hearing stories where God reaches down in his perfect grace and intervenes in people’s lives. Not because they deserve it, or reached some understanding that know makes it possible to receive Christ, but only because God is good and desires us. This is the “Damascus road” story of Joe Eszterhas, author of Showgirls and Basic Instinct, both famously graphic films.
Joe has written a new book called “Crossbearer” as a thank you to God and a message to the world of what God has done for him. Joe recalls that he was going crazy inside, his body beginning to fail and drowning in alcohol. He fell down on the curb and cried, “Please God help me.” At that point he saw a blinding white light, and returned home a new man. Here’s one of my favorite portions of the interview:
“Frankly my life changed from the moment God entered my heart. I’m not interested in the darkness anymore,” he said. “I’ve got four gorgeous boys, a wife I adore, I love being alive, and I love and enjoy every moment of my life. My view has brightened and I don’t want to go back into that dark place.”
Mr. Eszterhas’ love and appreciation for life was magnified even more last year when his surgeon told him he didn’t need to schedule another visit. “He used the word ‘cured,’ a word that oncologists generally don’t use,” Mr. Eszterhas said. “He said I didn’t have to come back for any checks, that my tissue had regenerated to the point where you cannot only not tell that there was ever any cancer there, but you can’t tell that there had been any surgery there.
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I love hearing stories where God reaches down in his perfect grace and intervenes in people’s lives. Not because they deserve it, or reached some understanding that know makes it possible to receive Christ, but only because God is good and desires us. This is the “Damascus road” story of