Archive for the ‘Music’ Category

LOVE CAME DOWN

Posted: October 15, 2011 in Faith, Life, Ministry, Music, People, Spirituality
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Love this song…

WORST CHOIR EVER?

Posted: January 11, 2011 in Culture, Funny, Life, Music, People, Random
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Shout out to Luke Whitmire for sharing this YouTube goodness.

Yet Another Reason to Love the iPhone

Posted: May 12, 2010 in Culture, Faith, Life, Ministry, Music, People, Spirituality, Technology
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“Sing and Celebrate the 80′s” CONTEST

Posted: May 11, 2010 in Culture, Funny, Life, Music, People, Random
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Last Friday I went to watch a couple REVOLUTION students in an 8th grade singing and dancing performance called “Sing and Celebrate the 80′s”. This entire performance featured some of the most popular and recognizable songs for the 1980s.

This got me thinking…It is about time for the first official contest on briancromer.com.

CONTEST: “Sing and Celebrate the 80′s” CONTEST

OBJECTIVE: Name as many of the 25 songs that were on the set list from that performance.

RULES: No cheating (we are going by the honor system). If you were there, you cannot win. You can only submit one guess. You can edit that one guess until the time limit expires. Your guess cannot be more than 25 songs. Going over 25 songs disqualifies you from the prize. You must put song name and artist for each guess (Example – “Help” by The Beatles). Must have 5 different people guess for there to be a winner. All guesses need to be submitted as a comment in this blog. All guesses must be submitted by Sunday, May 16 at 11:00pm CST. Winner will be announced Monday, May 17.

PRIZE: Whoever guesses the most songs from the 25 song set list will receive a $10 Starbucks card. Winner will either get his/her prize in person or have it mailed to him/her.

HELPFUL HINT #1: After doing some research, 6 of the 25 songs were not released in the 1980′s. Not my fault. I will tell you that 3 were released in the 1970′s and 3 were released in the 1990′s. Life’s tough sometimes.

HELPFUL HINT #2: There are no Michael Jackson songs on this list of 25 songs. They did an entire Michael Jackson tribute that included 4-5 songs. However, it would be too easy to fill this list of 25 songs with Michael Jackson songs. Again, there are no Michael Jackson songs on this list of 25 songs.

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Name as many of the 25 songs from the “Sing and Celebrate the 80′s” performance that you think would be in that performance. All of you 1980′s music lovers and people, get your guesses in by clicking on the “COMMENTS” link directly below this post. Winner gets a $10 Starbucks gift card.

Have fun!

My Ears Hurt!!!

Posted: April 26, 2010 in Life, Music, People, Spirituality, Sports
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Last week I experienced two of the loudest moments of my life on back-to-back days.

Thursday, I was blessed to go to the Oklahoma City Thunder vs Los Angeles Lakers Game 3 NBA playoff game. This was the first ever home playoff game for the 2 year old franchise. I’m very thankful to have been able to have this experience (thank you, Gary). The atmosphere in that building was electric. From the time we entered the building 90 minutes before tipoff, there seemed to be this loud, anticipatory buzz. Throughout the game, the excitement swelled. “Beat L.A.” chants would sporadically break out. Sitting was optional and very rare. Once the Thunder starting taking control of the game, I could barely hear myself think. It sounded like the roof was going to explode. The Thunder won 101-96.

Great night. Great experience.

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Friday, I had the opportunity to go to the Hillsong United concert. Hillsong United is a modern praise and worship band from Sydney, Australia. And I call this a concert, but it wasn’t a concert. It was an all-out, 2-hour, chase-after-God-with-all-you’ve-got worship service. I was in the middle of the Lloyd Noble Center on the University of Oklahoma surrounded by thousands of people all pouring their heart out to God in worship. At one point, the music and others around me were so loud that I could not hear myself singing at the top of my lungs.

Great night. Great experience.

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What’s the loudest environment you’ve ever been in?

Things That Make Me Feel Old

Posted: April 22, 2010 in Culture, Food, Funny, Life, Movies, Music, People, Random, Sports, Technology, TV
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In two months, I will be 29 years old. I do not consider that to be old. However, there are certain things in this life that I either experience or feel that help me realize that I am definitely not in the “young” category.

Check out this list of things that make me feel old. Feel free to contribute and add on to the list.

THINGS THAT MAKE ME FEEL OLD…

  • Drinking coffee.
  • Making a mortgage payment.
  • How I feel after playing back-to-back basketball games.
  • Seeing confusion on the faces of students when I make a “Wonder Years” reference.
  • Getting really excited when I hear a Guns-N-Roses come on.
  • Saying “I remember watching the original Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves in the theater,” every time I see the trailer for the new Robin Hood movie. Then immediately thinking, “Man, Robin Hood: Men in Tights is a great movie.”
  • Having/thinking about retirement, stocks, and investments.
  • Ever using the word “portfolio”.
  • One word: INSURANCE (health, dental, vision, maternity, life, car, house, etc.)
  • Getting up really early.
  • Not being able to eat Taco Bell because of what it does to “my system”.
  • Exchanging business cards.
  • Getting destroyed in the newer video games because I don’t know all of the buttons.
  • Thinking everything on MTV is lame and ridiculous.
  • Having to print out all my Scripture references during a sermon because I can’t read the small font in my Bible.
  • Making a Milli Vanilli or New Kids on the Block joke and getting no response.
  • The only trophy I can ever get now is for fantasy football.
  • In two years, all the 6th graders in student ministry will have born in the 2000s.
  • The fact that I remember Michael Jackson as cool, then creepy, and then cool again.
  • Remembering Mike Tyson as an incredible boxer, not a psycho. And having an incredible video game on NES.
  • Guys & girls that were in my student ministry are now getting married.

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What are some things make you feel old?

What’s new on your iPod?

Posted: April 6, 2010 in Life, Music, People
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I am a huge music-lover. I basically love all music except I am not too fond of the country genre. I am constantly looking for some new, good music. I also love to help other people find some new, good music and to share the musical goodness.

Here is some new music that is currently playing in my iPod and a link where you can listen to some of the music…

PASSION, Awakening. This live album is Passion’s 11th worship album and it is fantastic. You can find songs by David Crowder*Band, Chris Tomlin, Matt Redman, Charlie Hall, Christy Nockels, Kristian Stanfill, Fee, and Hillsong United. Great worship album.

TOBY MAC, Tonight. Toby Mac has come a long way musically from the late 80s/early 90s DC Talk hip-hop. This album has an amazing mix of rock, pop, urban, and hip hop sounds and styles. It features the smash hit single “City On Our Knees”.

EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY, The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place & How Strange, Innocence. I was recently introduced to this instrumental rock band and they are amazing. This is the perfect music when you want to chill out, study for a test, or block out noise to get something done. Check them out.

THE HOURS, Ali in the Jungle (EP). The song “Ali in the Jungle” is the song that plays in a recent Nike commercial. After seeing the commercial, this song just got stuck in my brain. I ended up downloading the entire album on iTunes and have been listening ever since.  Here’s the Nike commercial to help jog your memory…

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What about you? What are you listening to lately? Share the goodness because it is about time for me to get some new music. What’s new on your iPod?

Inside Out

Posted: February 22, 2010 in Faith, Food, Life, Ministry, Music, People, Spirituality
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Never thought God would remind of one of his timeless truths through breakfast, but he did. That is what I get for putting God in a box.

After my workout this morning, my amazing wife decided to make me breakfast. The menu called for a chocolate peanut butter protein smoothie and an apple. She reached into the refrigerator and picked out what looked to be the freshest, best apple. As she began to cut into the apple, the inside was rotten and a very dark brown.

Heather simply asked, “How can an apple that looks that good be so bad on the inside?”

I replied, “That will preach.”

Nobody wants to eat a rotten apple, no matter how appetizing it may look on the outside. Nobody wants to drive a car with a jacked up engine, no matter how amazing it may look on the outside. Nobody wants to live in a house that is completely destroyed on the inside, even if it is the most beautiful house in the entire neighborhood.

What’s on the inside really matters – to us and to God.

Are you on the outside a reflection of what is on the inside? Does the inside of you match the outside of you? If there is any part of your life that looks like the apple from my breakfast (awesome on the outside, but dead on the inside), let me encourage you not be content with living life like that.

This morning’s apple experience reminded me of Hillsong United‘s song “Inside Out” where it says, “My heart and my soul, Lord I give you control. Consume me from the inside out, Lord. Let justice and praise become my embrace. To love you from the inside out.“

That is my prayer today.

JUMP

Posted: January 6, 2010 in Culture, Faith, Funny, Life, Ministry, Movies, Music, People, Random, Spirituality, Sports
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REVOLUTION‘s brand new January series – JUMP – starts tonight at 7pm.

JUMP is all about growing. As we start 2010, many people around the world are making goals and resolutions with the idea of making their lives better. Whether it is loosing weight, quitting an addiction, or being more disciplined with money, the idea is that you would get better in that area – jump to another level.

I do not know about you, but I do not want to be the same physically, relationally, or spiritually at the end of 2010 as I am at the start of 2009. I want to love more. I want to serve more. I want to grow. I want to be better. I want to JUMP.

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In honor of our first week of JUMP, here is a JUMP multiple choice pop-quiz.

BEST JUMP TOY…

  • Pogo-stick
  • Trampoline
  • Jump Rope

BEST JUMP SONG…

  • “Jump” – Van Halen
  • “Jump” – Kris Kross
  • “Jump Around” – House of Pain

BEST MOVIE INVOLVING JUMPING…

COOLEST PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE JUMPING YOUTUBE VIDEO…

BEST JUMPING OLYMPIC SPORT

  • Triple Jump
  • Long Jump
  • High Jump

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Look forward to reading your answers. You can find my answers in the comments.

Top 10 Blog Posts of 2009

Posted: December 31, 2009 in Blogs, Books, Culture, Dogs, Faith, Family, Food, Friends, Funny, Inspirational, Life, Ministry, Movies, Music, People, Random, Spirituality, Sports, Technology, The Bible, Travel, TV
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Yes, I am going to attempt to start blogging. I hope to share a little of my brain with world wide web from time to time. I will try to write from time to time on a variety of subjects…life, faith, family, sports, random, etc. If you know me, then you know that my brain is always going. I think from the time I wake up till the time I go to bed. Let’s see if I can get some of those thoughts out on the world wide web so the entire global civilization with a computer can see them. What a brilliant idea!” – Brian Cromer, March 11, 2008

This is a quote from the first briancromer.com post ever. Nearly 1 year & 9 months, 470 posts, and over 130,000 visitors later, it’s time to take a look back at the year that was. This is briancromer.com’s Top 10 Blog Posts of 2009. Some of you reading this are newer to the blog and may have missed some of the earlier moments. I invite you to click on the links and enjoy some of the moments that you may have missed. Some of you have been around since day one (Heather & Mom). I invite you to take a stroll down memory lane, maybe take a look at the comments that you have posted. Without further adieu, the Top 10…

#10 OFFICIALLY ON TWITTER – August 17, 2009

“I am going on record and saying that I will not EVER use twitter. :)” That sentence was taken from my blog post on April 8, 2009. I put this post on the Top 10 list because I like to poke fun of myself and I am suffering from a bad case of foot in mouth disease. By the way, you can follow me on twitter HERE.

#9 GREATEST PITCHER OF ALL TIME – August 4, 2009

It is no secret that I am a huge New York Yankees fan. 2009 was a great year to be a Yankees fan as they won the 27th World Series in franchise history. On November 5, things were again right in the world. That day I woke up refreshed and something was different. Food tasted better. Air was fresher. Traffic seemed lighter. The sun was brighter. And then I realized that the Yankees won #27. That championship could not have been won without Mariano Rivera, who I argue in this controversial post is the greatest pitcher of all time.

*Also, check out this post explaining New York Yankees HOPE Week, which was a week full of the Yankees reaching out  and serving their community.

#8 DEEP THOUGHTS BY B.DAVID VOS – June 16, 2009

Creating and editing videos is one of my least talked about passions. I often wish I had more time to dedicate towards growing more in this creative outlet. I made quite a few videos this years. These ones from Sulphur Springs Workcamp 2009 are my favorite. Others from this year include TUESDAY MORNING, MESSY OR NOT MESSY, REVOLUTION ANNOUNCEMENTS (didn’t make this one, but hilarious), SHOOT EM UP, and GALLON CHALLENGE ANNOUNCEMENTS.

#7 SPORTS ILLUSTRATED SWIMSUIT CHALLENGE – February 18, 2009

This is a story where I got to brag on my incredible wife. This is just a small taste of how amazing she truly is. I seriously am a lucky man and I know it. She is amazing. She is my best friend. She makes me a better person. And she loves God more than she could ever love me.

#6 TOP 10 P90X YOGA POSES – August 13, 2009

One of my most crucial guidelines about my blog is that I never want to take myself too seriously. I know I am a dork, so I embrace that and in the process, you experience a good laugh at my expense. Over the past 5+ months, I have been doing P90X. Part of the P90X workout includes a yoga workout. I quickly learned that Brian Cromer and yoga do not go together. For your enjoyment and laughter, I decided to let Heather take pictures of me during a P90X yoga workout to help give you an idea how hilarious and ridiculous I look doing this workout.

#5 NEW HOUSE TOUR – November 13, 2009

This was the first ever video blog on briancromer.com. I am toying around of doing this more in the future. What did you think? Good stuff? Would you like to see more video blogs?

#4 COWTOWN MARATHON PART 1, PART 2, PART 3, PART 4, & PART 5 – March 2-6, 2009

On Saturday, February 28, 2009, I ran the Cowtown Marathon in Fort Worth, Texas. This was marathon #3 for me, but the first marathon since having this blog. Over these 5 posts, I gave a detailed account of the events leading up to the race and the race itself. My goal was to chronicle this out so that I could remember the marathon.

#3 CONFESSIONS OF A BLOGGER – August 24, 2009

Like I said earlier, I have been blogging since March 2008. By no means does 22 months of blogging qualify me as a blogging expert. I do not have this whole blogging thing figured out. However, in the past 22 months I have learned a thing or two about blogging and myself in the process. This post has some blogging tips and things I have learned while blogging.

#2 BIG NEWS – June 15, 2009

2009 was a big year for the Cromer family. If I had to describe this year in one word, that word would be transition. On June 14, 2009, I announced that I was stepping down as youth pastor of the Shannon Oaks Church in Sulphur Springs, Texas and moving to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to be the student pastor at NORTHchurch. It was an incredibly difficult, bittersweet, and exciting decision to make. Making a healthy transition on both ends was a big deal to Heather and I, and God answered those prayers. This post is Heather and I’s letter publicly announcing our decision.

#1 JESUS RUINED MY LIFE – January 15, 2009

No extravagant words for this one. The title speaks for itself. This one simply is my favorite blog post of 2009.

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If you want to go through 222 blog posts from 2009 and make your own top 10 list, that would be sweet. Which ones did I miss? What blog post should have been on the top 10 that wasn’t? What was your favorite blog post of 2009? GYM GUYS? STARS? SOCIAL MEDIA REVOLUTION? PROSPERITY GOSPEL? SPONGES? I’M A LEADER? JOHN 3:16 HOTTEST GOOGLE SEARCH?

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