(Message given January 5, 2014 at Newberg Friends Church) We live in a world where you can attend workshops on how to “build your personal brand” on social media. Everything is ranked: there’s the Fortune 500 list, a book’s sales position on Amazon, a website’s …
Read MoreAnd the all time Christmas song winner is…
After many weeks of listening and voting and trash talking, we have named a winner! It is the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles, with their version of “O Come, O Come Emmanuel”. Thanks so much to all of you who joined in at some …
Read MoreFinal matchup!
Not much of a contest. The Benedictines of Mary with “O Come, O Come Emmanuel” almost got the shot out, and Amy Grant’s “Breath of Heaven” won without breaking much of a sweat. So, after a month, we come down to the final face off: …
Read MoreBattle for the Best Christmas Song!
Ok, I lost a little steam there for Advent Caroling Madness. But now we have a winner in all four brackets, and it’s time to let them go head to head and determine the winner! In the first semi-final match up, we have “O Come, …
Read MoreOriginal Christmas song finals
Our two brackets have each narrowed to a winner, and now they have to face each other. However, I detect a little bit of voter fraud, as Amy’s matchup got far more votes than the other matchup. I blame Lisby Rogers and Davida Brown. 🙂 …
Read MoreAnd then there were four
I apologize for being a day late-to quote Bob Cratchit, we’ve made a Merry Christmas. 🙂 In bracket A, I was very good at seeding: [polldaddy poll=7676104] In bracket B, about all I can say is what in the world? [polldaddy poll=7676105] I’ll …
Read MoreRound 2 complete…vote in round 3!
Some upsets! This is a quick post to get the voting ready. You’ve got two days, I’ll declare winners on Thursday the 26th at 9 pm PST. [polldaddy poll=7671334] [polldaddy poll=7671336] [polldaddy poll=7671337] [polldaddy poll=7671338]
Read MoreRound 1 complete…Vote in round 2!
I guess the moral of the story is that the #6 seed line is the seed of death. In both brackets upsets propel #11 seeds to victory. #7 seed “This Christmas” got the heave-ho from the juggernaut that was N*SYNC, but #7 “Last Christmas” by …
Read MoreBracket released for Advent Caroling Madness Week #4
Amazing. You people have taken Advent Caroling Madness to a new level. I had so many submissions for week 4 (original songs that aren’t yet a “standard” Christmas song) that I added a few of my own to make two full 16 team brackets. I …
Read More“Angels” Round 1 voting open!
It’s time to vote! My encouragements (which I have no way of enforcing) are to please actually listen to the songs before voting and only vote once. I will declare a winner based on the vote totals at 9 pm PST on Wednesday! [polldaddy poll=7636689] …
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