I do believe that in this third week, we all have hit our stride. In my opinion this is the most diverse bracket I’ve put up yet. Here is the bracket for Joy to the World: Before any of you (J) complain about the seeding …
Read MoreCloud of Witnesses: John the Baptist
(Message given at Newberg Friends Church on December 15, 2013) Today our witness in the cloud of witnesses is John the Baptist. And I know what some of you are thinking. You already are wondering why I am such a scrooge, why in the Christmas …
Read MoreWeek 2 winner, Week 3 and 4 submissions open
By one vote…Pentatonix emerges victorious! So I am now opening submissions for Week 3 and 4 of Advent Caroling Madness. Since Christmas is on Wednesday, I need to have week 4 up and running next Sunday, so we have time to do the voting. First, …
Read MoreVote in the “Angels” Finals
Our semi-final round resulted in two upsets. Pentatonix took out the number one seed Piano Guys (I credit Jennifer Perez with that one, as she first criticized the bias inherent in the Piano Guys video, and then posted the Pentatonix video. She’s an influencer!) Ella …
Read More“Angels” Recap Round Two, Vote for Round Three!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Did you people even listen to the end of the Committed version before you voted? How could you? How. Could. You. Here’s the bracket after the votes have been tallied. I’m disappointed. Sigh. Which means it’s time to vote for round three. Voting will …
Read More“Angels” Recap Round One, Vote for Round Two!
Voting is now closed for round one! All of my seeds held, with the one exception of Michael W. Smith as a nine seed overcoming eight seed A Kenton Christmas. So we move on to round two. Please vote again, and the deadline is Thursday …
Read MoreAngels 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] …
Read MoreBracket Released for Advent Caroling Madness #2
Welcome, one and all, to week 2 of Advent Caroling Madness! This week, 16 versions of “Angels We Have Heard on High” will face off to see which emerges as the best. I received many suggestions again this week, and only added one of my …
Read MoreCloud of Witnesses: Micah (Plus some additional thoughts)
Before I post what I shared today in worship, I’d like to take a little time to say a few things. I’m a theme and big picture person, and have to work hard to give concrete examples of the things I am talking about. In …
Read More“Emmanuel” Semi-final and Final Rounds
There is no surer sign that Advent Caroling Madness has captured the heart of America than this: I am being bullied and threatened and intimidated as we get closer to the finish. There are people out there (Bylsma and Rourke) who, in a telling sign …
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