renewed-mind-is-the-key &laquo; WordPress.com Tag Feed http://en.wordpress.com/tag/renewed-mind-is-the-key/ Feed of posts on WordPress.com tagged "renewed-mind-is-the-key" Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:16:00 +0000 http://en.wordpress.com/tags/ en <![CDATA[Fun Friday Do-over: Not exactly what I had in mind, but that's the way it goes...]]> http://redclaydiaries.com/2008/09/26/fun-friday-im-sorry-i-didnt-catch-that-what-exactly-is-the-key-again/ Fri, 26 Sep 2008 04:00:02 +0000 Steph at the Red Clay Diaries http://redclaydiaries.com/2008/09/26/fun-friday-im-sorry-i-didnt-catch-that-what-exactly-is-the-key-again/ <![CDATA[the renewed mind is the key]]> http://sweatpantsmoney.wordpress.com/2008/09/19/the-renewed-mind-is-the-key/ Fri, 19 Sep 2008 23:04:14 +0000 sweatpantsmoney http://sweatpantsmoney.wordpress.com/2008/09/19/the-renewed-mind-is-the-key/

be sure to catch the dance solo.

the renewed mind

]]> <![CDATA[Holy fuck.]]> http://deuxpelleteesderaisinssecs.wordpress.com/2008/09/17/holy-fuck/ Thu, 18 Sep 2008 01:28:01 +0000 Juliette http://deuxpelleteesderaisinssecs.wordpress.com/2008/09/17/holy-fuck/

Et quand je dis “holy”, I really mean it.

Je sais pas ce qui se passe le dimanche à l’église mais si ça ressemble à ce qu’y font à The Way International Church dans l’Ohio, je manque un osti de bon show.

Un mot: SECTE.

]]> <![CDATA[funny stuff]]> http://jrearden.wordpress.com/2008/09/12/funny-stuff-2/ Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:14:19 +0000 jrearden http://jrearden.wordpress.com/2008/09/12/funny-stuff-2/

got these 2 videos sent to me yesterday… the wierd thing is i got them 2x’s from 2 different people that don’t know each other that live in completely different states. one from our sound guy here via email and another time from a friend in nashville via IM… 

enjoy!

the highlight here for me is between 1:44-1:58… ZAP!!

 

this is my fav… the guys dance solo at 1:50 is priceless

]]> <![CDATA[The Power of Viral in Subcultures]]> http://stillsearching.wordpress.com/2008/09/12/the-power-of-viral-in-subcultures/ Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:28:21 +0000 Brett http://stillsearching.wordpress.com/2008/09/12/the-power-of-viral-in-subcultures/

How many of you received a link to the following video this week? I was sent this video by three different Christians in one day–yesterday (and I proceeded to forward it around to 3 other people):

The Renewed Mind Is The Key…to bad dancing

It’s an unthinkably kitschy video that has been rightly compared to something you might see on a Gaither family cruise ship. It is remarkably fun to watch it and make fun of it (especially the guy’s amazing dance solo near the end!), but the thing that fascinates me is the way that it has exploded as a viral phenomenon…

Today it is ranked #11 on the Viral Video Chart, which charts the day’s most buzzed-about, virally active web videos. It is surrounded by videos about Sarah Palin, Super Mario, Matt Damon, and cats.

How do obscure videos like this get plucked out of nowhere and turned into subcultural touchstones of viral success? Who starts the chain of linking? When and why does it reach a tipping point (as this video did yesterday, as seen in this crazy, exponential graph rise).

Has it been the Christian subculture that has fueled this video’s rise? I suspect so, considering that all the people who linked it to me are employees of churches or Christianity Today magazine. It’s so funny how quickly viral videos can spread when the network of a particular subculture can be mobilized. Think of the power if we suddenly got interested in videos of real value!

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