I was browsing the Chumby forums where I found a dad looking for a radio disney stream URL for his kids. RD is quite secretive about these streams, but I was able to break into the iTunes .pls file and find the correct URL. It’s mp3 formatted and works in every Internet radio streamer I’ve tried including the Chumby One & iPhone (Fstream & Tuner). Enjoy.
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A few weejks ago, as the young people led us in worship, they sang the strangest song about hurricanes, sinking oceans, and a sloppy wet kiss. I struggled to make sense of all those metaphors.
Sloppy wet kiss? Where in the world did that come from? Why were we singing such sophomoric emotings? I scratched my head, and jotted a note for Tuesday's staff meeting -- "No more sloppy wet kiss songs."
In the days that followed, I couldn't get the chorus out of my mind, "O, how he loves us so. . ."
I went online to see if I could find out a little more about the meaning behind the song . . . and WOAH, was I ever surprised. I'd misundertood the meaning and context.
"How He Loves Us" was written by John Mark McMillan, after the death of a close friend. The main point is that even in our pain and anger, through the darkest fog of confusion, God's love breaks through.
The song captures a heart of praise, from the crucible of suffering. Understood in this light, the lyrics are absolutely profound and powerful:
Here's the video:
How He Loves : A Song Story from john mark mcmillan on Vimeo.
I definitely want to try this glass-bottomed hot air balloon, even while its pilot and inventor says it's a "terrifying experience." I don't know why no other sadist think about this before, but flying in it must be truly blood-curdling.
The glass-bottomed hot air balloon is the creation of Christian Brown, the pilot who travelled around the world in a balloon with Sir Richard Branson. Brown, who has been hot air balloon pilot for 18 years and holds the tethered altitude world record at 10,000 feet, says the experience of flying this new airship was terrifying. Knowing his previous experience, I believe him:
We've done tethered trials before, which usually end with passengers shrieking and screaming in fear, but this is the first time we've actually taken to the skies unaided. Ordinarily, you would look over the edge of the basket to peer at the ground below but there is something very disconcerting about seeing it right beneath your feet.
He tried it for it first maiden flight during the 2010 Bristol International Balloon Fiesta. Brown added the experience "certainly isn't for the faint-hearted." The balloon has been designed to fly over the Alps, where "it would give incredible views of the scenery below."
Having flown in a non-glass-bottom hot air balloon myself, I know I would gasp and probably cry for my mom on this one. But I really, really, really can't wait for next year, where it will be available to the public. The experience must be truly terrifying and surreal. [SWNS]