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  • Ready or Not…

    Dec 30th 2011

    By: tom cottar

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    2012 is just around the corner. What are your plans? Dreams? Goals? Aim at nothing, and you'll hit it every time. I'm reminded that there are only two kinds of pain: the pain of discipline and the pain of regret. Choose wisely, my friends.

    theology

  • Holiday Special!

    Nov 28th 2011

    By: tom cottar

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    With a tough economy, everyone could use some great gift ideas. And, while we don’t really do Black Friday around here (who wants to get trampled and pepper-sprayed?), we’ve got the next best thing: $5 CD’s and books for everyone on your list! Here’s how it works:

    Until December 25th, you can pick up our latest Second Mile CD, as well as a paperback copy of ‘My Beautiful Idol’ (regularly $12.99), for only $5 each. (I know. Crazy, right?!?)

    You can hop over here on iTunes and give a listen to it!

    And you can check out some reviews of ‘My Beautiful Idol’ .

    Then you can simply click the PayPal button below and order while supplies last! (And if you have any special requests with your order, just let me know in the comments of the PayPal page…)


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    book reviews, books, christmas, music, worship

  • Never Once

    Oct 4th 2011

    By: tom cottar

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    This past Sunday, our worship team used this video to intro Matt Redman's song, Never Once. If you haven't heard it, it's a beautiful declaration of how God carries us and walks with us through victories and battlefields alike. Rather than just sing it over the congregation, I decided to put together some scriptures, with video clips of our own people who have walked with God through some dark times. Although it's just the tip of the iceberg, we are surrounded by believers who have first-hand experience of this truth: Jesus will never leave you or forsake you. 

     

    theology, video, worship

  • New Music Tuesday: Love Wins (even if Rob Bell loses)

    Aug 16th 2011

    By: tom cottar

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    My wife and I were having a conversation about reconciliation. Making things right. But not just relationships in our lives or with people we know. We were talking about what it would looks like when God makes all things right. That would be nothing short of awe-inspiring. Awe-filling. 

    In the most literal way…that would be awesome. 

    But, of course, that has to start with me. 

    So in the week that followed, we wrote a song titledLove Wins and the band recorded it on our latest CD. If you haven't heard it, you can listen to it below. (And you can order it by going here.) 

    Be encouraged. When we surrender, when we tap out, Love wins. 

    Love Wins

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    music, worship

  • New Worship Music: Second Mile

    Jul 28th 2011

    By: tom cottar

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    In case you missed the big news this weekend, we were able to debut our new (original) worship CD at our show with BarlowGirl on Saturday. It's a self-titled worship project, with some great tunes. A huge thanks to all those who helped in this process, especially @jeffinaustin, @rosskingmusic, and @theshaeman.

     


    Curious? Listen –>Love Wins

     

    You can purchase it via PayPal by clicking the 'Buy Now' link below, or

    pick it up in the mall of our worship center each week!

    Or you can email me at tom (at) tomcottar (dot) org and I'll snail mail you one!


     

     

    booking/contact info: 

    tom@tomcottar.org

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    theology

  • Goodbye, World….

    Jun 28th 2011

    By: tom cottar

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    Or should I say, "Hello, World.."? 

    It's been too long since I've posted…and there are many reasons for that. I'll spare you the boring details. But beginning at 8pm on June 30. I will be officially fasting from Facebook, Twitter, etc. for ten days while on vacation. 

    Count 'em. Ten. 

    The Cottar Crew will be UPALO (unplugged and logged off) and enjoying some sequestered time on the beach chasing waves, getting sunburned, and being silly. 

    In the meantime, I hope you can take time to reboot. Recreation is re-creation. Rest is NOT a second-class use of your time. Take time to worship the Creator and enjoy His creation. I get the strong sense that, on my deathbed, my regrets won't be  the relationships of family and friends I've been blessed with! And, just for kicks, here's a sermon I gave a few weeks ago titled, "Worship: What Matters". I'd love to get your thoughts!

    (Thanks to Bob Kauflin, CJ Mahaney, and Louie Giglio for helping me grow in this..). 

     

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    ministry, personal, worship

  • Quotable Monday: 05.23.2011

    May 23rd 2011

    By: tom cottar

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    It is one thing to study the war.

    It's another altogether to live the warrior's life. 

    -Telamon of Arcadia, 5th Century mercenary

    theology

  • Resistance.

    May 19th 2011

    By: tom cottar

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    I'm coming to terms with the fact that it's the most toxic substance on the planet.

    According to Steven Pressfield, author of 'The War of Art' and 'The Legend of Bagger Vance', it's the thing that 'keeps us from sitting down'. For we'd all do what we'd love to if only we'd just sit down and do it. Don't think so?

    Ever quit a diet? Or quit smoking more than once? Do you own a treadmill that doubles as a clothes rack? Do you have the heart of a writer, but never write? A painter who doesn't paint? An entrepreneur who never starts a venture?

    Then you know Resistance. "It's the root of more unhappiness than poverty, disease, and erectile dysfunction." (The War of Art, p.12) It deforms our spirit. Stunts our growth. Dwarfs what we were/are born to be. In all its evil, Resistance prevents us from the life God intended when He endowed us with life itself. Resistance is faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive and harder to kick than heroin.

    Look in your heart. Some (many?)of you may have a dream of doing something else. Living a life different than what you've settled for. Unless I'm crazy, there's a voice in your head telling you, like a thousand times before, that you have a calling. No one has to tell you. You know it. But you don't quite believe it. And unless I'm crazy, you're no closer to taking action on it now than you were yesterday…or will be tomorrow. You think Resistance isn't real? Resistance will bury you.

    You know, Hitler wanted to be an artist. At 18, he took his inheritance, moved to Vienna, went to the Academy of fine Arts (and to the School of Architecture). Ever seen any of his paintings?

    Neither have I. Resistance beat him. My guess is that it was easier for him to start World War II than to face-off with a blank square of canvas.

    What do you want to do? What calling has God put in your heart? What dream is so big, you're afraid to even say it aloud?

    Talk to me. 

    creativity, theology

    art, creativity, personal, resistance

  • Quotable Monday: 05.16.2011

    May 16th 2011

    By: tom cottar

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    'The intuitive mind is a sacred gift.

    And the rational mind is a faithful servant.

    We have created a society that honors the servant

    and has forgotten the gift."

    -Albert Einstein

    creativity, quotable monday

  • I Will Wait For You

    May 15th 2011

    By: tom cottar

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    One day soon, I will write something life-changing and not just post videos.

    But this week is our staff planning retreat, so….. let this move you.

    I'd love to get your thoughts on it! 


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