RADICALLY REDEMPTIVE RELATIONSHIPS
Radically Redemptive Relationships? You’ve Got to Be Crazy!
Into Me See – It Takes A Braveheart
The day has finally come when my dear friend since college (dare I say, over thirty years ago!?) Holly Stratton (lifehurts.us) and I share our debut VIDEOCASTS: Radically Redemptive Relationships: Finding Common Ground For Love’s Sake.
The videocasts were filmed by Ben Sullivan and the professionals at Novel Motion Pictures (you should check out their other projects – especially “Muted”)! The music was generously contributed by Sharon Gerber at Celloasis (check out her music too!)
These videocasts have really been a labor of love, as well as an experience of love, between two friends with different stories committed to believing that our small stories are connected to a Larger Story – a story where the Beginning, middle, and Ending is Jesus. We have both been tempted to look at these videocasts and see the flaws (in ourselves – not each other). Let’s just say that men picked out the chairs that we sat in and they are not becoming, but now that I have that out of the way I want to focus on what really matters. We are all pretty good at seeing the things that don’t matter – our imperfections, the realities of growing older, and bulky clothing.
But we are committed to reminding each other and you of the truth that there is More here than meets the eye. And from the wonderful lyrics of Steffanie Gretzinger, “what hindered Love becomes part of The Story.” Out of Hiding
We invite you to start with the first two videocasts this week:
1. Radically Redemptive Relationships? You’ve Got to Be Crazy! – https://youtu.be/Pl7ndH1-qbY
2. Into Me See – It Takes a Braveheart – https://youtu.be/Oct0DzlmjnE
We encourage you to think about using these 10 videocasts for a small group of friends or maybe an even smaller group with your spouse. We trust that even better conversations will come as you ponder what we are talking about.
And as I think about you watching us, my prayer will be that you may know that He watches over you while you sleep; that He listens to you breathe; and that He sings over you: “Beautiful One I love, beautiful One I adore. You make my heart sing.” -Jeremy Camp
“There’s far more here than meets the eye. The things we see now are here today, gone tomorrow. But the things we can’t see now will last forever.” 2 Corinthians 4:18
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2 Responses to “RADICALLY REDEMPTIVE RELATIONSHIPS”
Sharla Jackson on 26 Jan 2016 at 6:20 am #
I’m so excited these are finally being released!! I just watched both this morning…good stuff! Can’t wait for MORE! Gosh, I love that Donald Miller quote that ended with “Real love stories don’t have dictators, they have participants”…so true! I just love how real you and Holly are…I felt like I was sitting in that room with you.
And P.S…I LOVE those chairs!!!!! 🙂
Kim Trouten on 27 Jan 2016 at 1:08 pm #
I can’t leave a long reply (kiddo’s nap time is almost up) but wanted to say thank you for the encouragement to pursue relationships and intimacy with people that aren’t necessarily exactly like me. I love the idea but am also scared. It causes me to wrestle with my own demand that others agree with me in order to be safe or trustworthy. But I can point to many cases in my life where that isn’t true. I’m looking forward to the rest of the videos and am hoping to have many discussions about them with various friends.