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Thanksgiving Blog - The Art of Giving Your Gum Away

2009-11-26T11:08:00.003-06:00

A few things to think about on this Thanksgiving day.

Have you ever wanted something but didn’t know how to ask for it?

I discovered this dilemma while having a conversation on an airplane somewhere over the Midwest. I began to chat with a random guy in the seat beside me and felt like we were building a decent flight friendship when he pulled out a packet of Juicy-Fruit gum. Immediately my mouth began to water for the sugary goodness. I knew in my heart that he would offer me a piece so I began to set my mouth for the explosion of fruity flavor. He gingerly unwrapped his piece of gum, all the while nodding at my pointless conversation, and placed it into the cavernous hole in his face. He then very deliberately stowed the last 3 pieces in his carry on bag. My ears burned with disgust and I immediately made a judgment call on his slimy character, “A man who won’t offer me a stick of gum probably wouldn’t save his mother from an angry herd of elephants,” I thought.

Just knowing that soon my ears would be popping through the pain of pressurization from the altitude changes made me fume. All of this needless suffering could be avoided if this inconsiderate nincompoop would offer me some gum. Wow, I just used the word nincompoop in a real sentence.

I was super steamed and had to calm my wildly irrational thought patterns and realize that he probably just didn’t think about it, but the concept of giving your gum away stuck with me. Something seemingly small could’ve gone a long way in building our friendship.

What small things am I missing on a daily basis with the people that I come into contact with? The concept of giving your gum away is one that we should all adopt on a frequent basis. Look for an opportunity to invest in someone else and don’t wait for them to ask, offer it now. This thanksgiving season search for ways that you can be preemptive in giving. Find something that someone is missing and be the answer.

I’m committed to consistently give my gum away as often as possible, I hope you will too.

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Adventures of the Tiger and the Hog

2009-11-11T16:24:00.005-06:00

I spent a little time in Little Rock, Arkansas on Monday speaking to the Arkansas Ambulatory Surgical Center Association at Baptist Medical Center. It was a super cool meeting with a lot of really interesting people. They gave me an incredibly cool hat that I will never wear.

When I brought the hat home to my ravenous LSU Tiger house, my 8 year-old daughter Jayden immediately grabbed the hat and said, “How can we turn this into a Tiger?” To which her 7 year-old sister replied, “That’s going to take a lot of Crayons.”

Thanks Arkansas Ambulatory Surgical Center Association and President Becky Bennett. You guys were awesome, accommodating, and a blast to be with.

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The Dundee Hat

2009-10-30T23:17:00.000-06:00

A little adventure from my trip down under.

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The 5 Stages of Innovation

2009-10-08T09:36:00.001-06:00

Adapted from Philcooke.com
The 5 Stages of Innovation

Josh Craft showed me this chart of the steps people go through with innovation and I have to admit, it's spot on. I've seen this exact sequence play out so many times it's not funny, but it's worth repeating. The next time you want to make real change happen in your organization, get ready to experience this sequence:

1. People deny that the innovation is required.
2. People deny that the innovation is effective.
3. People deny that the innovation is important.
4. People deny that the innovation will justify the effort required to adopt it.
5. People accept and adopt the innovation, enjoy its benefits, attribute it to people other than the innovator, and deny the existence of stages 1 to 4.

Anything out of place or something you'd like to add?

(Inspired by Alexander von Humboldt's 'Three Stages Of Scientific Discovery', as referenced by Bill Bryson in his book, 'A Short History Of Nearly Everything'.)

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Prioritize the Presence of God

2009-10-07T17:04:00.001-06:00

Amazing stuff from Pastor Steven Furtick.

Prioritize the Presence of God
Your best innovation flows from revelation. You must prioritize the presence of God in your life.

More can be accomplished in a nanosecond of prayer, worship, and listening to the voice of the Holy Spirit than a month’s worth of strategy meetings in the flesh.

Many leaders have created virtually no margin to make room for the kind of divine encounters that birth true vision and revolutionary concept. I can trace the genesis of many of the most important ideas in the history of our church to a specific moment in the presence of God. I can trace my most frustrating seasons to a deficiency of time allocated to my most important task: seeking the wisdom of the Lord.

What would Moses have missed had he never turned aside to see the burning bush?
If the leaders in the church in the book of Acts had neglected prayer and the Word to serve tables, how might the influence of the Gospel been impeded worldwide?

What revelation, inspiration, imagination and innovation is left undiscovered in your life because you’re failing to prioritize the presence of God?
Pastor Steven.
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Meatloaf and Michael Bolton

2009-09-28T22:13:00.005-06:00

Do you remember that Meatloaf tune where he growled about Objects In The Rear View Mirror? I don't think I ever actually listened to the song just him screaming the lyrics like Michael Bolton with a severe case of strep throat. Well tonight I think I got the gist of the tune for the very first time. Through all of his guttural howling I was able to decipher a lyric for the first time in my 32 years;

"...And if life is just a highway, then the soul is just a car
And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are..."

Through all of the sweaty growling, the lyric got me. It's true. Our past experiences often appear so much closer and looming than what they actually are. Bad decisions, broken relationships, high-school mistakes, lost love, and the list could continue. We base many of our present decisions on past failures; mistakes that we've owned and derived our identity from.

Why do we allow the mistakes of yesterday to dictate our tomorrows?

Go ahead, get on the interstate and try to drive while staring in the rear view mirror. You'll get to know the Ford F150 in front of you a whole lot better than you wanted to. Make sure you video it because it could make you a youtube star. Okay, don't actually do that, I'm assuming you know that was a joke but just in case. DO NOT VIDEO YOURSELF ON THE INTERSTATE DRIVING WHILE STARING INTO THE REAR VIEW MIRROR. And now the lawyers are happy, let's move on.

The problem with staring at the past is you usually collide with where you are supposed to be going. God has great plans for you and none of it involves where you've been. God's interested in your todays and tomorrows not your yesterdays.

Stop looking at your life and judging your future based on mistakes you've made. He can forgive, cover, and redesign your destiny.

God’s ways are higher than our ways.
Humans: if I can see it then I’ll believe it.
God’s: If you can believe it, then you can see it.

The key to all of this is belief and a total release of your will to His. If you want to live in God's plan toss out your sketch of tomorrow and let Him draw it. I promise it will be a masterpiece.
JF

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Israel and Aaron

2009-09-21T09:58:00.001-06:00

Shot this on my flip video at Israel Houghton's Deeper Level conference. Pretty great stuff.

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I'm a big fat lazy bum

2009-09-15T01:10:00.005-06:00

The very word structure scares us. Why do you think that the Express corporation changed the name of their Structure Store to Express For Men? The change probably had nothing to do with those sweet multi-colored sweater vests.

We don’t even like to think of the word structure because we think of long tedious hours pouring over the arduous task of actually organizing our business or ministry. Isn’t it funny how the vast majority of organizations are not organized at all. Most of this is due to the fact that we don’t like to plan things out like we should.

Someone said, “plan your work and then work your plan.” That’s a ton easier said than done. It’s much less complicated to move our business or organization ahead one day at a time and take things as they come than go through all the rigors of goal setting and organization. The problem with this mode of leadership is that we inevitably run in crisis mode the majority of the time, frantically hopping from one explosion to the next.

The number one problem that I often encounter on the road is this, “Well, Jeremy, I’m just not an organized person.” If that is your mantra, then say this out-loud, “I’m not organized, I’m just lazy.” We organize our outfits each day, although some of us could use some help in the color department...

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The Adventures of Philpot Ainsworth

2009-08-11T20:27:00.001-06:00

A video my friend Phil Moody and I made a few years back using a crash test dummy toy from Wal-Mart. It's awesome.

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2009-08-05T23:33:00.001-06:00

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This is the Reason Customer Care Matters So Much

2009-07-08T23:38:00.003-06:00

Customer care is the number 1 problem that no one is dealing with. 1 person has a sphere of influence of 30 but add youtube to the mix and it could be millions. If you are in any kind of ministry, business, or industry get it together before something like this happens.

The rest of the story courtesy of the Los Angeles Times.

Los Angeles - This just in on the case of United Airlines, a busted guitar and a wicked YouTube song: While Dave Carroll, aggrieved customer and wicked songwriter, was playing a gig Tuesday night in Picou, Nova Scotia, his July 6 video, “United Breaks Guitars,” was passing 100,000 views and United airlines was laying plans to make nice. But there’s no happy ending just yet.

“They have made contact with him,” said Carroll’s wife, Jill, on Wednesday morning. “We’re expecting to receive further details by the end of business today.” By 11 a.m. Pacific time, the video had racked up more than 137,000 YouTube views and prompted 1,265 comments, few of which are likely to end up in the airline’s next report to stockholders.

Dave Carroll, buried in interview requests, was unavailable, but Jill Carroll described the conversation with United as “amicable” yet inconclusive. As for the public response to her husband’s video, “we’re speechless.”

Carroll posted his video — which features a country-western arrangement, layered harmonies and, for unclear reasons, three sombreros — after he couldn’t get United to take responsibility for damage to his guitar allegedly inflicted during a flight last year. After months of getting nowhere in efforts to get compensated, Carroll crafted a retribution campaign featuring a sequential release of three songs.

Beyond the first song, which went up on the Web on July 6, Carroll has written and recorded a second song, but hasn’t made a video yet. As for the third song, Jill Carroll quoted her husband:

“They have a golden opportunity to influence the outcome.”

On Tuesday night, United spokeswoman Robin Urbanski declared that “this has struck a chord with us, and we’ve contacted him directly to make it right.”

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Dogs, Geysers, and Retro Journey Songs.

2009-07-08T11:25:00.005-06:00

What do Geysers, Dogs, and the band Journey all have in common? The word Faithful.

I was laboriously plowing through 1 Chronicles today and right smack dab in the middle of all of the begets, bequeaths, and descendants in the miles of genealogical records of those books I found this little gem.

1 Chronicles 5:24-26

24 These were the leaders of their clans: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel. These men had a great reputation as mighty warriors and leaders of their clans.

25 But these tribes were unfaithful to the God of their ancestors. They worshiped the gods of the nations that God had destroyed. 26 So the God of Israel caused King Pul of Assyria to invade the land and take away the people of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh as captives. The Assyrians exiled them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the Gozan River, where they remain to this day.

It's not cool when God jumps on the side of your enemy and wars against you. I thought it was pretty interesting that these guys had great reputations, they were mighty warriors, and great leaders but none of that mattered. God counts faithfulness pretty high on his list.

For some reason they just couldn't get over the desire to have things that God had already given them victory over.

I wonder what is in my life that I have placed in front of him? What do I keep running back to?

Talent, ability, reputation, strength, skill and leadership are all great qualities but it's faithfulness that brings favor.

God help me today to be a faithful man.

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Marty McFly Shoes!

2009-07-08T08:46:00.002-06:00

I found these sweet concept shoes which feature an integrated CD-ROM, speakers, volume control knob and yes, velcro tops! Yeah, they probably wouldn't work but this is definitely something Marty McFly would've sported in Back To The Future.

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The Worlds Top Ten Barbeque Grills. Happy Fourth!!!!

2009-07-04T10:33:00.007-06:00

#10. Functionality wins here. I mean, how cool is this. Redefines the phrase "Tailgating"

#9. Come on ride the train it only cost 12,000 on ebay

#8. The most expensive grill in the world can be yours for 35,000

#7. Cooking like a ROCK, chevy V8

#6. This is just sad, it had to make the list. Some dude had way too much time on his hands.

#5. Cook, eat, kick back and never have to leave the table.

#4. This is just super duper awesome. A smokehouse on 18 wheels.

#3. That thing got a Hemi? YUP

#2 It just doesn't get much cooler than this. Hey Cletus, did you bring the grill? Uhhhhhhh yeah.

#1 The coolest ever. The burgers are done on the way home from work. Would be cool if someone could actually make it happen.

Honorable Mention

OK, it’s not a grill that’s interesting here: it’s the way it’s lighted. You’re looking at George Goble of Purdue University lighting the 60 lbs of charcoal with 3 gallons of liquid oxygen:
George started with 60 lbs of charcoal, and burnt up 40 lbs of it in 3 seconds. Result is a grill ready to cook in about 3 seconds, and all the old grease, etc burned off. Don’t try this at home.

It was just too good not to add to the list. Although it's not a grill, it took some major redneck innovation to decide that the grill would work great as a pool heater. Yes, someone really did this.

Hey, Nadine, I got a dang good idea!!

Have a safe and happy 4th of July friends.

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The Worldwide Debut of J-Dawg and Lil Bit

2009-07-01T23:51:00.001-06:00

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It's All Eve's Fault!!!!!!!!

2009-06-21T13:35:00.006-06:00

Have you ever thought about how monumentally stupid Eve was?

Seriously, we wouldn’t even be in any of this mess of sin and damnation if Eve could’ve just resisted the temptation of the slithering serpent. But nooooooooo she just had to take a big fat bite of the juicy red apple (or whatever kind of fruit it was). Then she has the audacity to go and find Adam, poor innocent Adam, (who was probably walking with God in the cool of the evening) and force this corruption on him.

We all know how dumb men are. Women can make us do anything. She could’ve given him a rock and he would’ve eaten it and probably asked for more. So, we can conclude that the whole reason we are in all of this sin mess is because of one woman, Eve.

Genesis very clearly lays it all out for us in chapter 3 verse 6, it says, “When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.”

Whoa, stop the bus, hang on a minute. WOW. Did you just read what I read? I’ve got to read that again, “She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.”

I'm feeling a bit like Gill Grissom here. You mean to tell me that Adam was with her the entire time and just didn’t say anything? He just decided to stay silent in spite of the fact that he knew what was happening? He chose not to say a word in the face of obvious wrong and life threatening sin?

Ummmm, wow this is awkward, but uhhhhhh, sorry Eve.

Maybe it’s time for men to stop being silent and not let sin go unchecked in our lives. Maybe we should stop blaming everyone else for our own failures, faults, and sins. Maybe we should let God in on our choices and decisions and yield our futures to him.

Maybe, just maybe, there’s no such thing as the strong silent type.
You’re either strong or you’re silent.

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BREAKING NEWS FROM JEREMY FOSTER

2009-06-13T15:40:00.001-06:00

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A Tribute To Tim Foster - Friend, Gentleman, Cowboy

2009-06-04T14:40:00.007-06:00

My Uncle Tim passed away last night. He was in Arizona working with horses when the horse that he was on threw him and the fall resulted in a head injury that ended Tim's time on this earth. He died doing what he loved. I know that he's riding on the rolling hills in everlasting meadows where the sun never dips below the horizon and the grass is always stirrup high. His riding partner is a cowboy named Shiloh and together they're scouting trails for the rest of us.

He passed from this life the only way a real Cowboy would ever want to go...he died with his boots on.

Uncle Tim, you'll be missed.

A few memories

Even though he lived in California Tim was a Texan to the core. He didn't mince words when it came to the Texas Longhorns, he even fit the hook 'em horns into our family photo (below). Every year at Christmas we had a tradition, we would place all of our ball caps on the counter, one on top of the other. The caps logos included LSU, USC, Oklahoma, and The Longhorns. Somehow the Texas cap always wound up on top.

He had a passion to help people and spent the better part of his life giving his time to "at risk" students as their Principal, Teacher, and most importantly, their friend. He said every now and then one of these teens would get out of hand and he'd have to cowboy up and show them who was boss. That's one bronc I wouldn't want to try and saddle. I've heard him tell many stories about putting his arm around a teenager who had gone astray in life and talking to them for hours. He gave them something that no one else would, a future.

There's an old saying that says, "The outside of a horse is good for the inside of a man". Tim used this philosophy when he started the SHILOH ride program that showed "at risk" students how to care for a horse. In doing so it gave them maturity and responsibility. Tim taught these kids to love and be loved simply by giving them his time. The program was named after his son Shiloh who passed away in 1994.

Tim loved his family the most. There's no where he'd rather be than busting broncs with his dad and Mark, Tom, Steve, Robert, Stevo, Jonathan, Hayden, and me. He loved coming home to gumbo whipped up by Grannie, Aunt Debbie, Aunt Gayla and my mom Paulla and then sitting around the table and laughing till late into the night. He was a great father to Cheyenne and a wonderful grandfather to Huck and Shiloh Grace. He dearly loved his wife Debroah and she cared deeply for her cowboy.

Tim had several famous sayings, some borrowed some coined:

"Don't squat with your spurs on."

"Always drink upstream from the herd."

"There never was a horse that couldn't be rode;
Never was a cowboy who couldn't be throwed."

And the last one that he ever wrote on my facebook page,

"Makin' it in life is kinda like bustin' broncs; you're gonna get thrown a lot! The simple secret is to keep gettin' back on!"

Those are words to live by. Thank you for the years Uncle Tim, go rest high on that mountain.

Goodnight Coboy

The grass is tall and the sun is low
and through the trees a soft breeze blows

When winter wind comes and the snow is through
We'll saddle up and hit the trail for you

As for now keep the saddles warm
And the horses fed in the great beyond

Cause we're coming to meet you at the end of the day
We know you didn't leave, you just rode away

Goodnight cowboy

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Actual Replica of Noah's Ark. Pretty cool

2009-06-04T10:43:00.006-06:00

I thought this was cool enough to share. It really brings into perspective how much Noah dedicated his life after only hearing about 4 paragraphs from God. 120 years and no more words. Awesome dedication. Sometimes we need to stop searching for the next life altering word and do something with the one God just gave us.

Man builds working replica of Noah's Ark
(exact scale given in Bible)!
In chagen, Netherlands

The massive central door in the side of Noah's Ark was opened to the first crowd of curious townsfolk to behold the wonder.
Of course, it's only a replica of the biblical Ark , built by Dutch creationist, Johan Huibers, as a testament to his faith in the literal truth of the Bible.

The ark is 150 cubits long, 30 cubits high and 20 cubits wide. That's two-thirds the length of a football field and as high as a three-story house. Life-size models of giraffes, elephants, lions, crocodiles, zebras, bison and other animals greet visitors as they arrive in the main hold.

A contractor by trade, Huibers built the ark of cedar and pine. Biblical Scholars debate exactly what the wood used by Noah would have been.

Huibers did the work mostly with his own hands, using modern tools and with occasional help from his son, Roy. Construction began in May 2005. On the uncovered top deck - not quite ready in time for the opening - will come a petting zoo, with baby lambs, chickens, goats and one camel.

Visitors on the first day were stunned. 'It's past comprehension', said Mary Louise Starosciak, who happened to be bicycling by with her husband while on vacation when they saw the ark looming over the local landscape.

'I knew the story of Noah, but I had no idea the boat would have been so big ' There is enough space near the keel for a 50-seat film theater where kids can watch a video that tells the story of Noah and his ark. Huibers, a Christian man, said he hopes the project will renew interest in Christianity in the Netherlands , where church-going has fallen dramatically in the past 50 years.

Now that I am old and Gray...give me the time to tell this new generation (and their children too) about all your mighty miracles.
Psalm 71:18

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Jesus, Fried Chicken, and Madea.......say what?

2009-06-03T15:25:00.008-06:00

9 years ago I had a pretty serious motorcycle wreck. I was leaving the University of Louisiana and a drunk driver plowed into my beautiful yellow Honda CBR 600. I didn't have time to even think just thud. I don't remember much about the incident except for a state trooper asking me who the president was. Abe Lincoln was my answer. Obviously, I was seriously jacked up. I recovered after about three months of intense physical therapy but one thing lingered for a few more months: Vertigo.

Have you ever experienced Vertigo? It's one of the worst feelings on the planet. You can't seem to catch your balance, you feel as if everything is fine and then the room tilts to the left. It's a weird. It's a terrible feeling to be out of balance because all of the world is based on this principle of balance.

The principle of nature is that the world is perfectly balanced. It is tilted at a certain angle and rotates at a certain number of miles per hour without any vibration. The world is in balance.

In nature, the ecologists study the ecosystems where the food chain and the checks and balances in nature take care of each other.

In architecture, there's balance. There's the balance within a structure. Engineers know that if a building isn't built right and the stress isn't balanced, it will collapse or a bridge will fall through.

In the same way that the world is balanced God wants our personal lives to be balanced.

Ecclesiastes 7:18 (New International Version)
18 It is good to grasp the one and not let go of the other. The man who fears God will avoid all extremes .

Proverbs 28:2 "A man of understanding and knowledge maintains order."
He has balance in his life.

1 Corinthians 14:33 "For God is not a God of disorder, but of peace."
God wants things to be in balance and equilibrium.

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 "There is a time for everything..."
God wants us to live balanced lives.

Let's make it really simple. Tires have to be balanced.
If the tires on your car are not balanced, you're going to have a bumpy ride. It can cause a blowout; not fun for anyone involved.

If you get an imbalanced tire, eventually it will rub in the wrong place. You get a bulge, a bald spot and it will blow out. Likewise in your life, like tires that are imbalanced, you will get rubbed the wrong way and eventually blow out. Tires blow out but people burn out because of imbalance. Just like a tire that is out of balance wears the wrong way, when your life is imbalanced you wear out much quicker. You get tired easier, depressed more often, anxiety sets in and before you know it, you are ready to give up before you've even started.

What does the Bible have to say about being balanced?

Luke 2:52 (New International Version)
52And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.

• He grew in wisdom. That means He grew intellectually or mentally.

• He grew in stature. That means He grew physically.

• He grew in favor with God. That means He developed spiritually.

• He grew in favor with man. That means He developed socially.

We need to grow in those same 4 areas. If you're not growing in these areas you are out of balance and you need to do something to fix the problem. Some people overkill in one area and leave the other areas untouched. Did you know that if you pray all the time and never exercise that you are out of balance. Fried Chicken is BAD for you

Yeah, we usually don't hear about gluttony, but that doesn't mean it's not a sin.
In the immortal words of Madea, "You better check yourself before you wreck yourself."

Get your life in balance and you will live happier, healthier, and be more pleasing to Christ.

Love you guys. Have a balanced day.

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653,708

2009-05-25T01:48:00.005-06:00

Today is Memorial day and a day to remember the more than 653,708 American lives that it has cost to keep our country free. I know that we'll be firing up the grill and tossing the football with family and friends today but take a moment to remember the blood, sweat, and tears that it took to make us great.

The reason that we have memorials is so that we will never forget who we are and the sacrifices that were made to preserve our freedom. One of the monuments that stands out most in my mind is the Marine Corps War Memorial.

On the morning of February 19, 1945, the 4th and 5th Marine Divisions invaded Iwo Jima after a somewhat ineffective bombardment lasting 72 hours. The 28th Regiment, 5th Division, was ordered to capture Mount Suribachi. They reached the base of the mountain on the afternoon of February 21, and by nightfall the next day had almost completely surrounded it. On the morning of February 23, Marines of Company E, 2nd Battalion, started the tortuous climb up the rough terrain to the top. That afternoon, when the slopes were clear of enemy resistance, the American flag was raised by five Marines and a Navy hospital corpsman.

And now standing in Washington D.C. stands one of the most moving memorials ever erected. A monument immortalizing those brave men who raised old glory on that bloody day as a symbol of our freedom.

Make sure you've built some memorials in your life; some monuments to help you remember who you are and what you stand for. A memorial to help you remember the the cost of your character, convictions, and core beliefs.

Jesus built a memorial so that we would never forget the price that was paid.
Make it your memorial today. If you haven't given your life completely to Christ, don't wait, do it now.

You'll never regret your total surrender. You don't even have to have it all figured out. Just sign a blank contract with God and let Him fill in the blanks.

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Never Ever Forget

2009-05-23T17:45:00.002-06:00

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Soldier Battles Taliban with an M16 and Pink Boxer Shorts

2009-05-22T07:32:00.004-06:00

Saw this on Foxnews.com today. Pretty hilarious and awesome. Way to go Specialist Boyd, he went for his M16 before he went for his pants. Just a good reminder that our men and women are still out there. Say a prayer for them today.

Friday, May 22 - Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday praised an Army soldier in eastern Afghanistan who drew media attention this month after rushing to defend his post from attack while wearing pink boxer shorts and flip-flops, Reuters reported.

Gates said in prepared remarks that he wants to meet the soldier and shake his hand the next time he visits Afghanistan.

"Any soldier who goes into battle against the Taliban in pink boxers and flip-flops has a special kind of courage," Gates said in a speech to be delivered in New York.

"I can only wonder about the impact on the Taliban. Just imagine seeing that: a guy in pink boxers and flip-flops has you in his cross-hairs. What an incredible innovation in psychological warfare," he said.

Army Specialist Zachary Boyd, 19, of Fort Worth, Texas, rushed from his sleeping quarters on May 11 to join fellow platoon members at a base in Afghanistan's Kunar Province after the unit came under fire from Taliban positions.

A news photographer was on hand to record the image of Boyd standing at a makeshift rampart in helmet, body armor, red T-shirt and boxers emblazoned with the message: "I love NY."

When the image wound up on the front page of the New York Times, Boyd told his parents he might lose his job if President Obama saw him out of uniform.

"I can assure you that Specialist Boyd's job is very safe indeed," Gates said in the speech.

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Me is seriously ticked off and I'm letting you know about it.

2009-05-18T17:01:00.002-06:00

Learn from my mistakes kids.

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Take a deep breath, you are ALIVE!

2009-05-14T14:07:00.008-06:00

Live today like you're not worried about tomorrow and you will live a much more fulfilled life. How much time do we waste worrying about tomorrow and not living today.

I remember when I was a kid, I always lived looking forward to something; not necessarily because I was excited about the actual event but because I needed something to look forward to. The only exception to this was my few and far between dates and I did actually look forward to them because they were such rare phenomenon for a Members Only Jacket wearing, GIRBAUD jeans tight rolling, 80s nerd like me.

Other than that rare exception It seemed after the event I had to immediately have something else to look forward to.

I've watched people carry this on throughout their lives and lose years with their kids or spouse.

Life is about the journey and not necessarily always about the destination. I know that you super spiritual theologians out there will blast me as if I haven't thought about the afterlife. BRUUUUUUUTHER JEREMY I am always living for Heaven BRUUUUUUUTHER (best nasally judgemental Southern evangelist voice). I know moron, I'm talking about living and loving life.

We should hope for tomorrow and plan for next week but don't forget to live today or you will wake up one day and all of your today's will be gone. Don't let worry and wishing make you twist in the wind. Live each moment and love every minute of that moment.

Jeremy Foster

The Jeremy Foster Show

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This is idiotic but I'm going to try it!

2009-05-13T10:14:00.003-06:00

Conquering your fear is a whole lot easier said than done. It’s easy to visualize standing on top of a massive skyscraper and screaming in your best Leonardo DiCaprio voice, “I’m the king of the world”, but when you have an acute fear of heights a trip to the top of the ridiculously safe Empire State Building viewing terrace can reduce you to a sniveling little girl. A part of you says, “just go look over the edge” and another part of your brain shouts, “no you moron, don’t you love your life? What is wrong with you? Stay inside where there is safety and Starbucks.”

Today try to do something that you are scared of. Step out on a limb and chase your dreams. The worst thing that can happen is you can totally ruin your life, but hey, at least you tried.

Live with no regrets.

Jeremy Foster

The Jeremy Foster Show

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How To Do.....EVERYTHING

2009-05-07T13:28:00.004-06:00

I found this site recently. It cracked me up. It has tons of how to's on everything under the sun. Pretty awesome stuff, if only they could come up with a "how to make lots of money while sitting on your couch watching TV" video (sigh).

Enjoy

Jeremy Foster

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Chocolatty Goodness

2009-05-05T15:32:00.002-06:00

Talk about hot chocolate.

A team of British engineers have designed a car that not only runs on a fuel derived from chocolate, but is largely constructed from parts derived from vegetables.

I think it's super awesome that you never have to stop for food again. You can just take a bite out of your dashboard. The only problem I see is chocoholics with a serious siphoning problem. You could eat and pump gas at the same time. This is truly a sweet idea. Sorry, I couldn't avoid that one.

DON'T READ THIS RIGHT NOW, you have plenty of time, seriously, wait a few more minutes and then if you get a second read it, but please don't hurry.

2009-04-16T06:39:00.007-06:00

This blog from Pastor Steven Furtick really got me thinking. Thought I would repost it for you guys here. It's a mouthful.

Not Right Now
April 16th, 2009
Steven Furtick

I realized the other day that I use this line on my son a little too often.
“Daddy, can we please go play on my pirate ship?”
“Not right now…”
“Daddy, can I have some juice please?”
“Not right now…”
“Daddy, will you read this book to me?”
“Not right now…”

Now it’s not that I think I should jump every time my kid says jump…or oblige his every whim.
But I miss a lot of opportunities for good interaction because of my procrastination. Because “I’ll get to it later”. And usually, later never comes.

Of course, this same scenario plays out in my relationship with God. And yours.

Speak a word of encouragement to your kids…
Not right now…
Turn off the TV and spend some time in the Word…
Not right now…
Tell somebody what you’re struggling with so you can get some help…
Not right now…

It may be trite but it’s true:
Delayed obedience is disobedience.
And most of our regrets won’t be about the things we did…
But the things we didn’t do.

Steven

That was a great wake up call for me. I feel like I'm a great dad but even I sometimes put my kids off too much and I REALLy put God off too much. Guys, I confess, I don't pray enough, I wish I fasted more, and I'm not always the man that I want to be. Sometimes I trust that God will "just understand" a little too much. I need to go wayyyyyy deeper and it's not that I don't want to, it's just a problem of procrastination. I have to do better. I love you Jesus, and I'm sorry.

Jeremy Foster

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The Easter Crack Special

2009-04-11T21:37:00.015-06:00

It's Easter and we have had a blast. Between two egg hunts, a wedding, and a family cookout it's been just a wee tad busy for the Foster fam, but it's been super cool and awesome. I love hanging with the family and watching the kids go absolutely insane over plastic eggs. In fact, I found myself getting just a little too excited about finding the "money" eggs with Jese while we were perusing the thousands of randomly dispersed eggs. I was cracking myself up.
On Friday night we dyed eggs and made Easter cookies and decorated them together. While all of this was going on, something pretty unique happened.
We gathered all of the coffee cups in the house together and filled them with vinegar and dropped the color tablets in to watch them fizz. We then added water and grabbed the small gold metal egg holders with which to dip the eggs. Jese, my 6 year old, grabbed her first egg and promptly dropped it on the counter and it cracked into 50 different lines on the surface of the egg. She immediately got upset and felt like the evening was completely ruined and went into a tirade about how this was going to be the worst Easter ever, as 6 year old girls are prone to do. I consoled her and urged her to dunk the egg anyway and together we would just wait and see what happened. She hesitantly dipped the imperfect egg into the bright fuschia red colored dye and the most amazing thing happened. As we pulled the egg out of the dye Jese exclaimed, "look Daddy." I looked closely and realized that the pretty pastel color had coved the entire egg but it had concentrated into a deeper red into the cracks on the surface of the egg creating a mosaic effect that was beautiful. These cracks had added to the beauty of this simple imperfect little egg and given the color a chance to show off it's ability.

That's when it hit me, this is the very essence of Easter. Our cracks and imperfections are what make God's grace and love so amazing. Instead of throwing us away, he paints us a beautiful shade of redeeming red and covers every imperfection that we thought had ruined us. This Easter, remember that he's waiting to cover every crack and imperfection in your life. Reflect on His sacrifice 2,000 years ago and yield to the hand of the greatest artist to ever walk the face of the planet. Let him take you and make you beautiful, cracks and all.

Jeremy Foster

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Help, Facebook has stolen my blog

2009-04-07T00:24:00.004-06:00

ALL POINTS BULLETIN!!!!

Looking for a blue and white computer program accused of blog theft.

Facebook has stolen my blog and I don't know why. I don't blog as much because I facebook and twitter constantly. It's almost a chore at times to blog because Facebook is such a jerk and doesn't want to share time with anyone else. What do I do? I have no idea.

Hey (idea) make sure you connect to my facebook and twitter links. By the way, I seriously hate myspace.

Jeremy Foster

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My Daughter Jese and David Beckham

2009-03-07T19:58:00.004-06:00

Jese finished her first day at the goalie position on the 7-8 year old girls soccer team and I gotta tell you I don't believe that I've ever been more proud. She played awesome. I was super excited and probably shouted and celebrated just a bit too much when she dove through the air and plowed into the grass to stop a soccer ball that was threatening her goal. She grabbed the ball and leapt to her feet with a determined look on her cute little face. I was dancing by this time. She threw the ball back into the field of play and looked over at me for approval. I was screaming at the top of my lungs, "You are awesome JESS, WAY TO GO". While Jese and I were having our moment the game didn't stop, in fact as soon as she threw the ball one of the opposing players immediately kicked the ball with all her might and it sailed right over Jese's head and into our goal.

Jese was immediately heartbroken but I shouted for her to keep her head up and keep doing her best. I was determined that I wasn't going to let anything get her down. She had done a terrific job and we ended up walking off of that field triumphant because of the efforts of our littlest player. I was beaming.

The reason I was so pumped, even in the face of her failure to stay focused on the game, can be found in one simple explanation; I am her father. Even though she absolutely should have kept her head in the game, I was so proud of the fact that she was giving it her all.

In this same way our Heavenly Father beams when we strive to do our best. Don't you think that He knows that you will never be perfect. I believe that it is this simple human desire for perfection that keeps many of us from a right relationship with Christ. We assume that we can't do it right or be good enough at this certain time in our life so we just quit trying and say, "I'll get there some day but just not right now." We fundamentally misunderstand the saving power of God's grace.

No one can ever be perfect, no matter how super awesome you think you are, you can't be good enough to save yourself. If we were capable of doing that we would not need a savior. The dude who says, “I live a life without sin” is a big fat liar. Romans 3:23 (NIV) for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God...

Even Paul, one of the greatest dudes who ever lived, couldn't get it right. Romans 7:18-20 (NIV) I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.

What makes you any different.

We know that we won't ever be perfect, in fact most of us are super clear on that. So what stops us from getting back up when we make a mistake. Do we really believe that God is so disappointed in our failure that He just throws His supernatural hands up and says, "I've had it with these morons, here's a bolt of lightening for you!" Why is it that we believe that God will go to great lengths to save someone but is itching to kick them out once they are in.

Grace is what saves us and mercy is what keeps us. His mercies are new every morning.

I'm not saying that grace is an excuse to blow off practice and effort. But God is a lot like a happy father on the sidelines of a soccer game. He rewards our efforts. My daughter skill level is no where near the ability of David Beckham, but I would much rather have her on my team than him any day. Why? Because she's my daughter and I love her, even when she messes up.

I don’t ever want to forget that I am washed daily in the forgiveness, grace, and mercy of Jesus Christ. He loves me so much that he forgives me and keeps me. He thought of that even before I knew it was available. While we were sinners, Christ died for us. Thanks Jesus. I couldn't make it without you.

Please remember, no matter what you've done, He's still your father and He loves you. Jesus loves sinners. Period.

Jeremy Foster

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Happy Valentines Day

2009-02-14T21:42:00.003-06:00

Happy Valentines friends.

Had a great day today. I woke up this morning with a smiling 6 year old looking at me and screaming, "Happy Valentines Day Dad, what did you get us?" It was hilarious. They know their dad. I can't help myself, I'm a romantic.

Jayden (7) and Jese (6) spent the next few minutes freaking out over their pink roses, stuffed animals, and glow in the dark bracelets. The gift that was the biggest hit was the little sponge creatures that expand in water. The girls were ecstatic about this discovery. We put the small capsules in glasses of warm water and the waiting game began. It took much longer than any of us imagined that it would. In fact, after ten minutes of watching these squishy multicolored blobs float in the water and do absolutely nothing, I was getting a little perturbed. Finally, after 33 minutes, all of the sponge beasts had taken on the form of 25 multihued dinosaurs and the kids were elated. And my day was complete. There's nothing like the love of two beautiful daughters and a wonderful wife to make your life full and happy.

It's now 9:57 p.m. and I'm thinking about life and those simple stubborn dinosaurs. Sometimes our dreams can feel that way, capsulated in colorful yet restrictive plastic casings refusing to burst forth into reality. We can get frustrated and try to break them open...oh yeah, I forgot to tell you, I tried that.... didn't work so well. In fact, what I got was a completely destroyed Stegosaurus.

Don't be afraid to go after your dreams but don't be so quick to tear into them that you damage the cocoon that is making you into a butterfly. Sometimes the growth takes place in the struggle. Keep struggling and soon the casing will fall off and you might just be a beautiful yellow T-Rex. Who knows? Just don't rush it, let it happen in time and God will be with you all the way.

Happy Valentines Day, keep dreaming!!!
In God's Grip,
Jeremy
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Jeremy On Daystar Television Network

2009-01-11T18:41:00.011-06:00

I was invited to join the Daystar Television Network for an interview. Hope you guys enjoy.

Jeremy Foster
The Jeremy Foster Show

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I performed at Santa Monica Pier

2009-01-05T11:22:00.005-06:00

Jeremy joins an elite few who have performed for the millions at Santa Monica pier.
One word Legend-wait for it-ary. That's right kids, legendary. Santa Monica has never seen anything like this.
Amazing.

Jeremy Foster

The Jeremy Foster Show

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Merry Christmas to all

2008-12-23T02:39:00.009-06:00

Friends,

Hope you guys have an awesome Christmas. The girls and I got
together and shot this little video for you. They were so excited to
be bringing you their very own "show". I think I probably had more fun
than them shooting and editing this one. If you get a chance, leave a
comment, it will make their year. They keep asking me, "Dad, how many
people have seen our video now?" It's hilarious. They truly wanted to
make this for all of you guys so, from Jayden, Jese and their Daddy,
Merry Christmas.

My Christmas thoughts:
I am an extremely sentimental person. I seriously love Christmas; in fact, I could handle Christmas for 3 months every year. To me there is nothing on the planet better than decorating the tree and then just sitting down in my big leather chair with my feet propped up in front of a roaring fire and listening to Alabama Christmas (which is the greatest Christmas CD ever). I love all of the family time and getting to laugh with friends and loved ones and reconnect with everyone that I've lost track of over the year.

I just love Christmas, especially the extra family time that I get. My daughters came rushing into the house tonight, after spending some time at their Grannie's house, and they were so pumped to tell me all about it. They finally fell asleep while watching the Parent Trap (1961 version), and I went into Jese's room and picked up my oldest daughter Jayden to carry her to the bed and she laid her arm over my shoulder in a sleepy hug. As I tucked her in bed she mumbled, "say my prayers with me daddy" and I did. As I was leaving her room and turning the hall light out I could hear her say, "I love you daddy." My heart swelled and I just couldn't help but think of all of the things that I truly have to be grateful for.

At the risk of sounding cheesy I want you to know that I am thankful for your friendship. I'm thankful for the connection and common ground that we have found in the love of Christ Jesus. I just think it's infinitely cool that even though we are so totally different that we are absolutely connected by the unwavering grace and mercy that we find at the foot of the cross.

I'm thankful for the baby that was born those many years ago. I don't ever want to lose the wonder of Christmas and the true meaning of the season.

Alabama has a Christmas song that sums it up quit well.

"Who's the one we need to thank,
Who's the party for,
Who's the one responsible for all this peace and joy
Who deserves the credit for the blessings we enjoy
The preacher said last Sunday it was Joesph and Mary's boy"

This season I hope that you have the greatest time of your life. Don't forget to be thankful and spread love. Thanks for being my friend.

In God's Grip,

Jeremy Foster

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Happy Turkey Day

2008-11-27T03:13:00.005-06:00

Wow!

It's Thanksgiving and you are probably realizing all over again that timeless truth; you can't choose your family. Yep, awesome huh, I know. You can choose your occupation, your house, what city you live in, you can even choose your friends, but you are stuck with whatever God gives you for family. Your crazy old Aunt Vivian who always gives you the slobbery toothless kiss on your cheek and then asks if you want some of her famous potato salad (special ingredient: cat hair). Nothing you can do about it, except wait until she turns her head and quickly wipe the gooey residue off of your soiled cheek with your green and red handmade Christmas sweater from Uncle Jim's fourth wife Nadine.

You lean over to your wife and groan, "how much longer do we have to endure?" She elbows you in the ribs and smiles at Aunt Vivian, "He would love some of your delicious potato salad, he always says it's his favorite." Your eyes bug and you stare daggers at your wife as she makes sure you get a healthy helping of the cat hair specialty all the while suppressing a giggle and winking your way. A wave of temptation sweeps over you to call your attorney friend Roger and start the divorce proceedings, but you restrain yourself and timidly take a bite as Aunt Vivian leans closer and invades your personal space insuring that you choke down every last morsel. Thank God for family.

Ah, Thanksgiving, what a happy time. I sit down to reflect on my blessings. I have a pretty great life; in fact, I could even say I'm content. Until the advertising starts and I realize that I don't drive a cobalt blue Infiniti G37 Coupe starting at only 35,999 (can't we just say 36,000, c'mon people). Somehow I'm less of a man because I don't look cool in the latest maroon cashmere Banana Republic sweater because I can't afford a membership at LA Fitness nor do I have the fortitude and discipline to actually go exercise and the guy on the screen tells me that I am not a real man until I watch the NFL on a 782 inch top of the line HD socloseyoucanseetheirnosehairs widescreen NASA Sony digital TV. (take a breath)

That's when my daughter crawls up in my lap and shows me the turkey picture that she just drew for me. Honestly, it's better than any Picasso I've ever seen. With that one crudely drawn picture, that holds a close resemblance to a seriously challenged turkey, reality comes sweeping back and I understand that I'm the luckiest man alive. I'm blessed to have two sweet daughters and a beautiful sweet wife and the greatest life that you could imagine.

This year, I want God to know how thankful I am. I want to truly lead and live a thankful existence. There are people all over the world who live on less than $1 per month and I gripe about gas prices. Sure I want them to go down, but I don't want to allow the current state of the world and the economy to steal that joy that God has given me.

I want to live with 1 Peter 1:4-6 (NLT) in the forefront of my mind. It says, "and we have a priceless inheritance-an inheritance that is kept in heaven for you, pure and undefiled, beyond the reach of change and decay. And through your faith, God is protecting you by his power until you receive this salvation, which is ready to be revealed on the last day for all to see. So be truly glad. There is wonderful joy ahead, even though you have to endure many trials for a little while."

I am blessed even now and one day soon, when I reach my final destination, the blessings will be infinite. I don't want to live so close to reality that I forget my eternity. Today live thankful, love faithful and let God change your perspective.

In God's Grip,

jeremy foster
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This is really really sad

2008-11-15T22:41:00.002-06:00

The internet brings about moments that were never meant for the general public. This is one of those moments. I can't believe that someone actually got footage of me rapping. You might as well see it now. Embarrassed? YES. This was definitely me in a spur of the moment, unplanned, uncut, raw, what was I thinking moment.

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Awesome trip back home

2008-10-25T23:33:00.002-06:00

I got a really great opportunity 2 weeks ago to take my family back to Winston Salem North Carolina. I spent 13 years of my life there from the age of 4 to 17. It was really unique to take them back to my old high school and house and see some of my friends.

Just thought I would share it with you and tell you this: Don't ever forget where you came from. Good or bad, it's what makes you who you are. Use your past to build for your future.

My childhood baby sitter and awesome friend Joanna Forrest, aka Aunt Jo Jo

My earth science teacher, Mrs. Street, from 11th grade. She desperately wanted me to be a textile industry scientist. She had much more faith in my brain than me.

My 10 grade drama class, where I learned to channel my stupidity. Thank you Mrs. McCarthy.

2185 Darwick Road. My old house. It was awesome.

Justin Spach, my childhood best friend. We had some good times.

Me and one of my high-school best friends Shannon Beal. The girl responsible for teaching me harmony. The girls love their crazy Aunt Shannon.

I'm going home,
Back to the place where I belong,
And where your love has always been enough for me.
- Chris Daughtry

Jeremy Versus the Volcano - YIKES

2008-09-21T22:21:00.004-06:00

This is one of the coolest places that I have ever been. Khona, Hawaii. It was beautiful. We hiked the waterfalls, explored the Volcano, and I almost died trying to surf.

I love Hawaii, Legacy and the Micah Sutton Family. You guys rule.

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Surviving Hurricane Gustav

2008-09-04T01:40:00.005-06:00

WOW, ok this was a crazy experience. The hurricane hit us really hard in Northeast Louisiana. The wind was insane and we've already gotten 15 inches of rain. Two sweet awesome huge oak trees smashed my house. Check out the video.

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Here is a short clip of our evacuee center that we opened up on Sunday night. We had tons of volunteers help out and make it happen. I was absolutely blown away by our student staff and our church. They came out of the woodwork to help these displaced people. I was speaking with a lady who was a resident of New Orleans and she began to weep and said, "I just can't believe how loving you guys are," she went on to say, "it's amazing how we can come up here and not even know you and you just take us in, that truly is the love of Christ and we can never thank you enough."

It was an incredible experience to serve others.

Hurricane Gustav

2008-08-30T16:14:00.010-06:00

Please say a prayer for all of the people who have already been affected by Hurricane Gustav. Gustav strengthened to an ``extremely dangerous'' Category 4 hurricane near Cuba and I have many friends in New Orleans that are preparing to evacuate. The news outlets are saying that this storm threatens to strike the U.S. Gulf Coast harder than Katrina three years ago.

We are working with several facilities around our area to help house evacuees. We are also preparing for damaging winds and flash floods as well as tornadoes.

Thousands of people have already been affected by this tremendous storm. We have numerous evacuees already in our area. Please make sure and pray for the Gulf Coast of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Texas.

In God's Grip,

Jeremy Foster
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Jeremy Foster - Rest In Peace

2008-08-13T01:01:00.005-06:00

My last video blog of my UFO sighting on Destin Beach got me going on the paranormal and I had to go check out this really weird phenomenon in Crossett Arkansas. It scared me to death!! This is one of the freakiest things I've ever seen. There is this really eery light that appears on an old dirt road out in the middle of nowhere. I know it sounds insane but we took our video cameras and chronicled it's appearance and it's really really creepy and strange. This light has been featured on Unsolved Mysteries, The Other Side, and the World's Scariest Places. It was awesome! I still don't know what to believe all I know is this, there's something out there, WE CAUGHT IT ON TAPE.

This video is already blowing up, it has almost 1,000 views on youtube. Help me make it a hit by posting it on your site and commenting on it. You can embed the YOUTUBE URL to myspace or facebook. Join the Jeremy Foster Show street team and help me spread the good news!!!!! Oh YEAH!

LEAVE ME A COMMENT AND LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK.

Remember, even if you've got tons of questions, Jesus is the answer!!!!
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I SAW A UFO...FOR REAL (VIDEO)

2008-08-02T13:36:00.003-06:00

Ok here's the scoop, I'm in Destin, FL. with my family just hanging out on the beach like a bum. (I haven't shaved in a week so I look like a cross between a way cooler Ryan Seacrest and one of the ZZ-top guys as a baby.) We're just chillin and all of the sudden my wife exclaims, "what in the world is that?!" I look and this is what I see.

I did not manipulate the video at all, except for the little alien at the end, that was all me.
Awesome huh, now I can call the TV cameras and stand on the redwood deck of my double wide trailer, spit tobacco, and talk about "dem aliens thats gunna take over the guv'ment". YIPPPEEEEEEE

Let me know what you think.
Aliens!
REAL OR NOT?

Jeremy Dominates the most difficult Ropes Course on the east coast.

2008-06-28T13:43:00.014-06:00

WOW, I do dig the east coast. I have had more fun at this camp than probably any other camp in my lifetime. It was insane. We got to take part in tons of really awesome activities such as rock climbing, tubing on the lake, a stupidly high zip line, and my personal favorite, THE DAUNTING ROPE CHALLENGE.

Ok like everything else in my life, I figured that I would blow through this, but it kinda freaked me out, it was really tough. Check me out:

I was speaking at the New Jersey/Delaware Youth Camp hosted at the North Bay retreat center in Maryland. These students were awesome. They totally dug in and went really deep in worship. The worship team was led by a close friend of mine, Nate Sexton. They went all out and it was incredible to be a part of. Here's a clip:

The Band Rocked

The highlight of the week came on Friday night when this little dude (Devon Trout, who gets pedicures) playing the guitar right here led a group of students on a covert operation to shoot silly string all over me. They had like 20 students in on it and I had no weapons at all. However, they dramatically underestimated my ingenuity and Macgyver like skills. I quickly procured a massive red fire extinguisher and somehow they really didn't think I'd actually use it on them so they foolishly charged me. I shot them all in the face. It was truly my defining moment. It was (high falsetto) AWESOME!

Special thanks to Calvin Jean or was that the French "where's Waldo", Andrew, Danny, Jonathan, Hector, Craig, Nate, Plisken, and everybody else. You guys were awesome. I can't wait to come back and hang.

And to all of those students that I shot in the face with the fire extinguisher,
I'm sorry,
I love you,
don't use drugs.

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This is what I do late at night

2008-06-17T23:52:00.008-06:00

Ok so it's 12:58 am on Wednesday morning and I am amazingly non-bored. I'm actually having a blast. I spent most of the afternoon swimming with my daughters, who are awesome (singing the word awesome in a really high pitched falsetto). Honestly they wore me out in the pool. I bought some of those little dive rings and they kept throwing them in the deep end and I had to keep getting them because they couldn't go that deep. I tried the whole David Blaine holding my breath trick, sadly, like 45 seconds is my record. I stink.

So now I am just unwinding and taking ridiculous pictures of myself but they are funny so you can laugh.
I have titled them for you.

Popeye the Sailor man - toot toot

What is that huge thing in the middle of my face?

Robert Deniro - you talking to me!

Oh yeah, I almost forgot, we found a snapping turtle in our yard.
He was really mean.
I graciously shared the message of God's love with him.
He snapped at me as if he didn't care at all.
I think that he is an atheist.
I'm pretty sure that there is no hope for turtles.
Take that turtle.

Jesus, forgive me for that.
I know that he's just a turtle, but he made me really mad.

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Jeremy Conquers Vancouver

2008-04-27T22:56:00.003-06:00

This is a great video. We had an awesome time on top of snow covered Grouse Mountain in Vancouver, British Columbia (that's Canada not South America). Take note of the random dude (Jody) who comes up in our shoot. I just went ahead and included him, he didn't have a clue what was happening. It was awesome. We snuck some ski equipment and went sledding, gave an absolutely unofficial tour of the bear habitat, and met a really dangerous species of Canadian kids (they threw snow at Brad for no reason). Hope you enjoy it as much as we did.
Special thanks to my team Richie, Hevyn, Brad, and Scotty. We rocked it!!
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The Jayden and Jese Show

2008-04-16T00:44:00.004-06:00

WOW, I love being a father. It is quite possibly the cooooolest thing ever.
My kids are awesome as you will see in the video clip. A few days ago I took them on a date for Mexican food then we went for Ice Cream at Maggie Moos and after that we visited the infamous Wal-Mart for a little gem of a game called Operation.
The following video is them learning to play the game. It's hilarious.

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Jeremy Gets Locked Up

2008-03-26T15:48:00.003-06:00

Wow, this was an amazing trip. We went to the infamous Angola State Penitentiary. It was crazy!! I met several murderers and guys convicted of crimes so heinous that it blows my mind. We prayed together and it was amazing to realize that even though they had committed such atrocities, God still forgave them. It was wild and shocking for me to come to the realization that these men too, were Christians. They admitted terrible mistakes but were more thankful for the grace of God than any I've ever met. It made me thankful for God's mercy.

We were not allowed to shoot video or have cameras sooooo, I fudged a little bit and snuck one in to shoot you guys a little piece. Enjoy.

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Jeremy Goes Crazy in Kansas City

2008-03-21T15:00:00.003-06:00

WOW, Kansas city rocked. There was 2,000 students at this event and it was high-energy wacko the entire time. God showed up and did some pretty incredible stuff. Watch the video blog and you'll see, it was cool.

I worked with some really awesome guys there you can check their music out here
Pop Recording Artist Chantry Dean

Hip Hop Recording Artist James Simms

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Love you guys.

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Jeremy Attacks Pennsylvania Capitol building!

2008-03-14T15:08:00.023-06:00

WHAT'S UP PARTY PEOPLE!

I am in Pennsylvania, which is a really cool state. Lot's of awesome stuff has happened here throughout the annals of history.

1. Philadelphia, PA was once the United States capital city.

2. Philadelphia is the site of the first presidential mansion.

3. Philadelphia is home to the Liberty Bell.

4. Betsy Ross made the first American flag in Philadelphia.

But the coolest thing of all is that Philadelphia is home to the cheesesteak sandwich, water ice, soft pretzels, and TastyKakes, that's right kids TastyKakes OH YESSSSSS.

I am speaking at a youth convention here in Harisburg, PA and it is rocking. I'm amazed by the power of Jesus Christ and His ability to change the lives of students all over the world. It's really cool to watch the transformation.
I spoke in the capitol today and it ruled. Here's a really moronic clip of me outside the rotunda.
Me speaking to students at the Capitol.

Did a little comedy last night and we had a blast. It rocked out and I had a pretty tremendous time.

I'll hit you guys with another blog tomorrow from Pittsburgh. Home of Big Ben ($102 million dollar) Roethlisberger and his little football team The Steelers.

I love you and I'm praying for you.
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The Insanely Cool Birthday Party

2008-03-10T22:51:00.015-06:00

I went to a sweet 16 birthday party for a friend of ours (Hayley Masters) on Saturday night and I gotta tell you, it was one of the coolest bashes I have ever been to. It was on a horse farm, aptly named Traveler's Rest. The party featured sweet stuff like Horse tricks, performed by a world renowned trainer and his horse Pale Face, Horseback riding, 12 ounce steaks, a hayride, karaoke, a visit by superstar actor George Clooney. Ok, that last part is a lie but if he would have walked in I wouldn't have been surprised at all. The party was definitely the coolest.

My daughters and I rode horses while their mother cheered us on from the fence. It was a wee tad muddy but we had a blast. Jese and Jayden both wanted to ride "all by themselves".

Jayden (my sweet potato)

Jese (my ladybug)

It was awesome. I then proceeded to look really exceptionally cool for the photographer (Steven Myers) and he couldn't resist my J.C. PENNYesq modeling poses. I do believe this is the money shot.
The Marlboro man minus the stogie and lung cancer.

I look like a country star, except
...different.

We then moved to the heated and extravagantly decorated tent for massively awesome 12 ounce steaks and some rockin karaoke. My kids and I took the stage and laid down a smoking version of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star". We tore the place down.

I then was surprised and called to the stage by a good friend of ours (Nichole). Me, being very shy and reserved, hesitantly accepted her invitation to sing a stirring rendition of "The Heart Won't Lie" by Vince Gill and Reba McEntire.

I have two things to say about our version of this song:
1. I am not Vince Gill, and she definitly wasn't Reba (much better Nichole, much better..cough cough).
2. This was, hands down, the worst version of this song ever performed on this planet, we defined Simon Cowell's catch phrase, "That was such a karaoke performance" (snooty English accent).

But you know what Simon Cowell, we had fun so you can just SHUT YOUR FAT ENGLISH MOUTH. Ok, calm down Foster, wow, I might have taken that a bit too serious.

That's what's happening in my world. Hope all is going just peachy fantastic in yours. Remember to smile, it's good for your face!!!

Jeremy
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If you missed my latest show, here it is again. It will make you really laugh. I did.

San Diego was super sweet action!

2008-03-02T23:46:00.003-06:00

San Diego Rocked My Socks!!!

Imagine perfect weather, that's super sweet San Diego. It was a killer weekend. The comedy show was off the chain. I got to work with the uber talented Clergy Comedy troupe consisting of Darin Sargent and Kelly Ventura (www.clergycomedy.com). It was nice. We got to hang out in SD downtown on the water, here's a clip.

The Student Leadership Conference was rockin. Response Resources is the company who sponsored the conference, their president Nate Rios is the coolest Mexican guy that I know (he doesn't even speak Spanish, I was bombing him for it). We had an incredible time and God did some really cool stuff in the lives of student leaders and youth ministers.

Okay, I'm convinced that God is just waiting on us to completely open our lives to Him so that He can step in. You know, I hear a lot of people say, "Well I'm just waiting on God to open the door and I'll walk through". DUDE you have to be knocking if you want God to open the door. Too many people are just standing around doing nothing. Let's start knocking, seeking, and asking and see what God will do with our persistence. It's time for this generation to throw caution to the wind and truly give our hearts to Christ. I believe that Jesus is so ready to revolutionize our world and He is ready to work through us. We are living in a culture change, let's influence it with the power of God and see what He's capable of.

Love you guys. God is awesome and He really really REALLY loves you. Don't ever forget it!!!!!!!

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Jeremy and the Chicago Snowball

2008-02-26T08:42:00.003-06:00

Dudes,

The Bible commands husbands to love their wives. I now know why!

Jen and I had an awesome time at the Rise Up Student Conference in Chicago hosted by International Christian Fellowship. The hospitality of host pastor Ric Gonzalez and his really cool family was great! They took us to the most ridiculously cool restaurants. We ate Columbian food (some of the stuff was completely unrecognizable as food, but it tasted awesome) and there is a little joint in the hood called Zacataco and they have the most incredible tacos on the planet. I seriously dig Chicago.

The Chicago area is so diverse and hungry for an outpouring. I am convinced that the family of God is supposed to be a melting pot of culture and color. I love being involved with events that are truly multi-cultural. It just proves that God speaks every language. One time I heard a preacher say, "If you have a problem with people of a different color or culture down here on earth, you are going to have a problem with them in Heaven." I categorically disagree with that statement. I believe that if you have a problem with people of a different color or culture down here, you aren't going to Heaven. We are commanded to love one another, no matter the color. Jesus said we would be identified with Him by showing our love "one towards another". I've seen a lot of so-called "Christians" who are so filled with hatred and become judgmental that they are completely ineffective and I question their "Christianity". Jesus said the 2 most important things were to "Love the Lord your God" and "Love your neighbor". When you strip it down love is basically how you think about and treat others. This week do your best to love someone who may seem unloveable to you. (wow, I jumped up on a little soap box there).

After the event a sweet awesome snow storm hit Chicago (our flight is currently delayed). We were able to hang and have a great time. This was the first time that my beautiful sweet wife has ever really been in falling snow. It was cool. She loved it and then smacked me right in the kisser with a snow ball.

We had a blast

Love you guys
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DREAM BIG

2008-02-20T01:22:00.004-06:00

WOW, it's been a while. We have been working on our new house and let me tell you, it's a beast. I never knew how much work went into remodeling. It has blown me away how tedious this work can be. We bought a house that had a fire in the third garage, it only burned for 8 minutes but did some damage to that garage area. There was smoke damage throughout the main house. We have replaced floors, paint, countertops, fixtures, and put in a brick arch and a few other structural changes. It's an amazing home 3,400 heated square feet with 1 1/2 acres in a beautiful neighborhood. God allowed us to get the house for an incredible price and we have had so many blessings from people in our church just volunteering their time and expertise to help us out. We are walking into this house with tons of equity.

The amazing lesson that God has taught me through this experience can be summed up in one sentence; Blessings only come through hard work and commitment. I know that's not just some earth shattering revelation but it has been eye-opening for me. Often times I think we get stuck in this mentality that, "one of these days a blessing is going to drop out of the sky". That's a big fat load of hog wash. That's opposite from the way God works. I truly believe that if you and I will buckle down and prove to God that we will work for our blessing that He can then trust us with that blessing.

Jen and I made a tough decision at the end of 2006 to double our giving. We felt impressed by God to begin giving to other ministries and individuals outside of the causes that we normally give to. I can tell you that we have been blessed 100 times more than we have given and that is a documented statistic. It has blown my mind the things that God has done for us.

I want to encourage you to dream big, give more, and work harder. Through that process God will bless you more and more and more.

Continue to pray for us. I have been traveling more than ever and seeing some incredible things in the Spirit. I believe that there is a major shift happening spiritually right now and in the next 2 years we are going to see a rejuvenation of the body and an injection of young adults into the kingdom. I want to be a part of it. I truly pray that God blesses you this year. Remember that He will bless you according to the seeds that you have planted, so get out there and plant some seeds.

Love you guys. Dream Big.

In God's Grip,
Jeremy

Happy Turkey Day

2007-11-22T09:33:00.000-06:00

Happy Thanksgiving to all. Wow has this year moved at the blinding speed of a bullet train or what (nice description huh, thank you very much). I am in Branson, MO with my family right now and I have decided that this is the senior citizens capital of the world, it's like the Mecca of 65 years and older. It's not a bad thing, I'm just saying....I don't know what I'm saying...just scratch that part.

We are having a blast. We went to Silver Dollar City last night and watched all of the cool Christmas lights and we had a ball. Other than the fact that it was 35 degrees it was awesome.

Okay, here's my Thanksgiving spiel: Don't you hate it when you hold the door for someone and they just blow right past you and keep on talking to their friends. You know what I've always wanted to do? I have this unquenchable urge to stick my foot out and trip them and watch them fall flat on their face and then I would be like, "Oh, I'm sorry, you didn't see my foot, are you okay?" But I just refrain and steam slowly as they brush by my generosity. Okay, maybe it's not that bad, but we do hate it when people are ungrateful. This Thanksgiving make sure that you tell the people who mean the most to you, that....they mean the most to you. It really is that simple. Here's my list.

This year I'm thankful for
1. My God - He knows I couldn't make it without Him, He just needs to hear me say it.
2. My family - I am blessed beyond measure. I have the three most beautiful women in the world in my life.
3. My ministry - God has blessed me to be able to travel and help other people. It's awesome.
4. Great friends - You know who you are. Thanks for everything!!!

Make a list this year and write it down, then send it out to the people that need to see it. Nothing makes a person feel better than someone saying thanks. So, Thank you for being a friend. I'm praying for you and yours and I hope you have an awesome holiday season.

Me and the girls onstage at "Scrooge" in Silver Dollar City

Jese with an actress

Jayden and Mommy onstage

A little video from me and the girls

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Episode 10 - To Be Or Not To Be!

2007-10-31T22:16:00.000-06:00

Other than the fact that I almost got ran over by a car during this shoot, it was cool. I'm talking in front of the hospital and someone I know is driving by and going really slow and trying to get my attention WHILE I AM FILMING THE SHOW. Ok, take a hint, if I am in the middle of filming, I probably don't want to chat....lol.

This one was a fun one because I got to use my Connery voice.

Make sure you tell someone about the show. SHARE IT WITH THE PLANET!!!!

Love you dudes,

Jeremy
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HELP OTHERS

2007-10-10T12:31:00.000-06:00

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Missions Opportunity!!

I have two friends who are doing some awesome stuff that I want to make you aware of.

HOPE: DETROIT

HOPE: DETROIT is an event that couples churches as well as business owners and various retailers to help the hurting of Detroit. They will be providing a meal for the homeless on Thanksgiving Day where his foundation will pass out 100 back packs full of winter supplies. The rest of the pack backs will be passed out on Saturday December 8th. They are currently $7,000 short of their budget goal. A great friend of mine named David Clary is coordinating this event. All money will be used to go directly to the mission. No administrative fee will be taken out.

To mail funds: Make funds payable to David Clary Ministries, Inc.
P.O. Box 1111
West Monroe, LA 71294

HOPE: JAMAICA

HOPE: JAMAICA is for the building of a Community Center for hurricane victims in JAMAICA!

Once relief efforts are completed, this building will be turned over to a local pastor to be used as a church!

The initial groundwork for this project has already been laid. The site is being cleared, footings are being dug, supplies have been located, and the price of the materials has already been negotiated. Volunteers have committed to go and purchased their tickets. The workers in the construction crew are ready to travel October 15, 2007.

$3,000 dollars will buy the rest of the materials needed for this project!

Jonathan Travis, pastor of Bible Tabernacle in Clinton, Mississippi, is a good friend of mine who is leading this project. 100% of your contribution goes directly into “the mission.”

Please pray for both of these projects, if God directs you to contribute monetarily, send your contribution to:

HOPE: JAMAICA
To mail funds: Make funds payable to BIBLE TABERNACLE - Jamaica Project
136 E. Northside Dr.
Clinton, MS 39056

HOPE: DETROIT
To mail funds: Make funds payable to David Clary Ministries, Inc.
P.O. Box 1111
West Monroe, LA 71294

YOU MAY ALSO CLICK HERE TO DONATE FROM MY WEBSITE LINK DONATE NOW
CLICK ON THE MINISTRY SUPPORT LINK

Whether it is ten dollars, a hundred dollars, or a thousand dollars it will all be a great blessing to the homeless of Detroit and the hurting of Jamaica. To help sponsor this project simply click DONATE NOW
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Matthew 25:44-45 (New International Version)
44"They also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?'
45"He will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.'

LOVE YOU GUYS. REMEMBER TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN SOMEONE'S LIFE TODAY. If you can't give to either one of these causes, please find someone to help. That is the essence of Christianity. Doing Unto Others!

God bless!
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Episode 9: Fantasy Football

2007-09-13T15:07:00.000-06:00

Wow, this shoot was fun. We all gathered at Wingstop and hung out. I wasn't sure that I was even going to shoot this show and it just turned out really good. I have a couple of bloopers in this show. 1. I accidentally said, "I used to live in Boone" I meant, "I used to live in North Carolina", I didn't figure that one out until I was in post production...oh well. 2. My pants change between the time I'm walking from the parking lot into my office. See if you notice the difference. We shot on two seperate days and I forgot to wear the same pants, yikes! Editing rocks. It's pretty cool how you can change little mistakes and cover up mess ups, kinda wish life was that way sometimes. That's why we have grace and mercy. If you are on the verge of giving up this week...DON'T. God loves you and He will not only forgive you but he can fix you. Let God edit your life this week.

I love you guys, I really want to hear what's going on your life. Feel free to leave a comment.

Rock on, send me any tips and tricks for winning my league. It's going to be a blast.
It's not only fans that get into Fantasy Football. Check these out. Pretty Amazing stuff.

GO SAINTS ALL THE WAY BABY!

WOW!
Have a great week. I'm praying for you.

Jeremy
LSU all the way!
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First Day of Kindergarten

2007-08-19T22:30:00.000-06:00

Last Thursday was Jese’s (my 5 year old) first day of Kindergarten. She was a little freaked out but very hyper and pumped up about everything. I have no idea where she gets that from. The coolest thing was listening to Jayden (my 6 year old), who is the expert on Kindergarten, tell Jese all about the things she’s going to see and do. She told her, “Now Jese, you can’t hug the boys because you will get in trouble, but don’t worry, you’re going to have fun.” However, Jese came home after her first day and told me, “all the boys are doing whatever I tell them to.” THAT’S JUST PERFECT!

It only took one day to break her in and now she’s ruling the class, which scares me to death. I think that my wife and I were more trepidatious about her starting Kindergarten than she was.

I can’t believe our kids are in school. They are growing way too fast, but we are having a ball. My goal is to be the kind of father that can look back and say, “I have no regrets.”

Jayden and Jese eating their morning oatmeal before school. Banana and Strawberry. YUMMY

Jayden in her new 1st grade class behind a big girl desk. Me looking really sleepy. It's like 7:45am I mean C'mon!

Jese at her table on her very first Kindergarten Day. I am a very very proud and blessed daddy! I live with the 3 most beautiful women in the world.

Love you guys! Have a great week. Remember try something new and live without regrets!

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North American Youth Congress

2007-08-11T23:21:00.000-06:00

DUDES. North American Youth Congress ROCKED! Okay, it was really hot, like 105 every day but it was still a sweet sweet blast. Picture 18,000 crazy students packing Charlotte Bobcats Arena and screaming their faces off.

I did my comedy thing on Friday and it went awesome. The joint was laughing hard, but then again that's the goal. If people don't laugh.....I pretty much feel like an idiot! It went great except for the fact that I ripped on the guy on the front row because he looked like a 50 year old Wesley Snipes....he never stopped snarling at me. It was weird. I had to pay for protection after the show. lol.

Thank you all for enjoying the show. I have had ridiculous amounts of hits on my site and tons of subscriptions after that show. I guess that means you guys like me. SWEEEEEET!

Be sure to check out the site on Wednesday night. We will have a Youth Congress Special on the Jeremy Foster Show. The show will feature me (of course) and my friend Danny Rivers of www.bethechurch.cc as well as the Kathy Herles (The Voice of Dora The Explorer). It was an awesome week.

If you have any pics of me doing my thing, email them to me jeremy@jeremyfoster.org

I want to know what you think of the show so tell me your thoughts. If they are sweet, I like you, if they are not....I'll.....uhhhh....pray for you....I guess. ;)

Love you guys.

Crazy time

2007-08-06T21:07:00.000-06:00

Ok, You have to understand, my life has been insane these past few weeks, sooooooo we have been re-running episodes, but, this week we shoot again. YEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSS. I'm pumped. We are traveling to Charlotte North Carolina where I will be working with the North American Youth Congress.
This event will draw more than 18,000 people, so it's going to be sweet. I will be helping coordinate the event as well as ram-rod the media while I am there. It's going to be fun. I have a session on Friday that should be pretty crazy. I will film a show there and blast it around the world so that you guys can see what I'm doing. Check the blog, I'll also be putting updates on the blog this week.

Below is an interview that I did for ninetyandnine.com.

90&9: What is your official NAYC title?
JF: I think it’s Global Functionality Developer or Internal Usability Architect or Chief Configuration Facilitator. I’m waaaaaaay up there at the top. I’m the guy you never hear about who makes people disappear.
Okay, really, I made it sound cool, but I just do whatever the 3 Musketeers (Todd, Wayne, and Shay) tell me to do. It’s fun!

90&9: How’d you get this job?
JF: I started working with event coordination and general “do-whatever-it-takes-guy” at Louisiana Youth Camp about nine years ago and that’s where I first worked with Scott Graham. He called me before NAYC one year and asked me to be involved that year. We had a meeting before service the first night and he informed me that I would be sitting beside him on the platform. It freaked me out; I had to go buy some ties.
After Scott Graham retired Todd Gaddy called me and now they couldn’t get rid of me if they tried. It was and still is a massive honor to just be a part of the event and get to work with all of the incredible people involved.

90&9: How long have you been doing it?
JF: I think I’ve been at it with Youth Congress for about six years now.

90&9: Do you ever sleep at Congress?
JF: No, I have an assistant who actually does that for me so I can just stay up and work. It’s a sweet arrangement!

90&9: What’s the biggest challenge you face?
JF: The biggest challenge that I will face this year is “shot calling,” basically that is ensuring that everyone is where they need to be when they need to be there and that the production runs smooth and without any glitches. If a video doesn’t work or the platform falls apart, it’s pretty much my fault.

90&9: Any horror stories from the past?
JF: Yes, last year we had to move about 600 people who were sitting in the wrong section. They were not happy campers; they had gotten there like two hours early to save their seats. I think they ended up hating me, but I just smiled and told them it was all Todd Gaddy’s fault. (Just kidding.) I apologized and moved them to a VIP area that had a killer view and close vending machines. They were satisfied. We aim to please.

90&9: What’s the greatest satisfaction you get from doing this?
JF: I get to hang out with some of the greatest men and women on the planet. There are no cooler, more dedicated, and passionate guys than Todd, Shay, and Wayne. My satisfaction comes from getting the opportunity to serve them and make their job easier. Any time that my team accomplishes something that makes those guys breathe easier, it’s a win. It’s also a pretty big payoff to watch 18,000 young people get totally immersed in God.

90&9: What’s the first NAYC you attended and what do you remember?
JF: Wow, I’ve been going to these things forever. I don’t even remember the first year that I went, maybe it was the very first year in Indianapolis and I remember there was this girl I liked but she dumped me. Thank God because my wife is smokin. Oh yeah, and the preaching was really good.

90&9: What’s your favorite NAYC memory?
JF: Well, many moons ago I had a band, and we played at NAYC one year. We got killed because our music was a little crazy but it was fun. I listen to the stuff the bands are playing now and think, “I almost got excommunicated for waaaaaaaay less than that.” I saw one guitarist playing worship music on the stage at a sectional youth rally with a guitar strap that said, “Dept. of Metal Health.” I thought that was pretty stinking hilarious. How times have changed.

90&9: What do you see as the biggest challenge for youth today?
JF: I think the biggest challenge for this generation is building their own relationship with God and not relying on what someone else tells them. I want them to realize that Jesus Christ is culturally relevant and understands who they are and what they are going through.

It’s almost as if God’s not cool anymore. I fear that we are raising a generation of bottom-line believers who know how to act the part but have no idea how to be a Christian. The most important hurdle for this generation is getting beyond the frills and getting into a deep friendship with Christ and that takes a lot of personal time.

The second most important challenge is getting beyond condemnation and understanding mercy. I see a distorted view of mercy and grace that keeps a lot of students in chains and holds them out of a true and happy relationship with God. They are afraid to commit because they aren’t “perfect.” You can never earn it, you just have to trust God and give Him your mistakes.

90&9: (Excluding the Bible and family), I can’t live without…
JF: my iPod. It’s always with me, especially on long flights. I loooooooove my iPod.

90&9: The last item I downloaded was…
JF: B. J. Penn’s Instructional Jiu-Jitsu Seminar. (I’m a geek.)

90&9: _________ drives me crazy because __________
JF:PCs drive me crazy because MACs are so much cooler. Why wait on a PC when you could be working on a MAC?

Money drives me crazy because who needs it? Oh yeah, me. Am I getting paid for this?

Ruth Brown - Jennifer's Mom

2007-08-01T05:18:00.000-06:00

Hey guys,

I appreciate all of your continued prayers and support for my wife and her family in the loss of her mother. It has been a tough 2 days. Her mother was happy and jovial on Sunday as we celebrated her birthday, but she unexpectedly turned worse on Monday morning and passed from this life yesterday afternoon. Jen and her family have taken it very hard. Ruth was an awesome awesome lady.

She was the greatest mother-in-law a guy could want. She was always on my side. lol. She was continually up on the latest celebrity gossip, thanks to the National Enquirer, and wasn't afraid to start talking about Brad and Angelina like they were her neighbors. She was hilarious.

She loved her grandkids dearly and was a terrific mamaw.

I had the privilege of baptizing her this year.

She was loved by everyone who knew her and will be greatly missed by all.

Love you guys, thanks for your prayers. Hug your mom today!

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SOUL WINNERS BOOTCAMP 2007

2007-07-16T20:16:00.000-06:00

One week ago i flew into Tampa, Florida to hang out at Soul Winners Bootcamp. Okay picture this, 750 people hit the city pumped up and ready to share the love of Jesus Christ. IT WAS CRAZY! I taught a session Friday along with Matt Maddix and Murell Cornwell
and then we hit the streets and pumped everyone up to come out to the party in the park that night.

The Royal Tailor Band and Down To Earth rocked the party

That night 40 people receive the Holy Spirit and 70 got baptized. It was crazy.

There were people everywhere. I even busted into some old school ryhmes and stage dived just to please the people. You gotta love me. I'm just doing it BIG for Jesus dudes.

Saturday night we had another park party and then I did a session and we hit Ybor City in downtown Tampa to talk to all of the people who were out clubbin. I had my handy little bull-horn and went about spreading the crazy cool love of God. It was insane. There were people praying on the side walks and in the streets.

All in all we had more than 140 people receive the Holy Spirit and 190 get baptized and saw tons of people repent and pray. It was one of the coolest most life changing experiences that you can have. In all we ministered to close to 10,000 people in one weekend. It was rockin. You can read more about it at www.swbootcamp.com.

Keep it real dudes. Love ya'll

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Independance Day Show

2007-07-04T22:21:00.001-06:00

Wow, this one took a life of it's own, really, we didn't really even know what to expect it all just kind of happened. Probably not the most professional show we've done, but definately one of the most fun.

The fireworks war was the best. All of the fireworks seemed to gravitate towards our cameraman Brad. He did a lot of dancing, it wasn't pretty.

The costume shop was really hilarious. There was a lot of "Donnie" footage that we had to cut out because he's just such an idiot, we could've used up the whole 30 minutes.

Hope we make you guys smile and at the same time think about your salvation. If you haven't been spirit filled, you can! TODAY!

Love you guys. Let me know what you think.

Home Sweet Home

2007-07-02T21:32:00.000-06:00

Virginia has been my home for 2 complete weeks. I have been to 4 different places in these two jam packed weeks and spoke 12 times in 13 days, it’s been crazy! I have seen some completely and utterly awesome stuff that can only be described as “Neato”.

For instance:

A bunch of Teens have been totally filled with the spirit of God (which was really cool). It was awesome to watch as these students completely give everything that they had to God. Virginia Junior and Senior camps have rocked.

Jermaine and I prayed together and he received the Holy Spirit for the very first time. It was awesome.

I saw a pirate ship in the water in the Chesapeake Bay and I was pumped and exclaimed this excitedly to my girlfriend (Jennifer) who politely pointed out that it was a buoy (so much for Jack Sparrow).

I discovered that a friend of mine is a secret agent working for NSA.
No no REALLY….SERIOUSLY. He speaks Arabic and travels around the world with a backpack. Freaky huh (I wish I could tell you more but…uhhhh....I can’t) shhhhhhhhh.

I found out that my kids are really REALLY scared of the Pirate ship ride at Busch Gardens (they were really mad about the whole thing and for some reason it was directed at me even though their mother is the one that got them on the ride in the first place) They screamed the entire time. THANKS A LOT MOM!
They were much happier on this ride although they were a little nervous at first.

My youngest daughter got chicken pox for the second time. YES YOU CAN GET IT TWICE.
It freaked me out, I thought it was spider bites at first because she had like 7 of them and then WALLA! 300 of them appear all over her 5-year-old self. It was cute and scary at the same time. She was mad because she couldn’t leave the room to play on the swings.

Virginia has been a blast, I got to hang out with a bunch of old friends and at the same time watch as God changed a bunch of people’s lives. I’m pumped about all of the incredible testimonies I’ve already heard. A great big thank you to Jack Cunningham, Gary Peirson, Chad Douglas, Akil Thompson, Jason and Joe Forebush, and Daniel Hoilman. You guys are all the coolest. I had fun.

This week I’m headed to Soul Winner’s Boot Camp in St. Petersburg Florida to teach two general sessions. It’s going to be sweet. I’ll post pics.

Love you cats.

Jeremy

Little Clip from Student Camp

2007-06-20T23:34:00.001-06:00

Here you go guys. This is a little clip from Texaco camp that someone bootlegged with their phone and uploaded to the internet. I had a blast with those Texans man. Probably the funnest camp I've ever been to, we laughed and cried and had an awesome time with Jesus. This is one of our lighter moments.

I'm in Virginia right now doing a Senior camp this week and a Junior camp next week. Say a prayer for me, my voice is a bit rough from all of the speaking, but God is doing some really awesome stuff here in VA. I'll throw up some pics and stuff later on. I'll also have a new show up when I get home.

Jeremy

P.S. I'm headed to St. Petersburg Florida in 3 weeks to do two sessions at Soul Winners Boot Camp www.swbootcamp.com check it out.

LEBRON WHO?!

2007-06-14T21:45:00.000-06:00

How could the Cavs do this to me? Don’t get me wrong, I dig the Spurs, and I’m as much of a Tony Parker/Tim Duncan fan as the next guy but I at least wanted it to be a decent finals. I mean, c’mon Lebron, just make some shots dude. Work your magic man and make something happen, but nooooooooooooooooooo, you just had to let them HAVE the Finals; the Cavs didn’t even put up a fight.
It almost looked too easy for the Spurs; it reminded me of Apollo Creed getting royally demolished by the Russian in Rocky 4. I was on my knees with the Balboa tears screaming NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Ok, ok, ok, here’s the point; when you get on the big stage, you can’t choke. You have to step up and do it BIG. Nobody wanted Lebron to stink; everyone wanted him to win at least one game. Sadly, they choked.

The same thing happens in our lives. There are times when we get an opportunity to make a difference and really do the right thing, but for some reason we find ourselves choking. We make that massive mistake and fail miserably; we mess up and keep falling into that addictive behavior or repetitive sin. The cool thing about basketball is this, the Cavs get another shot next year! Here’s the even cooler thing about your life; YOU GET ANOTHER SHOT RIGHT NOW!

All you have to do is ask God to forgive you of your sins and then get up and keep going. Stop kicking yourself and watching the replays of your mistakes over and over and over again. Right now, you can receive the power to get God’s forgiveness. Repent of your sins, let God fill you with His spirit, then forgive yourself, get up, and keep going.

Do IT BIG for Jesus this week!

Love you guys.

(pics by ESPN.com)

TEXACO RULES!!!

2007-06-11T00:21:00.000-06:00

CAMP REALITY!!

Ok, I just have to say, Texaco Youth Camp was the coolest. The students were insane for Jesus, it was awesome. There were about 500 people there and it was absolutely a blast the whole week. Texaco, you guys are the bomb.

I flew in on Monday and spoke Monday night, Tues - Friday and we had nothing but fun. These students were awesome. They laughed at all of my jokes, which is a great thing (heheh) and they really knew how to pray. You know what, there is nothing like living for God and I mean really "Living" for God; giving everything you have to Him. These guys know how to dig in for Jesus. I was really encouraged by their response to the word of God. I'm serious when I say these students know how to pray. It was awesome to watch them get on their knees and pray for 45 minutes after each session. On Thursday we talked about serving others and they went crazy and started cleaning the whole camp ground. It was the coolest!

I had a blast with all of you Texaco PEEPS. You guys are the greatest!

Here are a few emails I received from some of the students. God is awesome!!!!

14 year old girl:
"i just wanted to say that you are the greatest that there could ever be. the youth of my generation are lucky to have you around to show us the right path.
you changed my life, your message where you had all the youth pray over the ones who were going through depression, and were cutting them selves touched me in such a way that no other message has be for because i personaly am a victom of cutting but after your message i have pledged to others and myself that if i am going through a situation such as that, that i will talk to someone about my problems and i will pray about it.
so i just wanted to thank you for changing my life and showing me that NO problem is to big for god"

15 year old guy:
"Thank You (Jeremy) For Preaching that message.
I no longer feel depressed. I would cut alot before youth camp and i was look forward to being relieved from that.....Delivered. I am. I'm so glad. GOD IS GOOD.
You rock. Your an awesome preacher. I loved your PReaching. SO funny."

If you were a Texaco camper, I'd love to hear from you (post a comment). You guys keep rocking for God. It was awesome to watch you dudes go deeper in Christ. Keep doing it and it will blow your mind what God will show you.

DO IT BIG FOR JESUS. You never know who you are reaching. This week, tell someone that Jesus loves them, it may be just what they need!

Jeremy

Here are some cool pics from the students at camp.

Episode 6: WHAT ME, WORRY?!

2007-06-03T21:56:00.000-06:00

This was by far one of our more difficult shoots. Not because of camera angles or locations, but because I was pretty stinking sick the whole time. I was afraid it would come across on camera and that you guys would be like, "what a moron." But it turned out way better than I expected. I prayed the whole time. I would hack and cough and then Brad would say action and I'd put on my crystal clear radio announcers voice. It was crazy. But we got through it.

I really feel like someone out there needs to see this and stop living under the weight of the world and let God handle some of your anxiety. Only he can control the future so you have to trust him with it. Plus I really wanted you guys to hear my awesome rendition of "Don't Worry, Be Happy". I'm sure that Bobby McFerrin would be proud.

You guys might remember Bobby McFerrin. His song "Don't Worry, Be Happy" (featured in the 1988 movie Cocktail starring Tom Cruise) was a #1 U.S. pop hit in 1988 and won the Grammy for Best Song of the Year. I actually thought he was dead, here's why; according to Wikipedia.org McFerrin is at the center of an ongoing false urban legend which claims, ironically, that he committed suicide after his fame from "Don't Worry, Be Happy" diminished. I thought it was pretty wild to discover that he was alive after I had been hearing all of these years that he was dead. It just further proves my point. You can't always go around worrying what other people are saying or thinking about you. Worry will never get you anywhere.

Remember this, if the devil can't kill you, he'll try to make you think you're dead. This week make up in your mind that you will stop worrying and start trusting.

Love you guys. Let me know what you think of the show. It's always encouraging to read your emails and posts.
J

Sweet Photo Shoot!

2007-06-02T22:22:00.000-06:00

Steve Myers and I went out the other day for a TJFS (The Jeremy Foster Show) official photo shoot. I'm really getting big time....uhhh.....okay....I'm a moron. :) We had an awesome time. We acted preeeety stupid and people that were driving by thought I was a wacko, but it was all for the show people, all for the show. heheheh. Here are a few of the shots. I can't wait for you guys to see the rest of the insane cool shots that we got. I actually jumped on a moving train, it was awesome. Let me know what you think. Steve is a camera magician, you can check out his work at www.stevenmyersphotography.com.

American Eagle WHO?

New show will be out tomorrow online and hit TV this Wednesday night. CHECK IT OUT. Be sure to tell your friends.

Graduation Day

2007-05-28T13:14:00.000-06:00

Jayden, my oldest daughter, graduated last week from Kindergarten. It was awesome. She was chosen out of all the graduating kindergartners to lead the graduating class in the prayer.

I was one pumped daddy. It was cool to watch her walk across the stage and get her diploma. She was fired up after it was over and very excited to be going into the first grade.

It made me think about accomplishments in our lives and milestones. Life is not always about the destination; it's about the journey. Make sure that you are enjoying the journey and taking time to accomplish the things that you have always dreamed about. You'll never be sorry that you took time to invest in yourself.

Congratulations Jayden, Daddy and Mommy love you and we are very very proud!

Episode 5: BALANCING ACT

2007-05-23T17:04:00.000-06:00

Ok this was a crazy shoot; it took us like 4 days here and there to actually complete the shoot. My schedule was insane and we just had to shoot when we could. We had a great time shooting. We employed some new stuff on this show. We put music beds under almost all of my speaking parts, what did you guys think? Like it or hate it? We felt like it broke it up a bit and brought it out a little more.

Watch at the end of the show, right before I balance the ladder I almost drop it, pretty funny stuff. Oh yeah, this is hilarious, as Donnie is walking off behind me and he throws that piece of plate, watch how fast it ricochets back and almost nails him. heheheh I got a big kick out of that.

Hope you guys enjoy this one. We are trying to communicate the importance of allowing your life to be led completely by the Holy Spirit. In order to do that you have to be filled with it.

Post your comments; I am interested in what you guys think.

Thanks a ton for watching, your comments and emails are what make me want to do this!!!!!

Jeremy

Happy Mother's Day

2007-05-15T20:47:00.000-06:00

For mother's day I took my little wife to hear her favorite jazz/funk/R&B singer, Bishop John Legend in Dallas at the Majestic Theater. It was a sweet concert and we had a blast just hanging out together. I am reaaaaaaaaly in love with my wife. She is the greatest mom and wife on the planet. Isn't she cute too. I love you baby.

Kiss Your mom!

New Episode: DO OVER!

2007-05-09T23:10:00.000-06:00

I'm a terrible basketball player. I didn't have to try at all to stink during this shoot, it just came natural.

Say a prayer for us. With this episode we are attempting to emphasize the importance of Baptism. Pray that our show will have an effect on people and influence them to follow the scriptures and be baptized in Jesus name. There is so much power in the name of Jesus, we just have to wake up and realize it. I urge you this week to pray "in Jesus name". We as Christians are to do everything in His name. Apply that name to your life today through baptism and watch God blow up some awesome stuff in your life. If you've had an awesome baptism experience I want to hear about it. Help change someone's life today and encourage them to be baptized.

Love you guys. Please share the show with your friends.

Cactus Town

2007-05-08T21:20:00.000-06:00

Arizona was great. I got to go out into the extreme desert on Sunday morning and I found this sweet awesome Cactus. This sucker was massive. I never even had a clue they could get that big. They say this one is well over 200 years old and it can go up to 3 years with no rain.

This is a cute little desert squirrel that looks like a rat. The natives consider them a delicacy, they grabbed him by the tail and grilled him for us. He tasted great.

Ok that was a lie but you have to admit that would be cool if they did. heheheh.
Here's a stupid video that I made while I was in the desert. It's on my phone so the quality is bad, but it's cool.

Love you guys,
Jeremy

PHOENIX IS AWESOME

2007-05-04T11:15:00.000-06:00

Dudes, what's up.

I'm in Phoenix AZ and it rocks. The weather is sweet here. My body is having to get used the the shock of leaving Vancouver where it was like 40 and getting here where it's like 90. But it's dry heat no humidity so that makes it better. Say a prayer for me. I'm speaking at a brand new church. They are rocking, it is very multicultural and I love it. They have only been going for 6 months and are experiencing explosive growth.

People here are so open to hearing about God. God did some really cool stuff last night. Say a special prayer for the Sunday gathering at 2pm. A bunch of people are going to get a complete life change.

Love you guys, that's what I'm up to, what about you?
J

Episode 4

2007-05-01T23:32:00.000-06:00

The Canadian show is here!!!! This show was awesome to shoot. The show starts out in my back yard and we end up on top of Grouse mountain in Vancouver Canada. The scenery was beautiful and Donnie and I had a blast. There were a few moments when people on the mountain thought we were complete morons. Post a comment and let me know what you think of our massive snow man that we built.

There was a really awesome white wolf that we got pretty close to and took a picture of. NO DUMMY IT'S NOT A DOG. It really is a wolf. Seriously.

It was an all around great time. The snow shoes weren't the easiest thing in the world to walk in. There was such a fine layer of powder on top of the snow that whenever we walked snow kicked up all over us. It was pretty stinking cold, but it was awesome. At the end of the show you'll see these guys snow boarding, check out how amazingly bad they are at it. It must have been a beginners class because they stunk pretty bad. But hey, at least they're trying....or something.

Thanks for watching. Let me know your thoughts.

For Slam Planet Students
WHERE OH WHERE IS MICHAEL SHANNON? Let me know slam planet to get your name in next weeks credits.

Me and Billy on the Mountain

2007-04-29T00:21:00.000-06:00

DUDES! The shoot was awesome today on the mountain. The views are spectacular. You have to watch Wednesday nights show. Donnie and I made some sweet snow angels.

Here are a few pics of our experience. Me and my baby. WHOO HOO!!!

Me and this dude that hiked 3,500 feet to the summit in 48 minutes, he's a beast and he's old. He was the coolest old dude. It was like 17 degrees and he had hiking shorts on. I couldn't get him to stop talking but he was really cool. He told me all about how this guy fell off the mountain and they searched and searched and searched (he said it 3 times) and never found him. It was really scary. He looks kinda like Billy Graham. DUDE, I THINK IT WAS BILLY GRAHAM. I didn't even get his autograph. Wow, Billy Graham is much stronger than I thought.

Richie and Donnie working. MAC ON THE MOUNTAIN!!!!APPLE RULES!

Me and my buddy Donnie. Watch the videos below. They are awesome.

LOOKING FOR BEARS

2007-04-27T18:13:00.000-06:00

In Vancouver British Columbia, that's not Britain or Columbia for all of you rednecks, it's Canada. We are on top of Grouse mountain getting ready for next weeks shoot. It's crazy snowing up here dudes and there are bears loose. SWEET!!!

Found the Bear

2007-04-27T18:05:00.000-06:00

DUDES I FOUND THE BEARS YIIIIIIIIIIIIKES!

Donnie tries to sled!!!!! YIPPEEEEEE

2007-04-27T18:00:00.000-06:00

This is awesome. The snow is around 8-10 feet deep on top of Grouse mountain. We are actually filming next weeks show here tomorrow, you guys have to check it out.

I got snow in my shoes, pants, shirt, EVERYWHERE. But it was a blast. Wish you guys were here.

THE TV SHOW IS NOW ONLINE

2007-04-23T20:50:00.000-06:00

WHOO HOOO it's here dudes.

This is the reason we disappeared for like 4 weeks. We have been breaking our backs on production. There is a huge difference between a 5-minute quick show and a 30-minute TV production. It's been a blast though.

This is actually our third episode. It was a stupid awesome blast to shoot it and the response has been great. We are playing in more than 350,000 homes and people have started recognizing me on the street, it's weird. God is doing some sweet stuff with the show and I can't wait to see all the lives that He is going to revolutionize as a result. That's our main purpose and focus. To reach people that conventional church isn't reaching.

Let me know what you guys think.

J

Vancouver Missions Trip

2007-04-23T10:31:00.000-06:00

Hey guys, We are heading out in the morning for Vancouver British Columbia and I'm stoked. Not only because it's a sweet missions trip but becasue it's 50 degrees. YES!

We are going over to do a pastor's conference, so say a prayer for us.

The TV show has been going for 2 weeks and the response is killer. There are some pretty huge things in the works so be sure to keep checking back. Hopefully this week we'll have the television episodes online and you guys can start seeing what we are doing. I'm excited about all of the cool doors that God is opening.

Have an awesome week!

The Show is HERE!

2007-04-11T20:36:00.000-06:00

We air our debut television show tonight. If you are in South Arkansas, North Louisiana, or NW Mississippi you'll be able to see it. We are pretty pumped about it. Pretty soon we will have the actual television episodes online for you to watch. Say a prayer that many lives will be changed!!

Our goal is to reach people that may never darken the doors of a church or who are tired of conventional religion. I want to change my world. Thanks for your prayers.

Jeremy

DUDES!

2007-04-09T00:44:00.000-06:00

Hey guys, we have now been over two weeks with no new episode. You'll have to forgive me, we have been getting everything together for our weekly TV show. It airs this Wednesday night at 10pm, that will be our regularly scheduled timeslot. Please be in prayer for the show. We have already had a lot of excitement and energy going into this effort. I know that you guys are going to be a big help and support. Please pray that God will change lives through this medium. We'll have the 30 minute shows online soon. Feel free to shoot me your thoughts and ideas.

J

Episode 6: SWEET! A Baby Shark.

2007-03-15T19:33:00.000-06:00

Dudes, we have been picked up by a regional television station and we are going to reformat the show for 30 minutes. Say a prayer, it's pretty exciting. The show will be piped into more than 350,000 homes. I'm pretty pumped. I know that you guys will be too. I'd love to hear your thoughts and ideas. We are excited and will begin shooting this month for our April pilot.

In the past month I have been traveling so much it was hard to shoot. I was in Newark, DE, NYC, Chicago, SC, and TX. It's been wild but a blast. I know that God is doing some sweet stuff and I'm just stoked to be doing what He's blessing.

Episode 6: Bad To The Bone!!

2007-02-28T22:46:00.000-06:00

This was fun! We actually had an all access pass to the brand new $1,000,000 field house, as well as the practice field and the newly turfed playing field. It was fun. Here's a little insider secret, I had to actually try to miss the field goals. SUPRISE! I am a rocking place kicker and I didn't even know it. I was making it almost every time, we had to keep reshooting. DUDE that's it I'm going tomorrow to try out for the Saints, YES! Oh wait, I'm 30 years old. STUPID! Well I guess you're never too old to discover a completely worthless talent that you never knew you had.

Hope you guys enjoyed the jazzed up feel of the show with the music and pop shots. It was really fun. Thanks for all of your cool comments and emails. You guys are the coolest.

Episode 5: I Killed Elmo!!

2007-02-20T20:55:00.000-06:00

I had a bit too much fun shooting this one. We had great plans to get a lot of cool shots all over the city, but it rained and was pretty stinking overcast, so we had to shoot fast. Do you guys like the outisde shots? Let me know if you have any thoughts or ideas for future shoots. Be sure to pass it on to your friends and throw it up on your blog. Enjoy, Jeremy

Episode 4: I Can't Feel My Legs - The Blooper Reel

2007-02-10T17:18:00.000-06:00

Watch and see if you can find the blooper in this episode.
If you heard me say "Sometimes good things happen to bad people" then you heard the blooper. The saying obviously goes "sometimes bad things happen to good people". We thought about loading up all of our equipment and going back on location and re-shooting that segment. Then I got to thinking about it. Sometimes good things do happen to bad people.

It's frustrating when the guy beside you in traffic, who has a major road rage/jerk problem, gets the break and you still have to sit behind the long line of red lights. It's not easy watching people who we don't think should get all the good stuff end up, winning the lottery. It would be a lot easier just to walk up and slap them and scream, "how does that feel". But that's the way life goes at times and we have to learn to deal with that just like anything else. You can't allow what does or does not happen to someone else dictate how you visualize your present or your future.

This week, do something great. Don't judge yourself off of someone else's success or failure. Live today and jumpstart your dream!

Have a great week!!

By the way: What do you guys think about the outside format? Let me know what you think. We want to keep it exciting.

The Colts and Coach Dungy's Faith

2007-02-08T09:40:00.000-06:00

I have to say I was pretty pumped that the Colts won the Super Bowl. Not because I don’t like the Bears, I do, and I was really pulling for Rex Grossman to do well, although he was arguably the Colts MVP. I just thought it was time for Peyton Manning and Tony Dungy to win the big game.

I highly respect Coach Dungy for not only vocalizing his faith so many times during his acceptance speech, but because he hasn’t wavered from that faith over the years. It's easy for athletes, movie stars, and music moguls to thank God in their speeches, it's an entirely different thing to live it day to day and be known for your faith.

Atlanta Falcons running back Warrick Dunn said this of his former coach, "He never gives you room to question his faith."
Through the loss of his son James in 2005 to the biggest win of his career, Tony Dungy has remained consistent.

"You may not win the Super Bowl. Your kids may not go on to be doctors and lawyers and everything may not go perfectly. That doesn't mean it was a bad plan or the wrong thing. It's just like a football season. Everything's not going to go perfect. You're going to have some losses that you're going to have to bounce back from and some things that are a little unforeseen that you're going to have to deal with. It's how you work your way through things.
The Lord has a plan. We always think the plans are A, B, C and D, and everything is going to be perfect for us and it may not be that way, but it's still his plan."
Coach Tony Dungy, Indianapolis Colts

Colts Locker Room After Super Bowl Win

Quotes and photos in this blog adapted from espn.com

New Show

2007-02-07T10:00:00.000-06:00

Hey guys, we are getting ready to shoot Episode 4 and we are going to try something different. So be looking for it. The show should post tonight or tomorrow. I am anxious to hear what you guys think. Make sure that you post the show on your blog or myspace. To post Episode 3 just copy and paste this text into your browser http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbAJS_QwdGU once you've done that then copy and paste the text that says "Embed" and paste it in your blog and Wala! Episode 3 will be on your blog.

Have an awesome day!!
J

The Deceptive Mullet Man

2007-02-05T12:02:00.000-06:00

Okay, first, I am an organized person. I’m not wacko organized but I don’t usually do stupid stuff like plan a date with my wife on Friday when I am supposed to be speaking at a seminar in Texas. Way to go Jeremy! I’m at my office and my wife calls me and says, “Honey, you got the dates wrong on your calendar, you are supposed to be in Dallas this weekend, not next weekend.” It was 6pm Friday and I was scheduled to take the stage at 10:30pm for a comedy/training event, I was the final speaker of the evening. I flew home from the office grabbed the bag that my wife had packed, dove into the car, peeled out of the driveway and barreled down the interstate at speeds of (slightly) more than the speed limit. Have you ever done something stupid, like praying that the cops won’t catch you? Well, they didn’t, but Alba Texas (pop. 462) did. For some reason my car decided that it liked Alba, Texas and wanted to stop there. So with no prompting from me, my car took the initiative and quit running right there on the side of the road in Alba. Okay, I’m in the middle of nowhere, it’s cold, and my cell phone service is patchy (Sprint covers 97% of the US and I’m always in the 3% they don’t cover). Then out of the darkness comes my hero, my savior, a guy with an awesome mullet. Wikipedia Mullet Definition: A relatively short on top, longer at the back, with the ears exposed. The mullet also goes by various nicknames, including Ape Drape, Camaro Cut, Mud flap, Hockey Hair, ten-ninety, Kentucky Waterfall, Neck Warmer and you get the point.
So out of the black night comes a genuine Texas redneck who I just knew had an in depth history of auto mechanics. I exited the driver side door and said, in fluent redneck, “This dumb car dun broke down, you got any cables?” Here was a man who I knew understood my plight, after all, you don’t wear the mullet hair do unless you understand business and pleasure (business in the front/Party in the back – the mullet). He looked at me blankly and turned around and said over his shoulder, “I’ll go call a friend” and then he disappeared. He never returned.

I have now lost all hope and faith in the mullet population. I judged a book by it's cover and automatically assumed that the mullet king was a handy/friendly guy. I was sadly mistaken. In fact, after a while, I did get a little scared that he would go get his friends. It would be a mullet reunion, a convention. And then my mind played tricks on me I begin to see scores of evil mulleted, tank top clad figures forming in the forest like Gorillas in the mist all around me (it was dark and cold, cut me some slack). Now, I was praying for the cops to find me, please for the love of all that is holy, FIND ME. I forced myself not to succumb to Mullet madness and I walked until I had cell phone service (I Loathe Sprint).

With the help of a few friends, I eventually made it to my seminar and had this wonderful story to tell. We towed my car home and I have another date planned with my lovely wife, far away from planet mullet and its inhabitants.
That was my weekend how was yours?

The Chuck Norris Facts!

2007-02-02T16:50:00.000-06:00

I have no idea why this stuff makes me laugh so hard. Maybe it's my weird sense of humor or because I'm just stupid, but the Chuck Norris facts are nothing short of awesome. I even thought of featuring a Chuck Norris joke on one of the shows. I mean is Chuck really this tough or did he make the stuff up about himself. If I was Chuck I would have definitely thought of this idea first.

• Chuck Norris invented black. In fact, he invented the entire spectrum of visible light. Except pink. Tom Cruise invented pink.
• Chuck Norris grinds his coffee with his teeth and boils the water with his own rage.
• Chuck Norris counted to infinity - twice.
• They say curiosity killed the cat. This is false. Chuck Norris killed the cat. Every single one of them.
• There is no chin behind Chuck Norris’ beard. There is only another fist.
• Chuck Norris is the reason why Waldo is hiding.
• Chuck Norris does not get frostbite. Chuck Norris bites frost
• Chuck Norris doesn’t wear a watch, HE decides what time it is.
• Chuck Norris can lead a horse to water AND make it drink.
• There is no such thing as global warming. Chuck Norris was cold, so he turned the sun up.

Have a great day!

Episode 3: You Talking To Me?!

2007-02-01T00:02:00.000-06:00

Allright Guys, here she is, the brand new show. WoW I can't tell you how much fun I am having shooting these shows, it is such a blast. In the immortal words of Napoleane Dynamite, "SWEET".

Dudes, I would love to have some feedback from you guys (the faithful bloggers) on what topics you would like to see "The Show" tackle. It can be anything, just post some ideas and let's get this baby rolling. Thanks for all of your kind words in the comments section, you guys rock the mic. I have to give a shout out to Peter Tuberville, he is doing an awesome job as executive producer.
Allright, let's get the comments rolling and hear what you have to say about future shows.

Episode 2: I'm Sorry Clint Eastwood

2007-01-25T22:36:00.000-06:00

Here you go guys. I heard the voice of the people. Clint Eastwood is really ticked at me. I'm sorry big guy. Actually it was planned that way all along HAHAHAHAH. Okay, sorry, I got a little carried away. Here's this week's show. Hope you guys enjoy.

Show Debuts on TV

2007-01-25T09:55:00.000-06:00

Tonight at 7pm "The Jeremy Foster Show" will debut live on Channel 39. Jeremy will be the featured guest. Be sure to check it out and let us know what you think.

The Jeremy Foster Show

2007-01-15T13:09:00.000-06:00

Comment on this week's Episode. What are your thoughts, ideas, suggestions, and what is the deal with the whole new year's revolution phenomenon. I need answers people!