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Kirk Franklin introduces new book THE BLUEPRINT: A Plan for Overcoming Life’s Obstacles

For some people, obstacles are minor bumps in the road on the way to success. For others, obstacles represent a major catastrophe of epic proportions threatening to disrupt any chance of success they may have otherwise had. But for seven-time GRAMMY® award winner Kirk Franklin, obstacles represent the challenges needed to propel you through life. In THE BLUEPRINT: A Plan for Living Above Life’s Storms (Gotham Books; May 18, 2010; ), Franklin reveals how he turned negative aspects from his own life-drugs, an absent father, teenage parenthood, poverty, etc.-into blessings by learning from them and moving forward. The beauty of THE BLUEPRINT is that Franklin by no way claims to be perfect or have insider knowledge of how to live your life wisely, but rather puts his setbacks and faults on full blast and suggests that oftentimes people, like Franklin at one point, go through life without a plan for success, simply living purposelessly, and without a person to show them the right way. THE BLUEPRINT fills the void of not knowing which way to turn and arms you the necessary tools to succeed.

By the time Franklin was just fifteen years old, he was a young father, without an encouraging  figure in his life, and just another statistic on the street. As he explains in THE BLUEPRINT, “The street corner was my classroom. The ‘hood was my Harvard.” He went through life thinking he knew it all, and blamed the fact that he didn’t have a role model for not being able to achieve his dreams, until the day he realized he had to turn his life around and become the man he needed to be on his own. That is what Franklin has outlined in THE BLUEPRINT-a chance for young people to become the person they need to be, no matter what the situation, or where they come from.

Today, Franklin is the proud father of four and devoted husband of fourteen years, as well as one of the biggest multiplatinum-selling gospel artists of all time. He credits his faith in God and a very close mentor he found later in his life for his success.

Whether you’re down and out, misguided, or simply need a boost to push forward, THE BLUEPRINT is the essential guide to creating a better you, one day at a time. Success doesn’t come easy, but it will come with a helping hand. Follow THE BLUEPRINT and start living the life you were always meant to live.

Did King Solomon have 27 inch rims? Did Ezekiel have a vision of God riding on spinners??? Well, during this Good News Talk Show, Timashion Jones(an American rapper, poet and actor) goes into a rim shop in Michigan to look at some rims! He also reads what the Scriptures has to say about them. Now, if kings who God ordained were riddin’ on big wheels, and if God even had some spinners… certainly we can ride on them as Christians! Let’s see….

Oh yeah, some of you will be pleased to know that Timashion records and edits all of his episodes right on his iPhone (even uploads them to YouTube with it! Gotta give props where props are due roho safi!ama vp??!! some Jesus swagga right thurr!!LOL!).

On with the show!

The National Weather Service advises that if you’re ever caught out in the open during severe lightning storm, you should kneel down, bend forward, and put your hands on your knees. Then, if lightning strikes nearby, your body will be less likely to serve as a conductor. Maximum safety depends on keeping a low physical profile.

The same applies to Christians caught in life’s storms- we must assume a low spiritual posture. This means we must humble ourselves before the Lord, because pride and rebellion can harden us. I speak truthfully, depart from evil, do good and seek peace. Our heavenly Father wants us to stay close to Him when our hearts are hurting so He can impart His renewing strength and healing love.

Yes, we’ll get drenched in the driving rains of adversity, and sometimes its fierce winds will buffet us so severely that we’ll almost be swept off our feet. With each blinding flash of lightning we may be strongly tempted to get up and run. But keeping a low spiritual profile of humility and fear of God is the surest and safest way to weather the storm. David assured us that those who trust in God in life’s storm will not be condemned.

Easter Musical And Poetry Night Review

Well Easter came early this year.Yes I said it.The Easter Musical and Poetry night was held last weekend at the thika community chapel.And mayne did those boys and girls represent and deliver the true meaning of Easter.The musical kicked off immediately at 7pm and surprisingly majority were seated and were enjoying the candle lit ambiance at the chapel and whispering to each other as they reflected on the day.I must say i was impressed.

On the keys was our main man ‘the seven fingers’ Danny,The slamPoet Mantu,The Narrator Nellex,The vocalists Faith, Arthur  & Josephine,The Hiphoppers X-nolix & Daniel kye.

Dannie playing those keys of life.

You should trying listening to this guy via an Mp3 player or an I-pod mmmmmmmm,

Gifted and talented i Say,A young Isaiah Katumwa in the making.(Aaron rimbui should look out for this guy)

Faith,Dan and Mantu push on into the evening making sure that the musical was well delivered.

The crowd looks on,one can tell really tell that they didnt want to loose track of a single narration as the perfomance

pressed onto the night.If you really are kin you might just spot on of our official editors in the crowd(Some homework for you)

7:45pm:Faith delivers a wonderful solo perfomance about Easter with dannie on the keyboard

Mantu leads the way with His Up Up into the air act out.For sho Jesus rose again from the dead.

The crowd loves it and joins in.

If you look into the below pic try an spot nellex in the green top

(Nellex just had to pose and exhibit his shagzmodoz swag , and pose for the camera instead of joining in the jig)

The spoken word checked in at exactly 8:05pm with Dan & Dannie on the guitar

Faith presses on with a solo Kiswahili  perfomance about the Love of Christ

Well most definitely we would not leave out the ambience,we had to take this snap and

make sure that you caught a glimpse of how it looked like through the naked eye.Impressive I say “Well lit”

Dannie and X-nolics present the wonderful hiphop jazz act.I just coulnt stop bobbing my head,for a minute there i thought i was a hiphopper.

X-nolics hold it down for the hiphop heads

The crowd savors the soulful sounds

8:15pm Members of Bgp’s(well we thought they could only dance,think again!They can sing to,and SING VERY WELL)

8:20pm Nellex delivers his narration as He brings the musical to a beautiful end,this guy should try applying for a job at CNN,i must say his diction was on point.

The crowd right outside the chapel

8:45 pm All good things have a good and beautiful end,Mary right outside the chapel takes a snap with the reknown Mantu the poet “looking Good”

Well the show had ended but this fans just had to stay on and take a snap

The technical team of x-hoodz just had to steal the show.

from left Dannie “music maestro”,Sam Kan-x(music producer) Dj Priesty (X-hoodz CEO),Doxa (Dj)

Excellent show,excellent performance.We believe this is just the beginning of wonderful shows to come  where Christ is the center piece.We pray and believe that people will get to know about the love of Christ.HAPPY EASTER!

Well done

In this video, GIV G features Dannie, who is also his producer.

GIV G is also on facebook as Steve Mugwe

Giv-g (aka Give clean Gospel) was born in central Kenya.
He got Born again when he was 8yrs old at a local church meeting and from then on,he’s been growing stronger in the Lord and ministering the gospel through music.
Giv-g developed interest in music back in high school in form 2 through the influence of his older brother who used to write Hip Hop and RnB music both for himself and for other artists.
It was not easy for Giv-g to develop the writing skills since he was born in the rural area where his literal skills and diction were an impairment but he pushed on, putting his thoughts into writing and as he went to school, he got good at it and is now the great songwriter he is today.
His first song titled ‘Rapture’ was written by his brother (Tonnie) and coincidentally recorded at the now defunct Rapture Records,he started taking rap seriously through  2002 in high school and in the same year he wrote his first piece which was more poetic as compared to rap.

In yr 2007 he joined AFTISSA Music Initiative which he has being recording his music with the producer Dannie Biu at the X-hoodz studios.
Last year he recorded a single ‘DIMENSIONS’ featuring Dannie whichwas nominated in TALANTA AWARDS in USA.
He is currently recording his debut album to be released later this year which features amazing songs like GUTIRI featuring Nimmoh(an up and coming urbansoul artist) and YOU,among others.GIV-G is signed to X-HOODZ ENTERTAINMENT under AFTISAA MUSIC (a project called OkaY Music)

Giv-g’s musical influences include artists like Da T.R.U.T.H, J Jahnson, Derrick Haddon, Rigga, No xcuse,Tonnie(his bro), M.O.J.E( his former high skul student) among others….

GIV-G is a born again hip-hop artist singed to X-HOODZ.In this video, he features Dannie who is also heâ??s producer.

You can get GIV-G on facebook as Steve Mugwe

Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed” (1 Peter 4:12-13).

I’ve observed a principle: The pathway to leadership almost always takes us through the valley of adversity. We see this principle not only in the story of Joseph, who endured thirteen years of adversity, but also in the lives of many other leaders in both the Old and New Testament.

Moses was raised in the royal splendor of Pharaoh’s household in Egypt, but he was forced to flee and spend 40 years in desert exile before God spoke from a burning bush and called him to lead the Hebrew people out of slavery. Joshua spent the years of his youth as a slave in Egypt and his middle-aged years wandering in the desert at Moses’ side. He was  well acquainted with adversity when God called him to lead Israel’s armies in the conquest of Canaan. The prophet Daniel was thrown into a den of hungry lions before he could reach a place of power and influence in the Babylonian courts. And we see this same pattern played out in the lives of David, Isaiah, Amos, Hosea and other Old Testament leaders.

Turning to the New Testament, we see that even Jesus had to face adversity in the desert, suffering hunger, thirst, temptation and opposition from Satan. Only then could He begin His public ministry. The Lord’s disciples had to endure the loss of their Master, the failure of their own faith and character, and the dark days of despair between the cross and the empty tomb before they could become the founding leaders of the Lord’s church.

It’s hard to find anyone in Christian history who became a great leader without earning an advanced degree at the “University of Adversity.”

Release Date: February 12, 2010
Rating: R (for bloody horror violence and gore)
Genre: Horror
Run Time: 102 min.
Director: Joe Johnston
Actors: Benecio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt, Hugo Weaving, Geraldine Chaplin

“Never look back,”  says a character in The Wolfman. “The past is a wilderness of horrors.” This messy, ineffective update on a classic horror tale suggests that the filmmakers should have looked back to earlier, better versions of the wolfman story.

Modern-day horror rarely takes itself so seriously. Rather than embrace a sense of atmospheric dread, as the best classic horror movies did, contemporary horror films concentrate on gross-out special effects, shock moments, post-modern irony (think the Scream films), or torture-porn (the Saw franchise).

A reboot of the 1941 Universal horror movie of the same name starring Lon Chaney Jr., Claude Rains, Bela Lugosi and Ralph Bellamy, this version of The Wolfman sounds promising. With Benecio Del Toro in the lead role as Lawrence Talbot, Anthony Hopkins as his father, John, and Emily Blunt as love interest Gwen Conliffe, the film has top-tier talent in front of the camera. Behind the camera, special-effects guru Rick Baker, known for his impressive, Oscar-winning werewolf transformations in An American Werewolf in London, is on board to give the transformations a modern quality that still honors the man-to-wolf transformations of an earlier era.With so much going for it, The Wolfman should offer a moody atmosphere, a few good scares and actors who set the right tone for the material. But it turns out the new film is merely “inspired by” the earlier Wolfmanâ??but doesn’t exhibit much inspiration at all.

The Wolfman begins with the appearance of the following text: “Even a man who is pure of heart and says his prayers by night may become a wolf,” suggesting a serious exploration of religious themes in conjunction with the story of a lycanthropeâ??a man who changes into a wolf during a full moon. It’s 1891 in Blackmoor, England, and the residents don’t know how to counter the attacks of a wolfman. Many claim the beast is the devil himself, while others believe they have been cursed. A preacher uses the story of Nebuchadnezzar to suggest the possibility that God has a precedent for turning men into beasts.

The religious explanations suggest a provocative, theological drama at the core of the wolfman’s story, but it’s all merely dressing for the tale of tortured soul Talbot (Del Toro), who returns to England to investigate the death of his brother at the hands of a wolfman. Also investigating is Scotland Yard’s Aberline (Hugo Weaving), but it’s a gypsy woman (Geraldine Chaplin) who holds the key to understanding what’s happening.

Talbot is estranged from his father, who quotes the Prodigal Son story to his returning offspring more than once, but again, there’s nothing more to this biblical reference. The father is slightly deranged and the older brother is dead. Lawrence falls for Gwen, his deceased brother’s former love. For no apparent reason, Gwen reciprocates. But then Lawrence is attacked by the wolfman and fears his own transformation at the next full moon.

That’s pretty much the gist of the story. The rest consists of increasingly grisly wolfman attacks that include multiple decapitations and flesh-ripping moments, but little in the way of mounting suspense. Were there any genuine chills during the film, The Wolfman would deserve nominal credit for minimal effectiveness, but the film never rises to that baseline  expectation. A couple of jump-out-of-your-seat moments are due mainly to loud, sudden sound effects, and never to any spine-tingling sense of dread that effective horror films supply. A man-into-beast transformation sequence set in an asylum comes closest to a memorable moment in The Wolfman, but the film is so lackluster for so long before that moment arrives that it fails to rouse the interest it might have merited had the earlier portion of the film worked betterâ??or at all.

It’s no surprise to learn that The Wolfman was a very troubled production. It went through a few directors during its development, with the studio ultimately bringing in Joe Johnston (Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Jurassic Park III) and expert film editor Walter Murch (Apocalypse Now) to salvage the film.

If this is the salvaged production, it’s hard to imagine just how much of a mess the film was before Johnston and Murch put their stamp on it. The Wolfman is more a story of a missed opportunity than it is of a werewolf. It’s a bad miss, not even close to effective at any moment during its feature-length running time. That’s too bad for those who long for a return to the old-fashioned chills of Universal’s classic horror films, or for those hoping for a step back from the shockfests that define modern horror cinema. Those films, while perverse and disgusting, are effective in their own way, providing what their audience wants to see. Why can’t today’s movie studios deliver, at minimum, a competent update on classic horror tales like The Wolfman?

The complete failure of this latest effort bodes ill for future attempts at recreating old-fashioned thrills and chills at the multiplex.

CAUTIONS:

• Language/Profanity: “D-mn”; “holy mother of God.”
• Smoking/Drinking/Drugs: Cigars are offered.
• Sex/Nudity: Dream imagery includes a naked woman shown from behind, with the curve of a breast visible; some kissing.
• Violence/Crime: Man slashed in face and stomach; a corpse is shown; a dead woman has a razor in her hand and a pool of blood beneath her; wolfman attacks several men; a man’s back is shown, flayed open; wolfman slices fingers off a man’s hand, then pierces a man’s neck, and his claws are shown coming out of the front of the man’s mouth; wolfman tears flesh from a man’s neck; limbs are ripped from bodies and tossed aside; attempted suicide; decapitations; Lawrence is struck with the butt of a gun; man treated in an asylum with injections, and by being dunked in ice-cold water and given electro-shock therapy; “kill me,” a man pleads, right before he’s killed; man is thrown out a window and is impaled on a gate below; two werewolves fight.
• Religion: The film opens with the saying, “Even a man who is pure of heart and says his prayers by night may become a wolf”; talk of “deviltry” and speculation that the wolfman is from the devil; a minister preaches on the power of Satan to change people into beasts, and uses Nebuchadnezzar as an example; Lawrence is told that “the darkest hours of hell lie before” him, just before he transforms into a werewolf; a man calls himself cursed and damned, and is said to have been forsaken by God; Lawrence crosses himself, prays, and says there is no help for him; a woman discusses the possibility of the existence of God; gypsy lore factors into the story; prodigal son story is referenced multiple times.