I love my JB hoodie

Hey ya'll, this is Edward... 'the video guy'

I haven't been up to much, leading worship at church and video producing

our youth praise team all geared up in JB

this picture is from the local Christian Korean Times newspaper

I'm guessing none of you have ever read it...

so I finally got a facebook profile a couple months ago

The best part about it is the pictures and albums and people commenting on them

and I've come to notice how much I wear my favorite hoodie everywhere I go

the 'My Father's Heart' hoodie...

check it out, these pictures we're accumulated from the past couple months

here I am at a thai restaurant

bowling

bible study (honestly trying to stay awake after not sleeping for 27 hours)

trying to dunk

watching football with friends

playing drums on Rock Band

singing karaoke

my turn to rock the mic like a vandal

getting too excited over Wii boxing

sleeping on the floor of my friends house using a soda-pop bottle as my pillow

(i say soda-pop so it doesn't bicker between those who call it soda and those who call it pop)

getting 3 star massage treatment

ruining my friends ghetto picture

more ruined photos

dancing in the street

on the sidelines of a church basketball game

and finally at my local late night Denny's restaurant

I don't know why I put my hand up

Happy Easter everyone. Remember this day as the reason for who we are and remember to celebrate the resurrection all the time, not just once a year. 

Season Four Preview!!

Hey guys and gals! I know we're running low on some sizes of our Lost and Found Collection, but that's a praise report for us, because that means that 1.) we're doing something right, and 2.) you guys and gals like our stuff! But, we know it can be frustrating, so to hopefully help ease the stress, here's a sneak preview of the upcoming release that's set to come out at the end of March! We hope that you can get as excited about it as we are, so that you can get your shirts early before things sell out! Remember, once we sell through, it's tough beans til the next release... =)

Anyhow, this next collection is called The Journey Home, and it is very close to our hearts- Salil (our fearless CEO) and I (Sam, lead designer) were eating at Red Robin last October, and we both told each other that we felt like God's been leading us towards revelations of our identity as sons and daughters, and we both confirmed in each other's revelations that God really wanted to call the orphaned hearts back home to Himself... That's where this fourth collection was born, and I wanted to simply communicate how much we are lavishly loved by our Poppa, so much so that He continually reaches His arm to us, that even as we make our beds in the depths of Hell, His arm is never too short to save, and that He stoops down to make US great, that He fights to win us daily and He never tires of it...

He is an amazing Poppa, don't you think? Anyways, before I trail off, here is a sneak peek of JesusBranded's Fourth Collection: The Journey Home...








































































































We hope you like it! We'll keep you posted on the actual release date soon!

Love all of you!

Sam

victim, perpetrator, bystander.

Hello everyone, I just ran into this quote, and it kept me still for a good minute or so.

"...Thou shalt not be a victim. Thou shalt not be a perpetrator. Above all, thou shalt not be a bystander."

I'm not sure who the person is who said it, but I believe it's a powerful word for all of us who are running after God's heart. Most of the time, we spend our moments hiding under the worldly radar as to avoid being "victims" of discussions, arguments, and confrontations about our faith; and we spend just as much time walking the line between piety and sin so as long as we don't commit something "that" bad as to be seen as "perpetrators" by men and women we strive to please. The most powerful message in that quote was that "Above all... YOU WILL NOT BE A BYSTANDER..." urging a sort of awareness that spurs action, that consequentially incites betterment; a far cry from being fearful of becoming a victim and being maliciously unloving to others.

I don't know, I guess all these terms and parallels get muddled up at the end of it all, but I hope that those words urging us not to be bystanders during the course of our lives will ring out and speak its own conviction into those who allow God to work through it.

Whew.

Love you guys and gals (even if I can't fully articulate it well sometimes...),

Sam

ps, we're working on our next release for March, and it's gonna be goooooooooooood!! Keep an eye out...

Where'd 2007 go?

Wow, time flies! Welcome to 2008 everyone!

Sheesh, ok, so this is our first blog in a bit, and I want to open it up with a silly video our team took while they were doing ministry in India during Christmas:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Gnuq9FfHo3k

Sorry I can't embed it, but click it, it made me laugh for a bit.

Anyhow, two of our team members, Salil and Aiden, went to India to help out with the Orphanage Project during Christmas-time, and although they're not strangers to ministry in India (these two go there almost every year!), they come back still as blessed as the last time. Here's a longer video from the Orphanage Project founder:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=w1krJw6zQJI

The last minute of this video showed the team clothing children with our Jesus Ninjette shirts as a part of our Clothe-A-Nation project we launched during the summer of 2007. Praise God that we were able to see that project through!!

Anyhow, we'll post more pics when Aiden gets back (he's still over there...).

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Again, happy 2008 to all of you! May this be the year of expansion over everyone:

"... Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes. For you will spread out to the right and to the left..."

Take hold of it!

Love you guys and gals,

Sam

Should Christian T-Shirts be Banned From Schools?

Disclaimer: What you're about to read, you will see, is quite obviously the opposite of how we at JesusBranded feel.

Christian t-shirts can be found everywhere, in almost every form and fashion. There are some for old people, some for young people, and a few that can swing either way. More and more school aged children are picking up these shirts, some of which can be found at http://www.jesusbranded.com/. When they wear these shirts to their local schools, it presents an interesting question. Are Christian t-shirts hurting the chance to provide good education?

Prayer has been taken out of school, the Ten Commandments are off of the walls, but still, students are wearing their t-shirts with pride. How much of a distraction is this for our nation's children and for the teachers who are putting in hard work? Though there is no hard evidence to give us insight into these things, many people within the educational world feel like Christian t-shirts are doing more harm than good.

Why do Christian t-shirts negatively affect the ability of students to get their work done? In a word, they're controversial. The majority of these shirts aren't just touting the love of Jesus. Instead, they are presenting an "in your face" type of evangelism that makes some students uneasy. Other t-shirts make children feel inferior if they don't support the same views. These t-shirts take away from the purpose of education and move the focus from the class material and onto the subject of the shirt. In a word, this could be described as unacceptable.

What can be done to rectify this situation? Teachers are hoping that Christian t-shirts and all other controversial religious gear go the way of prayer in school. They are hoping that school administrators take a stand against distraction and get Christian t-shirts out of schools. There is no guarantee that anything will be done, but teachers know that these t-shirts will continue to make their job harder, rather than easier.

It's time for school principals and administrators to do the right thing. Get the Christian t-shirts out of schools and stop letting children spread their message in that way. School is a place where learning should take place. If any kind of t-shirt is taking away from that, then something has to be done to make the situation better.

They say all press is good press, but when I got this article in my inbox yesterday I couldn't believe what I was reading! I mean, people can wear the most horrible shirts and nobody complains and everybody talks about free speech - but when a Christian wants to speak freely about his/her faith through a shirt...then all of a sudden there is a problem. Oh well, the bible does warn of persecution...

Anyways, sound off and let us know what you think. Any problems from wearing your JB shirts? Better yet, any testimonies?

Much Love,
Salil