Holy Oatmeal Live!

by Matthew Casteel on January 20, 2012

We have our first 2012 Holy Oatmeal Live event at Crossroads Nazarene in Chandler AZ Sunday Jan 29th.

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I came across a great blog post from PlayGroundDad.com explaining why he, “Never lets his kids on YouTube.”

So when my daughter wanted to watch more stuff about the film’s star, Vanessa Hudgens…well, let’s just say the search results were flooded with Ms. Hudgens’ Brett Favre moment. Nothing that I wanted my daughter to see. This is why I NEVER let my kids on YouTube.

It made me think of all the childhood actors who were so “cute” and “innocent” who have turned out to be a disaster.

Then I was thinking about the sinister reverse effect: Horrible adult actors, who became famous for their completely raunchy movies, stand up etc. are all recruited by Disney and others to become our kids’ favorite actors.

Jack Black: his early work is completely filled with major, major perverted humor.  But ask my kids who they love the most: Jack Black

Eddie Murphy, Robin Williams, Will Ferrell…

In fact, I was just talking to a couple of kids yesterday about how funny ELF was.

Is it just characters we are concerned about or the character of the actors?

What’s your thoughts?

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Download the Chord Sheets

by Matthew Casteel on September 20, 2011

OK click on the names to instantly download the PDF chord sheets of your favorite Holy Oatmeal Scripture Song.

You can sing it at home or use it for your church… Enjoy!

Matthew

Songs:

Love Must Be Sincere

Bless Those

Whatever You Do

Walking With Jesus

Train A Child

I’m Asking God

God’s Chosen People

All Scripture

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Grace Community Christian School Has Got Spirit!

by Matthew Casteel on September 20, 2011

Annie and I led a Holy Oatmeal Live event for GCCS in Tempe, AZ this week and they really were great.

Mr Saunders had invited us as the special guest for the weekly Chapel service.  Which of course was a great honor because that is my elementary school and Mr Saunders was my teacher.

The kids really engaged and we had a great time.  Thanks 7th and 8th graders for leading the way and really having fun as we sang at the top of our lungs!

Looking forward to returning soon!

 

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Walking With Jesus

September 2, 2011 Scripture Songs

Theme song for Chandler Christian School Mrs Zappe asked me to write a song based on the School’s theme Scripture for this year 1 John 2:3-6 I think you’ll really dig this one! Walking With Jesus From 1 John 2:3-6 3 We know that we have come to know him if we keep his commands. [...]

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Scripture Song | He Is

June 16, 2011 Uncategorized

Scripture Song Colossians 1:15-20 Listen and follow along – scroll down to see the Scripture and the Chord charts He Is The Supremacy of Christ is the focus of this passage from Colossians The Supremacy of the Son of God 15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. [...]

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2 songs from Colossians

June 8, 2011 Family Worship

A prayer for your family and more Colossians is an incredible book, just full of great verses worth memorizing.  We just kicked off a study in Colossians in our home church Grace East and to help our kids (and myself) get the book down into our hearts I have written two songs, so far… I’m [...]

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“All Scripture” Scripture memory song

February 2, 2011 Family Worship

“All Scripture” 2 Tim 3:16-17 Download the mp3 HERE or listen to the song below. To download: hover your mouse over “HERE” and right click then choose either “download link as” or something like that and just save to your desktop. Email me: matthew@holyoatmeal.com if you have any problems and I can help you along [...]

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How much do my kids know about the Bible?

January 26, 2011 culture

Who has captured my kids’ imagination? Just read a hilarious (yet sobering) article from Jon Acuff’s site Stuff Christians Like.  He relays how his kids seem to be much more familiar with pop culture than Bible stories. My kids digest a lot of media.  And we don’t even have any actual TV channels coming in [...]

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001 HolyOatmeal Podcast – Kick Off Episode

January 25, 2011 Podcast Episodes

001 HolyOatmeal Podcast 01272011 It is launched! In this very first episode of the HolyOatmeal Podcast I introduce myself and what the HolyOatmeal concept is all about. Interview: I interview my mom Becky Casteel about how to raise kids who love God. Song Of The Week: Me and my kids lead out a song from [...]

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