Mac Midi Clock App Request

Dear world of Apple developers and musicians,

I have an external device (guitar pedal) that I wish to sync the tempo with my mac via a midi clock sync, yet the program I have used for years became obsolete when I upgraded to OS X Lion because PowerPC applications are no longer supported. I used a wonderful MidiClock app (http://download.cnet.com/MidiClock/3000-2025_4-32211.html?tag=mncol;1) that served one simple purpose: generated a midi clock signal that I could output to my guitar pedal. This free app solved my problem without causing me to spend big bucks on a music application suite.

So far I have found no way to do this with Garage Band...

So, could a kind-hearted developer/musician please point me in the direction of another option for midi clock syncing between my mac and external device??? Or please develop an app in the App Store (or wherever) that could solve this woe?

Thank you,

Logan Bloom

New Online Photography Store!

This week I put together an all new photography website that allows anyone to browse and purchase customized print orders of my photographs completely online! I am using an online service called Zenfolio, which allows me to use my favorite professional print lab! All of the products are top-notch, and I have always been impressed with their results. Zenfolio features a wonderful set of options for my prints, from Canvas Wraps to even letting you select your favorite frame for an image. All of the profits from these sales go to support our ministry at the International House of Prayer! So you can be confident in your product and that your money is going to a good cause!

A few tips, I always encourage my users to "Styrene" mounting option when ordering prints. This is a very durable plastic surface that is not effected by humidity or changes in temperature and is not subject to typical wear and tear and can greatly increase the lifespan of your print. I do not receive any profit from this option, I have just noticed a massive benefit from using it on my own prints. Make sure to at least give it a look under the "Preview and Configure" menu option before checkout.

Another tip would be to really consider ordering the "Fine Art" version of my prints. These "Fine Art" prints, while more expensive, are of a much better quality, especially at larger print sizes. These prints provide a much better viewing experience as both the paper and the ink are specialized for fine art photography. Try one and you'll see the difference.

Well what are you waiting for?

Visit photography.loganbloom.com

Calling a Generation in the Right Direction

These days everyone is calling this generation to something, both inside the church and outside the church. Whether it is a style, brand, environmental or compassion initiative, music, or church program, this generation is pulled at all sides. Has it ever been easier for a teenager to find a 'bigger picture' to commit themselves to? In such a fast paced technological revolution, how do we navigate the many voices calling to our teenagers?

It is very easy in all of these things to forget what matters most, and this is a mark that our youth are missing. Amidst countless compassion initiatives around the world, secular motivators are seeking to define "justice" around humanistic unity. We often forget that true justice is oriented by the truth of scripture, and where there is no truth of scripture, there is no justice.

In Matthew 22, Jesus sets the record straight about what each generation is called to give themselves to:

Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

These two commandments are so easily mixed up that it happens all the time, but the effects of missing this order are detrimental to a generation. If you fulfill the second commandment without the first commandment, you will only love someone to hell. There is no salvation apart from intimacy with Jesus. Jesus is God. Jesus defines truth, justice and righteousness, and apart from Him we will be destroyed.

Every call to this generation is for nothing unless we get this right. Every intent of our heart is wicked apart from Jesus. So my plea is that we call a generation into what really brings everlasting life. No amount of helping the poor will pay for your sins. Each time we focus on the second commandment without the first, we are preparing to receive the Antichrist, because this will be the movement on which he will capitalizes. There is no good apart from Jesus (Psalm 16:2).

We must be a generation that pursues the first commandment, that we would love the Lord our God with all our heart and with all our soul and with all our mind! Imagine how that would effect our lives, our music, our ministries. Even in the story of Mary and Martha (Luke 10), Martha is working to serve, and yet Jesus says that Mary chose the 'one thing that is needed,' to sit at his feet. She chose intimacy over service. We must have intimacy with Jesus, especially for the days ahead.

One of my favorite teachers on the earth said, "If you don't enjoy Jesus, what makes you think you'll enjoy heaven?" We've got to call our generation to the first commandment, and the second commandment will come naturally. Get intimacy with Jesus, like oil in your lamp.