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For the past few years, I’ve felt like a pilgrim on a journey towards a far off, distant land. I am feeling less & less at home in the current church culture. I am longing for something more…something new. Fresh revelations coupled with new & deeper expressions of worship. A Church that is Christ-centered in …
read moreA new book has moved towards the top of my list for recommended reading, and it’s Michael Gungor’s “The Crowd, the Critic, and the Muse: a book for creators.” Or “CCM” for short, which is genius in a subtly ironic kind of way. Because this is anything BUT “CCM.”
Never in your entire life have …
read more“All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.” – Edmond Burke
Every year, I travel to Thailand to serve ELIC’s annual conference by doing what I love to do. This past Winter, I met one of the most fascinating people I’ve ever heard of…but I wasn’t allowed to …
read moreThis is one of the most intriguing, mind-bending projects I’ve seen in a very long time.
“A sculpture based in sacred geometry using projected graphics to create & enhance an optical illusion.”
A few days ago, a friend sent me a link to this project (on Kickstarter) and it completely blew me away. I don’t …
read moreIf I had to give you the biggest reason that explains why I am the way that I am, why I do business the way I do, how I see the Kingdom, and even why visual worship is so important to me, it is this:
I’ve allowed (and continue to allow) myself to be WRECKED…
read morePaiye (a man I met in the Moi tribe of Indonesia) tells the Easter story in his own words:
The Backstory.
Years ago, in the early days of “Grateful Inconvenience,” I got the chance to travel to some of the world’s most remote tribes with New Tribes Mission. It first started with spending 5 …
read moreSome of you may know this about me already, but worshipVJ.com is just a small piece that somehow fits the mystery-puzzle of my life. And this piece connects with a few more puzzle pieces that form what we call “Grateful Inconvenience.” “GI” was started over six years ago by myself and Nate Griffin, one of …
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