So we saw the world was broken,

So we built our sturdy walls.

Only pieces fit inside them,

Separation for us all.

Art and architecture

Purposed all to point to Something Else,

Slowly turning into stages

Where we’re pointing to ourselves.

When we saw the world was broken,

We built…

The following is a re-post from an article by Doug Rowland that I found on SongDiscovery’s site earlier this year. It has had a profound impact on the shaping of my philosophy of visual worship… especially concerning architecture, arrangement & congregational orientation. It’s amazing how a room and stage can change…

Lately, most of my conversations have included the topic of tension in our lives. I’m starting to hear about this more and more, which I think is a very good and healthy thing… but that doesn’t take away the fact that it sucks when tension really does enter into my life. It hurts. It’s…

So all the workshop presenters from ECHO were ON IT with posting their notes/slides/everything from their presentations during or right after the conference. But here I am, late to the party…but better late than never, right? I guess I was too busy staying up til 3am like it was band camp…

When the guru sat down to worship each evening, the ashram cat would get in the way and distract the worshipers. So he ordered the cat be tied up during evening worship. Long after the guru died, the cat continued to be tied up during evening worship. And when the cat eventually died, another…

This post is a continuation of last week’s post “3D Worship”. Be sure you’ve read it before reading this post. Because today I want to flesh some of it out.

“Worship” is a term thrown around a lot these days. Vicky Beeching recently wrote about how the usage of this…

Zach Fonville is one of the few media producers that “gets it”. He creates stunning, creative visuals to use in the church that aren’t distracting. I was SO happy when I heard Brad Zimmerman at CMDtv talk about Zach because it changed my church’s Sunday morning. Before RedFerrisWheel, we were using…