A Guidebook for Visual Worship

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 …

 EASTER

When people arrived to our Gathering on Sunday morning, they were not met with bright colors to match their pretty dresses & shirts. No…they were met with the same hopeless darkness from Good Friday. But instead of red, they stepped into a very dark, midnight blue environment.  The dark music from Good Friday was …

For most of you reading this, you are coming back from what was hopefully an incredible weekend celebrating Easter with your church. Long hours…multiple rehearsals…taking risks…trying new things that even you yourself wondered would work… all for the great Purpose of telling the Story of Christ’s death & resurrection through the medium of musical & …

Once in a while, I come across a book that deepens my understanding of worship in a way that changes the whole game. Not only does it grow & challenge me personally, but it directly affects my philosophy & theology of visual worship. I’m adding Glenn Packiam’s “Discovery the Mystery of Faith” to that short …

Space.

Silence.

Beauty.

Mystery.

These are a few of the many missing pieces I long to see recovered and reintegrated into our culture of worship. They are spiritual practices and characteristics about our Creator that the Church has enjoyed for centuries. Yet for many reasons that could make for an interesting …

One year ago, I posted an article called “A New Liturgy” describing the beginnings of my journey as an “evangelical” on the road to more liturgical, ancient expressions of worship. The post was part of a “blog tour” promoting Aaron Niequist’s new EP series. These EPs are 25-minute journeys of worship, prayer and meditation. “A …

I sat down with a friend over coffee, and I heard it again.

“It sounds horrible, but sometimes I feel like going to church on Sunday is just wasting my time.”

I have to be gut-wrenchingly-honest and confess I know precisely what he means. Perhaps some of you reading this have been struggling with the …