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Chasing Francis

stephen — Fri, 10 May 2013 20:27:05 +0000

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 …

Live DVD Projects

stephen — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 05:31:03 +0000

Two live CD/DVD projects that I had the unbelievable privilege to work on have recently released. These projects not only capture incredible new worship music, but their companion DVDs capture the live visual environments & show very different approaches to what leading visual worship can look like!

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Darlene Zschech

“Mother of Modern Worship” Well, …

A Journey Through Good Friday & Easter (part 2)

stephen — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 13:00:35 +0000

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 …

A Journey Through Good Friday & Easter (part 1)

stephen — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 05:18:40 +0000

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 & …

Discover the Mystery of Faith

stephen — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 21:57:27 +0000

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 …

When You’ve Lost Your Saltiness

stephen — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:11:36 +0000

For 10 years, I’ve gotten to live my dream. I’ve been a part of more experiences, collaborated with more artists, & traveled to more far off distant lands than you can imagine. I live a very blessed life.

2012 was more extreme than ever. Looking back, both work & play looked like a dream. And …

#Luminous13

stephen — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 12:00:27 +0000

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 …

Environmental Projection for Gaming

stephen — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 04:01:50 +0000

“IllumiRoom Projects Images Beyond Your TV for an Immersive Gaming Experience”

According to it’s YouTube page:

IllumiRoom is a proof-of-concept Microsoft Research project designed to push the boundary of living room immersive entertainment by blending our virtual and physical worlds with projected visualizations. The effects in the video are rendered in real time and are …

A New Liturgy – LIVE

stephen — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:00:06 +0000

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 …

My 30,000th Tweet

stephen — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 23:59:48 +0000

Today, I tweeted for the 30,000th time.

30,000.

30,000 x 140 characters = 4,200,000

That’s 4.2 MILLION characters typed and broadcasted to whomever risky enough to follow and listen.

Over 4 million clicks on a keyboard or iPhone touch screen. And just on Twitter alone.

Yeah. I honestly don’t know whether to be proud of …

Illuminating Worship Leader Magazine

stephen — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 20:00:17 +0000

November’s issue of Worship Leader Magazine is all about… VISUAL WORSHIP!

I can’t tell you how thrilling it is to see the “visual worship conversation” spread to so many places and to be embraced by the world of (musical) worship leaders. Though visual worship is usually stewarded from the shadows and led off-stage from the …

Hello, Hello, I’m at a Place Called Vertigo

stephen — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:00:50 +0000

¡Hola! ¿Dónde está?

A few weeks ago, I received an email from fellow visual worship leader Leigh Ann Sharp. She asked an interesting question that addresses an issue concerning environmental projection, and the exchange made for some great conversation. The issue:

Motion Sickness & Vertigo from Environmental Projection

With Leigh Ann’s gracious permission, I wanted …

Michael Gungor’s “CCM”

stephen — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 14:00:36 +0000

A 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 …

I Dream of Visual Worship

stephen — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:00:06 +0000

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 …

A Good Reminder

stephen — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 22:21:51 +0000

This quote by St. Francis of Assisi was recently tweeted by Aaron Niequist…and it just about kicked me in the teeth. I need to be reminded of this daily, so it’s now the wallpaper on my iPhone’s Lock Screen.

I don’t know about you, but I really struggle with being too critical of the …