In 2000AD an amazing book was published. All three authors just came on to my Facebook post to offer some thoughts. I thought I might bring that conversation over here before it gets lost inside FB. The book ‘Prodigal Project: Journey into the Emerging Church’ was published in 2000. It was written by Kiwi alt.…
Read MoreWorship in a minor key
It’s been about ten years since AlternativeWorship.org emerged. This is one of the projects we helped to fund and support and its great to see how it has been a resource to the alt. worship movement over the past decade. Although its pretty impossible to keep up with all the churches, or blogs, it’s still…
Read MoreInnovative worship shift
“The edges and images of congregational vitality continually shifted over the last half of the twentieth century“. David A. Roozen. From “A Decade of Change in American Congregations 2000-2010” [PDF] which claims to be the largest national survey of congregations ever conducted in the U.S. HT: Faith Communities Today, TJ
Read MoreNew Media Easter: Present and Past
It’s Good Friday again [comes every year, doesnt it?] and there are plenty of Easter downloads from sites like The Work of the People [some of them free] and other Easter media available online. In the UK, people are talking about Si Smith’s Easter creation and bloggers Ben Edson and Tractor Girl are rebelling against…
Read MoreAfter Haiti: What to Say, Sing or Show in Church
Some of you are figuring out what to sing, show or speak about at church tomorrow, in light of the Haiti earthquake. Here are some resources. VIDEO Pray for Haiti is a video you can download and play at your church gathering on Sunday. Its free and they guy behind it is my old VJ…
Read MoreHow To Worship (video)
Alan Hirsch just saw this video played at a pentecostal church conference in Canada and I thought it funny enough to post here. And if you like the video, you might appreciate my old post on The Art of Not Getting Embarrassed at a Baptist Church. how to worship
Read MoreArs Nova and New Media Worship
“The current worship transition from old media to new media is as radical as, and in some ways similar to, the shift from “Ars Antiqua” to “Ars Nova”. From around 1300 AD, church music broke away from simple Gregorian-type chants into chords, polyphonic masses and harmonies that were not constrained by parallel movements of the…
Read MoreAmazing Grace Sunday – Feb 18 (USA)
This Sunday (today) is Amazing Grace Sunday. About 4000 churches [so far] all over USA are singing this song and looking into how they can put a stop to modern day slavery. Erik Lokkesmoe is the Director behind this project and he has been kind enough to keep me updated on its progress all the…
Read MoreWorship Leader: Transcoding Worship
I have a article in this months edition of Worship Leader called “Transcoding worship”. It deals with what happens when old media becomes new media and how that affects our worship. You will need to subscribe to Worship Leader to get this issue or buy it on the newstands. If you have read it and…
Read MoreLiveWorship for Intel-Mac
LiveWorship is now available for intel-based Macs. If you live in the Bay Area, LiveWorship is on display at Macworld Expo in Moscone Center’s North Hall (booth #N4014) HT: Macworld Worship Leaders – what say ye about LiveWorship? Better than MediaShout? Technorati Tags: worship
Read MoreNintendo Wii: Remote Control for Ableton
DJVicar brings up the possibility of using Nintento’s Wii remote and Ableton Live for a worship setting and links to a post that discusses it. There is also a video demonstration. Very cool. I saw a VJ use Arkaos and Ableton Live at the same time, but he still had to use his MIDI to…
Read MoreIcons and the Possibility of a Tropological Theology
Worship using icons, images and multimedia is being discussed right now, especially in relation to Calvary Church’s stance on iconic worship and the emerging church. It might be helpful to look at the idea of tropological theology. Tropological theology is found all the way through church history. “Augustine suggested a four-fold sense which would later…
Read MoreGetting Things Moving
An article I wrote for Worship Leader is online. Its called “Getting Things Moving” and its about movement in worship. I suggest the following ways to get things moving at your church; – Pray with your bodies – Install an interactive worship station – Create a multi-media labyrinth – Set up a 24/7 prayer room…
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