this was just too cute. my buddy eric coomer sent it to me. i haven’t checked out jonathan rundmans’s other works, but eric says they are really good as well.
Worship
return to church : a few chuckles at ourselves
i had some great giggles today watching these videos on 'return to church' (tip from ian at youthblog). it had me thinking of some of the tricks that we are used to get people 'in the door' and that when presented with a disingenuous invitation people run quickly. reminded me of a nice quotable, "what you win them with is what you win them to." i will give this vicar some props, he's not just letting his church become a museum.
holy week worship video : worship tricks
next week we are doing our midday holy week services in our youth space (cause its’ the coolest) and most artistically driven area and the pastors want to do some more experiential worship stuff. we’ll do some prayer stations stuff for sure & some various smells. but what about our visuals?
i’ve pretty much sold myself on parsing this video stopping it through good friday & then showing the full thing on easter. i love simple & creative stuff. this is right up my alley
look back into the past : the things that were about this time years ago
in my on going toss out of lifting up some of the archives of this blog from similar time period over the years.
- i jumped in on some oovoo conversations with marketing & tech type people (pretty sure i was the only youth minister participating in the event). that was fun, but oovoo hasn't taken off. tokbox seems to be the next multi person video conference center.
- some ponderings from the desert fathers & mothers on parenting & youth ministry
- everyone can use some new 'faith filled' pick up lines
- an early morning reflection on the homeless in my city
- remember when the nfl was going to sue churches if you had a super bowl party.. seems they have learned from that pr nightmare
- i was again likened to a celebrity.. well, he wasn't so much celebrity then, he's more now
- church shopping & the devices of the entertaining church
- i took the strengths profile test that our church is big proponent of. can you guess what i came out as?
- my abbey journal kept while on retreat at gethsemani. good times, need to get back soon.
- in what is the only time you see capital letters use consistently, my pastor michael williams guest blogged on the theological conversation with miroslav volf
- this is what happens when you are friends with jonathon norman
- thoughts on how justice issues can become an idol unto themselves
- some ponderings on contemporary worship in my church context & how our greater church sold their soul to contemporary worship
- starbucks goes down!
caption contest & freebie : in recognition of inauguration day
inauguration day is always an great day. i know people have their reasons for this year being more special than others, but to know that we have a complete change of government leadership without violence or war is something to behold. so, in recognition of inauguration i've got this caption contest. cool thing, my completely subjectively chosen winner (and you can vote for who you think is best) will be sent a copy of my worship feast prayer stations cdrom project & maybe some more stuff, but i promise that one.
let the captioning begin!