Thanks Linda. The reason I included this pic is because on the screen is the worship leader from our other campus as we do simulateous worship between three locations. We don't imag thinks in the same room unless we are doing a creative element like…
beautiful stagecandy. As much as I don't like seeing people on the big screen, I do enjoy the light, color, movement and intense beauty that I can imagine comes from participating in worship at your church. The dressing of our place of worship shoul…
Hey Liz, welcome to the CWT. Thanks for sharing those photos of the worship space. You are creating some great looking environments. I also like the vision casting / sharing you're doing with your blog. Hopefully you can learn a few things and meet some people here in the CWT community and maybe share more of what you know with us in the process.
Wow, Tom. That was very poignant.
Some of your thoughts remind me of that movie "Pay It Forward". I also think about local church models: large vs. small. Typically, the larger church attempts to make a big splash and impact many at once. This is u…
I think it is much easier to pray for or want peace on a global or macro level and much harder to look into the mirror and pray and ask for peace in our own hearts. When we find peace with God we become a beacon of peace to our children, wife, husba…
I was sitting at my table, eating my breakfast cereal and minding my own business when WHAM! An overwhelming peace came over me.
I don't think it was from God - it wasn't that good - and yet the calm that I experienced was tangible. And, the usual…
Traditionally we had the sermon as central. Singing and scripture was around that with singing a very important part. Now I am not sure- performance?? We had many praise bands, and many different songs that get played. Do we sing. Not really. Not su…
yesterday
Tamara Sather is now a member of Creative Worship Tour
In New Zealand Advent comes as Summer is full tilt. I don't find it stressful. I love it! I have so many wonderful memories of Advent Moments that its hard to know what to share.
1. I have described this in more detail in the book "The Art of Curati…
In 2000, I experienced the loss of my fiance, who died suddenly that April. As preparations began for Christmas, I was not very joyful and was at a loss for how to deal with my grief while others were celebrating. I attended a workshop at our local…