Why participate in Lent? Lent is a season of preparation and repentance during which we anticipate the death (Good Friday) and resurrection (Easter Sunday) of Jesus. Our participation in Lent is aimed at grasping the intense significance of the crucifixion – that gives us a deep and powerful longing for the resurrection, the joy of […]
Tag: creative video
Beautiful Things video
Those of you who have been following my Facebook or Twitter ravings probably already know how much I have been enjoying Gungor‘s new album, Beautiful Things. I’m not going to try to describe it to you, except to say that it is diverse, interesting, and worth your time… so go buy it. 🙂 We used […]
What Kind of Music Does God Like?
I think just about every worship pastor I know has occasionally had to deal with disagreements about music style. This seems to be a debate that is of far more concern to churches in the United States than in other countries, probably because we seldom, if ever, need to worry about responding to 75% of […]
‘Tis The Season Video
Since I’m way too busy during the holidays to write an actual post, here is a video that pokes fun at how busy and distracted we are during the holidays. Oh, the irony. We showed this as part of our Advent Conspiracy sermon series, which challenges what Christmas has become in USAmerican culture. Thanks to […]
The Art of Delegation
One of the sermons in our “the world is Mine” stewardship series was on stewardship of authority. God has given everyone authority to various degrees, and you probably have more than you think. How do you use it wisely in the Kingdom? This video, entitled “The Art of Delegation”, was used as a funny intro […]
The promotional pie
There’s just nothing quite like a good pie-in-the-face video for promoting an event, especially if your pastor is on the receiving end… […]
Arrowhead: The Cabin, Part 3
The cabin is good to go! We inaugurated it last night with a bonfire and skewered hot dogs. We all feel like old guys groaning about our backs hurting, but a few muscle aches is well worth it. That cabin is going to be a great place for people to spend time pursuing God, away […]
Arrowhead: The Cabin, Part 2
Well, the cabin is on the trailer. THAT was hairy. The video makes it look kind of easy because I couldn’t film while we were trying not to die. Okay, it wasn’t quite that bad, but what you don’t see on the video is that we had to turn the cabin after we got it […]