March 2008 - Posts
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Your Mistakes
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When my first daughter went away to college I gave her a gift when we left her in her dorm room. It was a journal—but not just any journal. It was a “mistake journal.” I told her that each night before she went to bed, she should write down three mistakes...
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Derailing Creativity
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“What derails or stifles creativity in your community and how do you overcome it?” Creativity. New ideas. Fresh expressions of worship. These are just a few regular expectations when we sit around a table facing our friends and colleagues, hoping to plan...
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FREE DOWNLOAD - The Worshiping Artist
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As we meet with artists and leaders we frequently hear them ask for direction in how to build a strong foundation of faith and a solid relationship with Christ. Artists serving in the local church want to know how to grow as personal worshipers of God...
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If It Weren't For Jesus
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I had the opportunity last night to lead our first of five Good Friday services (4 of them today). We framed this one hour service as a memorial service for Jesus, a time to remember Him through reflection, communion, and music. The focal point of the...
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Prayer
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Father, it is a humbling thing to be died for. On this day let me remember that Jesus Christ, Your Son, did exactly that for me. And He went to His death knowing full well how often I would forget His love. Let no pride keep me from kneeling at the foot...
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ARISE - Update
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We are thrilled that Gilles Ste-Croix, from Cirque Du Soleil, has accepted our invitation to ARISE . In one of the main sessions on the first day of the arts conference, Nancy Beach will interview Ste-Croix about the creative processes that has formed...
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Holy Week: Two Distinct Dimensions
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Darkness and light. Despair and hope. Defeat and victory. Sadness and jubilation. Death and life. These are the contrasts of Holy Week, of the short stretch of time between Thursday night and Sunday morning, between the tragic events of Good Friday and...
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Where My Mind Wanders
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Two week ago Sunday, March 2, we received an unexpected early morning phone call. My husband’s mother had passed away. Mom was 88 years old. Her health had been declining for the past few years. Her body needed to rest. Though we will miss greatly, we...
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The Race Marked Out for Us
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I’ve been reading lately in the book of Hebrews, and was struck by a phrase in chapter 12 that says, “Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us…” How amazing that God has actually defined a race for us, and it is our race to run, and not...
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So Grateful for Workshops in the United Kingdom
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I’m back home from England, and deeply grateful for what God did during my week of teaching there. In two different cities, I led one-day workshops – one for women in church leadership, and one for arts and worship leaders. With the 300 women who gathered...
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Leaders
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The world needs vulnerable leaders - people willing to take the risk to opening their lives to the influence of others. And to find or develop this kind of leader we need to seek out & create environments that encourage such vulnerability. Environments...
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Heading Over the Pond
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On Sunday I’m heading over to England for four one-day workshops. Half of the workshops are for arts and worship leaders, and the other half are for women in church leadership. I have gone to the UK in the past to teach about the arts, but never about...
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ARISE - Update [1]
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Mark Batterson, lead pastor of National Community Church in Washington, D.C. will be one of the many presenters speaking at ARISE , this year's Arts Conference. He is the author of the best-selling book, In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day. NCC was...
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Compassion Art
Marg Rehnberg
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