This link goes to an extended excerpt on creativity and Christians by Michael Gungor from his book The Crowd, the Critic and the Muse. It is well worth the read. In it Gungor explains the difficulties in being categorised as a Christian musician, a tag which says little about what sort of music it that …
A constant temptation in pastoral life is to strip-mine the Scriptures in search of that which the pastor thinks will bring needed challenge and change to their congregation while never digging into the Word consciously aware of the need for it to confront and transform the pastor himself. A worrying sign is when the consistent …
The capacity to confess other people’s sin and failings while never mentioning your own is simply gossip. It’s also a sign of a mind that needs to justify itself. This is an area in which pastors have to be particularly careful. We hear a lot and we observe a lot. But there is much we …
Crowd-sourcing financial backing for various projects is a growing trend. Here’s Kickstarter’s annual report on projects which were financed through them in 2012. click on link and watch a slide show. http://www.kickstarter.com/year/2012
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