Archive for January, 2012

Jan 24

Why An Arts Conference?

I was reflecting last night on why we do Pulse. It’s a lot of work gathering all the presenters, getting the word out, and pulling off the event. It’s a lot to ask of others too: pay money, give up your weekend. Why all the fuss?

The simple answer is this: the arts matter. The arts can easily be marginalized and pushed to the periphery. Sometimes they’re seen as the warm-up act to the sermon, or the “relevant” stuff we do to compete with the world, but not as the “meat and potatoes.” This couldn’t be further from the truth. Read more

Jan 23

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Pulse 2010 – A Stunning Image

A stunning photo from Pulse 2010.

Jan 23

The History of “Christian Music” – by Worship Leader Magazine

This is an interesting article from the folks at Worship Leader Magazine. It tracks “Christian Music “all the way back to the Old Testament era. It’s fascinating to follow the timeline all the way up to the use of music by The Church today. Read more

Jan 23

Is Worship a Lifestyle?

By Worship Leader Magazine January 17, 2012, Author: Davin Seay

Worship is a lifestyle….

It’s a phrase you hear with increasingly regularity these days, as diverse expressions of worship continues to define contemporary Christian identity, both individually and corporately. We identify ourselves by the music of our worship—the rituals we employ and the cultural baggage we bring with us into the sanctuary. Small wonder worship occupies a central role in Christian life. What we bring to our praise, and what proceeds from it, are definitive indicators of our commitment to our faith. Read more

Jan 19

Robbie Seay Band – “Shine Your Light On Us”

The song “Shine Your Light On Us” by the Robbie Seay Band is food for the soul. Watch this video for an added visual experience.

Shine-Your-Light

Jan 19

Shauna Niequist’s Blog – post on writing and creativity

Pulse presenter Shauna Niequist recently wrote a blog post about writing and creativity, a topic she’ll be diving into at Pulse. She settles on a really insightful truth about how messy creativity can (even needs to) be.

Here are a couple of excerpts.

“Five years ago this month I was working on Cold Tangerines. I didn’t have a blog. No Facebook or Twitter. I wrote and wrote, and for ages, no one saw it. Occasionally my editor. Very rarely, a friend. It was a wide, sloppy, creative, beautiful mess. Bits and pieces, knit together and unraveled, over and over till they settled together like old friends. There were a few of those essays that I wrote straight through, in a flame of creativity and pure happiness, but I think that happened because I gave myself the protected time and space to write both good stuff and terrible stuff.” Read more

Jan 18