by Geoff Twigg
More scorned and scarred than when He came
A pinned exhibit on a tree
The Son of Heaven and Lord of earth
Divorced from both in agony
Cut off from God by human sin
Abandoned by His …
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A poem for Good Friday
He Changed My Thinking: Remembering John Tavener (1944 – 2013)
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Written on November 22nd, 2013
Filed under: Arts, Culture, Current Events, Formation, Stories
Filed under: Arts, Culture, Current Events, Formation, Stories
by Geoff Twigg
When I was seventeen, and in my last year of High School (which in England is called Grammar School, but we won’t worry about that…) I was very interested in studying music composition in college. One of …
Speak Life
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Written on June 8th, 2013
Filed under: Arts, Culture, Dance, Drama, Local Church, Missional, Music, Visual Arts
Filed under: Arts, Culture, Dance, Drama, Local Church, Missional, Music, Visual Arts
Today’s post is written by Matt Nightingale, Director of Worship Ministries at Redeemer Covenant Church in Tulsa, OK.
Some days life feels perfect. Other days it just ain’t workin’. The good, the bad, the right, the wrong and everything in
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Good Friday
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Written on March 29th, 2013
Filed under: Arts, Better Together, Holy Week
Tags: Crucifixiion, Good Friday, Passion, Tenebrae
Filed under: Arts, Better Together, Holy Week
Tags: Crucifixiion, Good Friday, Passion, Tenebrae
Dark.
Not dusk,
no moon or stars, as on a clear night;
No.
This dark was thick, oppressively thick;
All the goodness that ever existed
had been sucked out of the world.
Nothing.
Empty.
Dark.
And we were
suddenly,
completely…
Ready for Christmas?
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Written on December 21st, 2012
Filed under: Advent, Arts, Better Together, Current Events
Tags: advent, Christmas Eve, waiting, worship
Filed under: Advent, Arts, Better Together, Current Events
Tags: advent, Christmas Eve, waiting, worship
Today’s post is written by Jo Anne Taylor, Music and Worship Pastor at Bethlehem Covenant Church, Minneapolis, MN.
The Waiting is almost over. The bulletins have been proofread and tweaked. The choir and the worship team have rehearsed. The …
Reorient and Engage: More Like Worshippers, Less Like Critics
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Written on November 30th, 2012
Filed under: Arts, Church History, Church Year, Culture, Formation, Leadership, Music, Style of Worship, Visual Arts
Filed under: Arts, Church History, Church Year, Culture, Formation, Leadership, Music, Style of Worship, Visual Arts
Today’s post is written by Jeff Olson, Pastor of Worship Arts at Christ Church in East Greenwich, RI, where he has served for over six years.
In Advent a strong theme of waiting exists, but here is why you should …
Silence; golden, but not useful.
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Written on September 14th, 2012
Filed under: Arts, Formation, Liturgy, Visual Arts
Tags: art, Music, silence, worship
Filed under: Arts, Formation, Liturgy, Visual Arts
Tags: art, Music, silence, worship
Today’s post is written by Geoff Twigg, Adjunct Professor at North Park University in Chicago. Geoff is a pastor, singer/songwriter, worship leader and ministry consultant, and serves the ECC as a member of the denomination’s Commission on Worship.
Last week, …
Angry
Today’s post was written by Chris Logan, Pastor of Worship Arts at Community Covenant Church in Lenexa, KS.
“I think all right-thinking people in this country are sick and tired of being told that ordinary decent people are fed
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If a Picture’s Worth a Thousand Words…
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Written on March 2nd, 2012
Filed under: Arts, Better Together, Church Year, Lent, Liturgy, Visual Arts
Filed under: Arts, Better Together, Church Year, Lent, Liturgy, Visual Arts
Today’s post is written by Matt Nightingale, Director of Worship Ministries at Redeemer Covenant Church in Tulsa, OK.
Today, as we continue to walk through this season of Lent, I’m thinking more expansively about the art of leading worship. Our …
A Possible Next Step?
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Written on September 9th, 2011
Filed under: Arts, Better Together, Formation, Leadership, NPTS, Resources for Worship
Filed under: Arts, Better Together, Formation, Leadership, NPTS, Resources for Worship
Today’s post was written by Geoff Twigg, a pastor, singer/songwriter, worship leader and ministry consultant in Bedford, New Hampshire. Geoff serves the ECC as a member of the denomination’s Commission on Worship.
This blog entry should have a preface: …
