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Mardi Gras art from Rousseau
posted on Feb 28, 2017Forget pictures of pancakes. Today I'm RAVING over this surreal Rousseau "Carnival Evening" (1886) from the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Follow them on Instagram @philamuseum. Now go eat pancakes!
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Featured / Writing
Giving Up "Giving Up" for Lent
posted on Feb 28, 2017“I truly believe there can be tremendous spiritual growth during an intentional period of sacrifice and denial. But I wonder if this is always the best approach for teens.”
Rather than encouraging young people to give something up for Lent, p...
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Featured
Forma Conference: Meeting God & Each Other in the Digital Space
posted on Jan 25, 2017Thursday, 9:30 amwith Merrill WhatleySo often we limit our understanding of formation in the digital space to thinking about resourcing people with great curated content. And that's a part of it - was there ever a better place to get VBS ideas tha...
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Featured
See you at Forma!
posted on Jan 25, 2017Are you going to the Forma conference? If so, stop by and say hi! You can find me at the Membership Vision table most of the time. On Thursday morning at 9:30am, I'm doing a workshop with Merrill Whatley on digital ministry and helping people to m...
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Collaborative Art & Digital Projects / Featured
Color ME Pittsburgh - Collaborative Art & Digital Installation
posted on Jan 16, 2017
In honor of MLK JR and the unfinished work we all are called to
do -
Working with longtime friend anu
jain, in early 2014 we launched the Color ME Pittsburgh project.
This was a city-wide collaborative installation we designed to facilitate
...
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Collaborative Art & Digital Projects
Jesus Movement Footprints Altar Frontal
posted on Jan 14, 2017Sometimes I wonder how I get myself into these situations. I am coordinating a collaborative project that will be given as a gift to Presiding Bishop Michael Curry when he comes to Pittsburgh in February for the first of a series of "revivals" in ...
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VBS
Jesus calms the storm
posted on Jan 14, 2017Best VBS experiential story-telling ever. We were sharing the story of Jesus calming the sea. So we had Jesus (one of my teen volunteers) curled up (as if sleeping) in a cardboard boat in the middle of a GIGANTIC parachute which was filled with bl...
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Raves & Faves
British Artist Gary Bunt
posted on Jan 14, 2017I am RAVING about this artist. I needed some imagery and ideas for a social media project that celebrates the arrival of the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, Michael Curry, to Pittsburgh for a series of events that are part of what he is ...
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Writing
Praying in the Digital Space
posted on Jan 14, 2017Families are busy and too often think of prayer as something that has to be done at a specific place (church) or a specific time (bedtime, meals). But with a little prompting and direction, they can learn to pray anywhere and the technology that i...
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Featured / VBS
VBS Planning Webinar
posted on Jan 14, 2017VBS Planning Webinar January 19 at 12 noonSponsored by Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
I know it seems like winter will last forever but now is the time to get a jump on VBS planning. Whether your program is large or small, whether you buy a VBS ...
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