tenebrae

tenebrae

The office of Tenebrae is an adaptation of a service that was used in the early church. It is a meditation on the shadows that gradually grew darker and finally enveloped Christ in darkness as he journeyed towards the Cross. The service is therefore in a restrained and solemn mood. Readings from scripture are interspersed with music and periods of silence. This is a service I'm working on for our Lent/Easter season. Each of the eight movements through the shadows of anguish, humiliation, separation and death will be played out through scripture readings, music, dramatic action and silence. We are marrying together the richness of our choral music with the alt*worship tradition - taking ancient ideas and re-engaging with them by putting them into contemporary clothes. New Testament readings, and other possibilities like - Isaac Newton and Gesualdo will sit side by side with Taize, Brian Eno, barbed wire and candles, fairy lights and red paint and who knows what else ...

One candle after another will be put out as the sight of the darkness closing in on Jesus. In retracing the steps of Jesus towards the Cross we will meditate on his obedience to God. We also think of our own life of sacrifice for Christ and those for whom he died. “If any person will come after me, let him deny himself and take up the cross and follow me. Whoever loses his life for my sake and the Gospel’s will save it.”

Tenebrae - A Service of Shadows

If you have any ideas for this let me know!

Fall Down Laughter...

Well, after a wonderful weekend retreat at Lakeside Bible Camp as the speaker, and being able to take a break from my normal work routine this has been an extended weekend. And as I love vacations and retreats, it is always that return home/work where you are reminded of the realities of the things left behind. Clients to meet with, walls to paint, cribs to put together, worship sets to plan, youth group nights to organize, etc. Sometimes that overwhelming feeling is easily dealt with by the use/experience of laughter. So free of change and thanks to one of my wonderful student/leaders Mary here is something for your heart and soul to laugh about!

Make sure your speakers are up! Click here FUN SONG

Enjoy!

The Message & U2

Here is a great article/interview with Eugene Peterson on his thoughts on Bono, U2, and what he sees as a prophetic voice to our culture. Those of you who don't know Eugene Peterson, he is the translator of "THE MESSAGE" a contemporary translation of the Bible. He is also a retired pastor of 32 years, and a prof at Regent Seminary in Vancouver BC. He has written a ton of wonderful books one of my favorites being "A Long Obedience in the Same Direction." Anyways this is a great article. Thanks to Ben Gezon for the link.

Click here to read. The Message & U2

Cool story...

Have you been keeping up on the Olympics? Well I found this very cool story about Kelly Clark one of the best female snowboarders in the world. It is pretty cool to see how she is expressing herself in the midst of a media minded, product driven, world-wide audience. You can read the article by clicking here....

KELLY CLARK STORY

Nacho Libre...

Unexplainable...

Just something you...

Have got to see for yourself...

click here: NACHOLIBRE

Even Better...

Seeing is believing.

The previous post about Bono's words at the National Prayer Breakfast version 1.2. If you are not a reader click here to watch and listen to Bono share!

It is awesome!

BONO VID

BONO'S REMARKS TO THE NATIONAL PRAYER BREAKFAST

If you didn't know Bono got to speak to everyone at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington D.C. If you have not read his speech/plea/prayer/vision/challenge/message, you have got to take some time to do so.

Click here to read it... Bono at the National Prayer Breakfast.