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What the Church Can Learn from Pixar

Pixar

Pixar is one of the most creative companies in the world.  They consistently push the boundaries of technology, release hit movies, and tell touching stories.  I have loved Pixar movies since I first saw Toy Story and I continue to love both their movies and their approach to being a creative organization.  In the Church we may not be creating movies, but a significant portion of our work is about telling the story of Christ and life change within our midst and finding creative ways to do so.  Because of this I think we can learn a lot from Pixar’s approach to fostering creativity.

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Using Spotify For Worship Planning

Spotify

I’ve recently been spending some time with our worship planning team as we’ve discussed Christmas services and the upcoming calendar year.  One of the tools that I’ve found indespinsible when it comes to discussing music for worship services is Spotify.  I’ve had Spotify for several months, but it wasn’t until recently that I’ve really found the full potential of what’s possible.

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Two Kinds of Worship

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There a lots of styles of music. Because of this when it comes to the corporate act of worship, we often take those labels and use them to describe the kind of worship that is happening. Contermporary worship, traditional worship, modern worship, blended worship, bluegrass worship, or a variety of other options. We likely even leave church services on Sunday discussing whether or not this week had “good worship.” The oddity of these labels for worship is that the Bible never seems to label worship as contemporary or traditional and likewise good worship and bad worship.

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