morgan county fair in pictures

• Author: Brad
• Filed under: family, fatherhood, photography
• Date: Aug 3,2009

one of these things is not like the other…

• Author: Brad
• Filed under: blogging, humor, photography, web
• Date: Jul 28,2008

seattle’s pike place market in pictures

• Author: Brad
• Filed under: photography
• Date: Oct 25,2007

Last month I was in Seattle for a worship conference with my good friend, B.J., and we stayed downtown for the ‘experience.’

You can’t go to Seattle and not visit one of its downtown treasures in Pike Place Market. Pike Place is a public market overlooking the Elliott Bay waterfront. It opened August 17, 1907, and is one of the oldest continually-operated public farmer’s markets in the country. It is a place of business for many small farmers, craftspeople and merchants.

One of the Market’s major attractions is Pike Place Fish Market [see below], where employees throw fish to each other rather than passing them by hand. The “flying fish” have appeared in an episode of the television sitcom Frasier that was shot on location and have been featured on The Learning Channel. The infamous Starbucks Coffee was founded near Pike Place Market, at 2000 Western Avenue, in 1971.

Enjoy these pics I took while I strolled through one of the country’s favorite tourist spots on a overcast September Seattle day…

interview with sally morgenthaler

• Author: Brad
• Filed under: abandoned, art, Bible study, Christianity, church, community, culture, emerging church, emerging culture, evangelism, Gospel, leadership, missiology, music, pastoring, photography, poetry, prayer, q & a, seminar, theology, video, worship
• Date: Sep 27,2007

I am excited to post another interview in preparation for the Abandoned: Worship as Life seminar this Saturday, September 29 on the campus of Missouri Baptist…

It is a distinct honor to have you listen on my conversation with one of my personal heroes and now good friend, Sally Morgenthaler. Many will know Sally from her best-selling book, Worship Evangelism and her appearance at many worship conferences over the last decade. Well as is the case with us all, Sally is evolving. But you’ll have to listen in to see how and why…

Note: Sorry for the quality. You’ll hear an echo with the audio. Just imagine we did this interview in a cave and you’ll forget about it after a while. Man, technology…

the photography of hsu

• Author: Brad
• Filed under: blogging, music, photography
• Date: Aug 20,2007

If you don’t subscribe to the blog of Max Hsu – of Superchick fame – you don’t get to see things like this:

Unbelievable! Name that band…

baker’s worship tricks

• Author: Brad
• Filed under: art, blogging, books, Christian season, church, emerging church, media, music, photography, planning, prayer, sacred space, technology, video, worship
• Date: May 27,2007

If you’re a worship leader and you haven’t heard of Jonny Baker, let me introduce you. Worship world meet Jonny. Jonny meet the worship world…

Baker is a London postmodern; author of Alternative Worship – a great resource for holiday planning btw; director of independent record label, Proost; a member of Grace, an emerging church/alternative worship community; works for CMS helping reimagine church and mission; coordinator of worship at Greenbelt Arts Festival; and blogger. Whew! I can’t even keep my to do’s organized…

I keep up with Baker via his blog. And though his blog modus operandi is well, very postmodern in its approach and thus for some, probably a bit ambiguous, his Worship Tricks are worth the price of admission alone.

Baker’s Worship Tricks are creative ideas, video loops, pieces of liturgy etc that Baker has stumbled across that have been used or could be used in worship. As a side note, I’ve always thought the words ‘tricks’ seemed weird, but in a English sort of way, I’m giving some rope.

Baker has just started his third installment of his Worship Tricks series. His previous two, Series 1 and Series 2, each contain 100 ‘tricks.’

Below is Baker’s kickoff to Series 3 of Worship Tricks. It is a beautiful confession:

When our thoughtless criticism stifles the creativity of others,

Lord, have mercy.

Lord, have mercy

When we keep a tight hold on power and deny others the chance to participate.

Christ, have mercy.

Christ, have mercy.

When we prefer the safety of our holy huddle to the wideness of God’s world.

Christ, have mercy.

Christ, have mercy.

When we decline to take risks for fear that we might fail.

Lord, have mercy.

Lord, have mercy.

But when we praise the gifts of others,

share the power that we are given,

engage with communities beyond the boundaries of our comfort,

and risk everything we have for the sake of others,

then, God rejoices in us.

Almighty God,

who forgives all who truly repent,

Have mercy uponus,

pardon and deliverusfrom all our sins,

confirm and strengthenusis all goodness,

and keepusin life eternal,

through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

phriday is for photos 03.07.07

• Author: Brad
• Filed under: art, photography
• Date: Mar 2,2007

This past week, I joined the Flickr Friday Photo group, home to typically reverent/refreshingly irreverent evangelical bloggers Joe Thorn, Steve McCoy, Kevin Cawley, Timmy Brister, and the like. I’ve been using Flickr during the last year, trying to compile my family photos in an online format as ‘backup.’ Anyways, I’m excited about this new foray…

By no stretch of the imagination am I a prolific or professional photographer. But I am an artist. And a believer. And I believe that yes, even believers, can create great art to the end of redeeming it.

I enjoy the art of photography and hope to grow as one through this group as I virtually ‘hang’ with some really good photographers/bloggers/believers/purveyors of sarcastic fodder.

Props to Joe for starting this group and for keeping the invitation open to any to join. I hope I make you proud! [Sniff, sniff...]

So today I enter into the portal that is Friday Photos. [I stole Steve's moniker for the title- I hope that was okay...why improve on that which is genius?] :)