I live in Ohio and had no idea this place existed until I read about it in Country Living magazine. The Museum of Divine Statues, located in Lakewood, Ohio, is dedicated to the rescue, restoration and preservation of religious statues and other art from the many Catholic churches that were closed in the Cleveland area in 2009. Here’s the story from Fox8 News in Cleveland:
Music & Worship
Create-A-Day: your daily dose of creativity #27 — Song Devotionals
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Many of you have been deeply blessed by Matt Redman’s songs. He has a wonderful heart of worship, and I love that his passion for Jesus shines through his work.
He offers many resources but I want to point to two specific resources today. First, he writes and posts song devotionals on many of his most popular worship songs on his website at www.mattredman.com (go to bottom of page to view listing). Continue reading
Create-A-Day: your daily dose of creativity #18 — Adventures in Faith & Art
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Manuel Luz is the Creative Arts Pastor for Oak Hills Church in Folsom, California. Today I want to refer you to his blog, Adventures in Faith & Art. He posts reflections that help stir the heart of the creative soul. You can follow his blog or like his page on Facebook to keep up to date with his posts.
Create-A-Day: your daily dose of creativity #17 — Creative Worship with Drums
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Create-A-Day: your daily dose of creativity #13 — Rockin with the Cross
StandardAs a musician and worship leader, quick access to chord charts, tablature and lead sheets is a must! Rockin’ With the Cross has provided Christian chord charts and tablature for guitar, piano, bass and horn for over 13 years! There is a small fee of $3.95/monthly.
Create-A-Day: your daily dose of creativity #5 — Jeremy Begbie, art theologian
StandardToday I’d like to introduce you to theologian and musician Jeremy Begbie, the Thomas A. Langford Research Professor of Theology at Duke Divinity School. I first discovered Dr. Begbie while doing research for my book and was caught up by the depth of his thoughts regarding worship and the arts. I loved that a theologian was mining the depths of the arts for the church and its people.
Create-A-Day: your daily dose of creativity #4 — Shaping Worship
StandardAre you a “undiscovered” songwriter? Perhaps a worship leader who’s written songs well-liked by your congregation? A musician who’s written instrumental music for church and liturgical use? Or maybe you develop backgrounds and videos for worship? Are you a small church with a limited budget wanting to take advantage of some free resources to enhance your Sunday morning worship experience? Then I’d like to introduce you to ShapingWorship.com.
Create-A-Day: your daily dose of creativity #3 — Epiphany
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Today is Epiphany. For those of us who’ve been raised in a high-church tradition, we know and understand what this holiday means to us as Christians. Some celebrate this holiday with great joy. Some have lost the joy in the repetition of a seemingly outdated tradition. Some of us have no idea what Epiphany means as our church does not celebrate or acknowledge this religious holiday.
Create-A-Day: your daily dose of creativity #1 — Rory Noland
StandardSeems appropriate that our first creative resource is Rory Noland, Director of Heart of the Artist Ministries at www.heartoftheartist.org.
For me and many other creatives in the church, The Heart of the Artist is the book that started it all! Before reading Noland’s book, the only “art” I thought applied to church was music and a
n occasional drama, and frankly, I’m not even sure I thought of music as an “art.” So much has changed since then! Noland now has four books—all worth reading. He also leads retreats for artists and worship workshops for churches. His site has a link to direct you to a new worship CD he has out. Here’s a quick preview!
Nurturing the Creative Spirit Within 