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Clayfire… failed pot?

So, what is Clayfire, and why would anyone care if its gone (here’s the closing announcement)  ? Their tagline, “reshaping worship together” sums up what I think they/we were after.  But they also needed to figure out how the reshapers or users of “pre-shaped” worship were going to access the designs… and in the world of [...]


Communicating with each other

Last week I attended an event called Red Letter Christians, where I met up with old friends and made new ones. Tony Campolo and his son, Bart, organized the group and I think this was their fourth year to do this thing. We were all Jesus followers with passion about justice in the world around [...]


Mike Crawford

If you don’t already know Mike Crawford and the Secret Siblings, you should.  He’s an old friend of mine that curates worship at Jacobs Well in Kansas City. Check out this video: Mike Crawford and His Secret Siblings from josh franer on Vimeo. And then here are two lead sheets to his songs that he has [...]