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 Planning Center Online and various denominational worship resource companies, Clayfire never figured out how to break into the industry.
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 us ranging from beginners to speakers with decades of experience as a communicator. More about them later. Well, anyway, at the gathering some of the folks (Tony and Bruce) got to ribbing me about my lack of presence on the blogosphere and social media in general. I’m huge on collaboration, I really do enjoy shared ideas and conversation, but I have trouble expressing that online. So I’ve resolved to spending some time on more regular communication.
I’m gonna start small and just see how it develops. Here are a few things I’m planning for starters:
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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 allowed us to share on Church As Art. You can buy the tunes or the whole album from iTunes or Amazon.
These are words to build a life on
Enjoy!
