Creativity @ InVia
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Connecting to God through art!
Hierdie groep se droom is dat God ook binne die kunste gesien en ervaar kan word. Enige persoon wat 'n bydrae wil lewer tot die kunste en kreatiwiteit waar ander God kan beleef, is welkom!
Location: Cape Town & Somerset West
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Hier is 'n interessante brief wat Brian McLaren geskryf het oor musiek. Theo het gevra ek moet dit vir julle stuur. an%20open%20letter%20to%20worship%20leaders.brian.doc Enjoy!
FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS, I have been privileged to be “on the road” a lot, speaking mostly with young emerging leaders. I suppose I was asked to speak to them because of some over-forty quota system, and also because many emerging leaders are grappling with the issue of postmodernity, an issue I lost most of my hair grappling with myself— and about which I have written some books. Back home, I am a pastor serving a church that has committed itself to enter the postmodern transition and deal with its issues boldly and confidently. I say “boldly and confidently” knowing that there are as yet no maps to guide a church in this adventure—so we have no real idea where we’re going except that we’re trying to follow Jesus. I guess we feel very much like the children of Israel having left the Egypt of modernity and crossed the Sea into the unknown wilderness…we’re trusting that a God-sent cloud-pillar and fire-cloud will guide us by day and night.
One of the side benefits of travel—as a musician myself, I have truly enjoyed hearing dozens of worship bands and worship leaders, and spending literally hours at almost every event being led in worship. There are many observations and affirmations I could imagine sharing with you who are worship leaders. There are so many encouraging trends, along with a few persistent problems. But one observation stands out. It is actually a request more than an observation: a request for the songwriters among us to explore and then lead us into some new lyrical/spiritual territory..... (lees verder op bg "link")Discussion Forum
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Comment by Zuzanka Jansen van Rensburg on September 12, 2011 at 9:13am -
I am reading a very interesting book by Henry Mann at the moment and two quotes used in the book are quite appropriate to share in this this group I think.
First one was by Mircea Eliade : "Through the mediation of artistic expression the attributes of a religious abstraction are revealed, so to speak, for it is presented in visible form. Hence it may be said that sacred art seeks to represent the invisible by means of the visible". The only word I would change is the "religious" to "spiritual", but that's only because thats where I'm at at the moment as I would rather stay with things spiritual than things religious.
Second quote is by Terry Eagleton and this one really made me think. : "To live well is to transfigure oneself into a work of art by an intensive process of self-discipline."
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Comment by Lynelle Pieterse on September 16, 2011 at 8:55am -
Last night's meeting was inspirational! Thank you for all the ideas shared.
"First thoughts have tremendous energy. It is the way the mind first flashes on something." - Natalie Goldberg
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