This is a series of posts for worship leaders, a term I define broadly to include anyone who has anything to do with planning, preparing for or leading a worship service. At the same time,
Perhaps the greatest single discovery in the history of the World: Fire. Imagine an ancient, even prehistoric village. One morning following a violent storm two of the villagers happened across a tree still smoldering from
In a recent conversation with a friend working on the front lines of the church we began discussing how Seedbed might better serve our community of sowers. Somehow we got off onto a conversation about
At Seedbed we are exploring a variety of “sowing” strategies toward the outcome of a sustained great awakening of global scope. It’s a big dream and yet our work is quite humble in nature. As
In this week’s Saturday Post, J.D. Walt continues his popular series, Social Wisdom for Social Media. Today he explores the issues and asks questions about the nature of online relationships, weak ties and strong ties and explores the relationship between thin connections and thick conversation. Lots of food for thought.
In this week’s Saturday Post, J.D. Walt thinks with us about the differences between order and organization, productivity and flourishing, the Empire of Control and the Kingdom of Creativity and renovating the inner life instead of rearranging the furniture again.
In this week’s Saturday evening post, J.D. Walt offers a stark warning about the fastest selling book of all time, “Fifty Shades of Grey.”
Fifty Shades is yet another sign we live in an age where all the norms of human sexuality are being shattered on the anvil of so-called human freedom and individual rights. This is not some kind of “prudish” high-handed shame bomb. There is nothing gray about it. It’s pure darkness.
In this weeks’ Saturday Post, J.D. Walt explores one of the biblical texts for the week and comes out with a challenging word for worship designers and leaders.
In this week’s Saturday Post, J.D. Walt discusses the Apostles Creed within the framework of the trivium classical learning approach. If the creed aspires to be a curriculum for lifelong learning, how is it that so many just memorize it, mouth it and move on?
Still pondering your fall sermon series or what to study in your small group or Sunday School Class? Seedbed has developed CREED, a seven to eight week resource you may want to check out. Fall is a great time to get back to the basics, to gather the church around the core of the Christian faith. Take a look at the Farm Team’s latest offering.
In this week’s Saturday Post, J.D. Walt takes a play from the Joel Osteen playbook and runs with it. You may want to try it too.
