My Process of Making

I've discovered some things about how I go about making the work I make.   Reminds of a quote from Art and Fear (which I quote all the time) which simply says that our work is to learn how to work on our work.  If nothing else after 50 years, I'm getting hints about what that …

God On Trial

Sometimes people ask me to watch films, having been moved for some reason to think that I'd like them.  My friend Jimmy handed me a film in a Netflix envelope probably some six weeks ago, and I said, sure, I'd watch it.  And then life happened, and week after week, he'd ask me, and I'd …

Josh Wilson

Heard a very fine performer at the Willow Creek Arts Conference Friday morning.  Josh Wilson is a West Texan (Lubbock) who stands up there all by himself and creates full band and choir sounds with a looping station that's just as cool as cool can be.  A fine guitarist and singer, he strikes me as …

Is Drama Still Effective?

That's the question lots of people at Willow are asking. And of course, their use of the word "drama" is always a bit suspect, because we all know what we get in churches far too often when it comes to "drama." Why the word "theatre" can't be used tells us something. But whether an actor …