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Behold the Dreamer Cometh

Behold the Dreamer Cometh

My friend Blaine is the Experience Engineer out at Willow Creek (what a cool title, huh?) and he and his team put together a phenomenal piece called Behold the Dreamer Cometh for the opening of the Willow Creek Arts Conference back in June.

I was so excited when Blaine posted a blog entry about the process [...]

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The Wonder of it All…

The Wonder of it All…

So I blogged all of my notes from the Willow Creek Arts Conference but wanted to share a few take-aways…

The theme of the conference was Wonder… and I think that it could have not been a more fitting idea. It was incredible how all of the speakers, though from all different backgrounds, churches and organizations, [...]

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Worship of the Beloved :: Efrem Smith

Worship of the Beloved :: Efrem Smith

Senior Pastor of The Sanctuary Covenant Church, Efrem Smith serves close to 1,000 people with the vision to be an urban, multi-ethnic, relevant, holistic, and Christ-centered community. He is an internationally recognized leader, speaker, and consultant on diversity and multi-ethnic issues. Smith has held leadership positions in both church and parachurch organizations such as the [...]

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Made to Stick :: Chip & Dan Heath

Made to Stick :: Chip & Dan Heath

Brothers Chip Heath and Dan Heath are the co-authors ofMade to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die and are regular columnists in Fast Company magazine.
Chip Heath is a Professor of Organizational Behavior in the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. He is the co-author of the book Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas [...]

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Communicating in a Post-Christian Society

Communicating in a Post-Christian Society

Jud Wilhite lives in the Las Vegas area where he serves as the senior pastor of Central Christian Church. Thousands attend services at Central’s campuses each weekend, along with a global community who attend online (centralonlinecampus.com). Jud is the author of several books, including Eyes Wide Open: See and Live the Real You and Deadly Viper Character [...]

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Worship + Justice :: Joel Houston

Worship + Justice :: Joel Houston

Joel Houston is the Creative Director of Hillsong Church and a world renowned songwriter and worship leader. As well as overseeing the creative team, Joel also travels the globe with Hillsong United bringing a message of worship and justice to an emerging generation. Through this, he has birthed ‘I heart’; a movement that inspires this [...]

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Willow Creek Arts Conference Session 2 :: Darlene Zschech & Joel Houston

Willow Creek Arts Conference Session 2 :: Darlene Zschech & Joel Houston

Australian Darlene Zschech is acclaimed all over the world as a singer, songwriter, worship leader and speaker, most notably for spearheading the music that comes from Hillsong Church. Although she has achieved numerous gold albums and her songs are sung in many nations of the world, her success is not the result of pursuing [...]

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Willow Creek Arts Conference Session 1 :: Nancy Beach

Willow Creek Arts Conference Session 1 :: Nancy Beach

Nancy Beach is a visionary leader and champion for the power of the arts and artists in the local church, Nancy Beach is known around the world as a leader and mentor of church artists and teachers. Vice President of the Arts for the Willow Creek Association, she is a teaching pastor at Willow Creek [...]

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