All Blog Posts Tagged 'visual' (16)

Clyde,

As I read through your March 13 newsletter, I was struck again by your ministry title – Visual Story Network – and the world of the Deaf.  To them, it’s all visual.  While “interactive” methods ask and offer a lot for their world, literal visual Bible storying (based on Chronological Bible Storying) is having an immense one-on-one impact as Deaf storytellers(read: evangelists/church-planters) are going out into the mainstream Deaf public with the sign…

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Every story that gets filmed has one or more producers who bring the story to a screen.  Ralph Winter has produced movies that have grossed $2.4 billion dollars worldwide.  In this webinar Ralph reviews the producer's job description and gives his insights on the role of a successful producer in part 3 of our…

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"Because the Word made flesh is also the image of the invisible God, this book matters.  Enabling the reader to connect God’s eternal Word with the reality of how images are used today, this book paints a strong picture—while offering ample explanation—of how to unearth and communicate God’s presence and purpose embedded in the ever-shifting visual swirl of our culture.  It’s a book worth more than a cursory read; it’s worth your attention"  - Connally Gilliam,…

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We want to get new ideas for making the VSN online community more interactive.  We started with a few people and a few questions.  Please add your insights below.

When you come to the VSN community, what do you look for? What do you seek to offer?

Francine: I'm looking for people with similar interests.  I'm looking for a ministry niche, looking to find

friends.

John: I want to equip the saints for the work of ministry.  I…

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I've been spending a fair amount of time in Romans lately.   It struck me that this verse has much to say about our storytelling.

"For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope." (Romans 15:4)

 

I think this verse has much to offer regarding our visual stories.  Here are a few observations.

#1.  If the purpose of…

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After two and a half years of working with 21 artists, I'm very happy to announce the official launch of The Grove Center for the Arts & Media's dynamic new video ebook optimized for the iPad, Kindle & Nook. It's called …

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A BIG thanks to our presenter!  We had 21 participants.   Very insightful remarks related to your personal as well as organizational security.   Here are the links to the recorded webinar (55 minutes). 

    Streaming recording link (recommended)

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Great whirlwind tour to Colorado this past weekend (March 2-5)!  I enjoyed conspiring with kingdom change-agents Christine Weddle (Navigators), Rich Blanco & Brian Carlson (Biblica), John Fornof (Impact Creative Media), Jim Howard (Denver Seminary) and Tom Khazoyan (10x Productions). 

 

VSN folks gathered in Colorado Springs (Saturday night) and Denver (Sunday night) to connect, share ideas, showcase new projects, and learn more about the visual story movement…

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It was great to be with so many mobile ministry practitioners for three days at the JAARS / Wycliffe headquarters in North Carolina. We had a 300% increase over the last year's gathering.

 

Here is the Executive Summary (if you have difficulty accessing Google Docs, try…

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Check out my blog post on: Islamic MTV in NYTimes… Continue

Here’s an ambitious Visual Bible project:



I came across http://www.biblemesh.com/ today. It looks interesting and has big names like Tim Keller attached to it.



Dave

I was doing a bit of shameless googling of my own name, and found my Collide Magazine article from October referenced on the Web Evangelism site. As I dug further through their links, I was drawn into an article from the… Continue

I've been talking with many people about delivery of visual media to various audiences that are outside the 'mainstream'. I think there are many tribes of people who share some common beliefs that make them Christian, but there are many other passions that make them very different when it comes to creative things like music, art, and film. More importantly, there are tribes who might be open to spiritual stories that we are telling but are not part of our own tribe.



The question I… Continue

We recently talked about the role the visual media artist in the Church at Yale Divinity School. Below is a clip from our chat and transcript as well.





TWOTP at Yale Divinity from The Work Of The People on Vimeo. OPENING

The arts in general are in the midst of a breaking-through in the church. There is a move away from decoration and toward… Continue

Can we have our pictures and speak about them too?



We sat down to an intimate chat with Walter Brueggemann and asked about the role of visual media in the church. As an Old Testament scholar, Dr. Brueggemann brings rich understanding to the notion of "speech." We wondered if his understanding of speech might be in conflict with our understanding of visual media. Despite our muttered ramblings, Dr.Brueggemann responded with penetrating insight, his sage wisdom infused with disarming… Continue

What's the role of the art's pastor? Here's one of three films we produced withCraig Detweiler, filmmaker, author and professor and director of the Reel Spirituality Institute for the Brehm Center at Fuller Theological Seminary. Craig comments on the role of the arts pastor, freeing the Saints and creating moments that make us… Continue