#music Whose songs are played more than Katy Perry’s each week? Chris Tomlin, king of the sing along. Eric Marrapodi and Tom Foreman share a bit more about the worship songwriter, whose latest album topped the US Billboard 200 charts in January. In CCLI’s last two reporting periods, Tomlin had the No. 1 most-sung song …
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A fictional shadow and type
(William: I finally started on John Stott’s “The Cross of Christ”. Considered to be his magnum opus, and until last week sat proudly on my bookshelf as a paperweight. Well 30 pages in and I am already transfixed and ready to discover why the universal symbol of the Christian faith is a cross, and why …
Round the Bays on four feet
Enjoyed a weekend of unhurried, intentional family time this weekend. The highlight was trudging from Quay St on the waterfront in town all the way to St Heliers for the Auckland Round the Bays fun run/walk. Despite the overexcited More FM announcers, the Army cannon’s starting gun, Eden fell asleep about 15 minutes before the …
Web curations – church stuff (8 Mar)
Clips on church life and ministry: Infographics for the whole bible – This is pretty neat. Josh Byers combines biblical theology and great graphic design in his new project to create an infographic for every book of the Bible. Already the ones for Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and a Revelation end-times summary look fantastic. Stop preaching …
Atheists meet together to “worship”
Recently two London comedians decided to start a Sunday Assembly “anyone who wants to live better, help often and wonder more”. The idea of an atheist church has been wildly successful,with packed weekly services since the first gathering in January (they now run two services!). It’s been such a hit that the organisers are …