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California Art Club Annual Gold Medal Exhibitions
The Brehm Center recommends the 97th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition of the California Art Club. This exhibition is being held from April 27 - May 18, 2008 at the Pasadena Museum of California Art (PMCA), 490 East Union Street. The Brehm Center's artist-in-residence, Christopher Slatoff, won this year's Gold Medal for sculpture. PMCA passes available at the Brehm Center.
Two upcoming Arts conferences
Craig Detweiler, Reel Spirituality Co-Director, will participating in 2 upcoming Art conferences. These conferences GENERATIVE CREATIVITY: TRANSFORMING THE CULTURAL RIVER will be February 28 - March 1 in NYC and Transforming Culture will be April 1-3 in Austin, Texas. Learn more about these conferences.
Education
A Sacramentally Good Lunch Conversation
Join Professor Todd Johnson for a conversation about Sarah Koenig’s essay “This is My Daily Bread: Toward a Sacramental Theology of Evangelical Praise and Worship.” Wednesday April 23, 11:30am to 1pm in the Geneva Room-2nd floor of Payton. RSVPs appreciated.
Emerging Church
Pubs, Clubs and Altworship
During Calvin College's January term 23 Calvin students spent 17 days in London studying the emerging and altworship movements. Read a summary of their time in the UK.
Nothing Sacred/Everything Sacred: Emerging Churches and the New Worship
To talk about music and worship in the church is to take on a complex and sometimes contentious subject. Music matters to human beings: There are very few people who don�t enjoy music in some form, and it would be hard to find a culture that does not make its own music, however rudimentary. While I agree with many who say that music is universal, I part company with those who say it is a universal language. Music is particular and contextual; it is born in our cultural and social settings.
Los Angeles
Space is the Place
Looking for something to do? Looking for a cool place to go in Los Angeles? Read Craig Detweiler's, Reel Spirituality Co-director,take on a L A Landmark...
Music
Sounds for Summer - Warchild: Emmanuel Jal
Emmanuel Jal grew up in southern Sudan and, like many of his peers, was forced to flee the country when civil war broke out. By the time he was 11 years-old he was more used to carrying an AK-47 than toys having been pressed into military service by the Sudanese People's Liberation Army. After three months of fighting he managed to flee the fighting with some other boy-soldiers and they attempted to make their way to safety in Ethiopia.
News
Barry Taylor discusses his new book
Barry Taylor, artist in residence for the Brehm Center, discusses "Entertainment Theology: New-Edge Spirituality in a Digital Democracy".
Chapel Internship 2008/2009
Applications for the 2008 - 2009 chapel internship program are now being accepted.
Concert featuring Katie Herzig closed Arts Fest 2008
Katie Herzig closed Arts Fest 2008, Friday, May 2, with an intimate show at Travis Auditorium.
Offerings 2008 — available on-line
The Arts Concerns Committee is pleased to announce that this year's Offerings, Fuller's journal of literary and digital art, is now available on-line in digital format as a part of Arts Fest 2008.
Katie Herzig Tix on Sale Now!
Tickets can be purchased at the Brehm Center for only $8.50. Tickets will also be sold in the Garth and Psych breezeway at various times.
Singers needed!
Fuller Vocal Ensemble — Auditions for altos, tenors, and basses are currently being held for spring quarter. $250 stipend/quarter available Contact Kathleen Tiemubol for an audition time: 626-304-3725 or kathleen@fuller.edu
Brehm Scholar Applications
Master of Divinity Brehm Scholarship to be awarded for Fall 2008. Click on the heading above for more information.
The Proposed Worship and Arts Center
Working in close collaboration with the award-winning architectural firm William McDonough + Partners, a Fuller leadership team has designed an innovative center. Continue Reading
Brehm Blog Roll
Click here to view Brehm Related Blogs
WTA Credential Module 2
WTA Credential Registration is open for Module 2: Worship Leadership and Practice, Sept 7-8, 2007.
Todd Johnson Installed in Brehm Faculty Chair
Johnson explores the link of congruence between belief and prayer and between the story of God and the story of people in his work as the newly installed Brehm Chair for Worship, Theology, and the Arts.
Reel Spirituality
Craig Detweiler discusses his new book
Craig Detweiler discusses his upcoming book: "Into the Dark: Seeing the Sacred in the Top Films of the 21st Century"
Weezer buries MTV, embraces... YouTube
The "Pork and Beans" video takes the song to another level by embracing the absurdity of instant Internet celebrities.
Detweiler Blogs About Disbeliefnet.com
On Craig Detweiler's "Purple State of Mind" blog, the Reel Spirituality Co-director discusses the launch of Disbeliefnet.com
Windrider Forum discussed in Relevant Magazine
The WindRider Forum, an immersive, experiential class held in the midst of the Sundance Film Festival, is discussed in a recent Relevant magazine article.
Craig Detweiler talks about "The Wire" in Catapult Magazine
Craig Detweiler discusses the conclusion of the "most generous, depressing, and ambitious television series."
Beliefnet discusses "Purple State of Mind"
Becky Garrison discusses her experience of Detweiler's "Purple State of Mind"
Detweiler serves as a judge for Beliefnet's Annual Film Awards
Reel Spirituality co-director Craig Detweiler served as a judge for Beliefnet's annual Film Awards. The judges' awards went to AMAZING GRACE for Best Spiritual Movie, Emile Hirsch from INTO THE WILD for Best Spiritual Performance and INTO GREAT SILENCE for Best Spiritual Documentary. For a complete listing of the judges' and the audiences' award winners, go here: http://www.beliefnet.com/bfa/?WT.mc_id=HOMELEAD2
Detweiler and Johnston quoted in Christianity Today
Reel Spirituality directors Rob Johnston and Craig Detweiler are quoted in Christianity Today.
Craig Detweiler previews the Academy Awards
Detweiler invited by Relevant Magazine to offer a theological preview of the Academy Awards
Listen to Podcasts from the Windrider Forum
Craig Detweiler talks with the producer (Heather Rae), writer/director (Courtney Hunt) and two actors (Melissa Leo & Misty Upham) from “Frozen River,” which has not only been talked about by the filmgoers, but was picked up for distribution by SONY Pictures. Continue Reading
Craig Detweiler reviews U2 3D
Craig Detweiler, Co-Director of Reel Spirituality, reviews the new U23D movie on his blog (http://purplestateofmind.com/craig/blog/). Click on the heading above or below to read the review.
Reframing Theology and Film
A new book by Reel Spirituality's Robert Johnston has just been published by Baker Academic.
Craig Detweiler responds to the controversy brewing around The Golden Compass
Reel Spirituality's Craig Detweiler responds to the controversy brewing around the upcoming release of The Golden Compass. Did the fantasy film based upon the first novel of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials have a hidden athiest agenda?
2007 Reel Spirituality/LAFSC Film Awards
A Call for Submissions for the 2007 Reel Spirituality / LAFSC Film Awards. Deadline is September 28, 2007.
Craig Detweiler talks about the film CHILDREN OF MEN at All Saints Beverly Hills.
Craig Detweiler talks about the film CHILDREN OF MEN at All Saints Beverly Hills.
New Study Guide
A NEW STUDY GUIDE for the new nature documentary from Paramount and National Geographic, An Arctic Tale.
Theology, News & Notes
A Stirring Charge: Dear Professor Shasberger, from Harold Best
Professor Shasberger, I greet you in the name of the crucified and risen Savior, in whose blood you have been washed, by whose Spirit you are taught and empowered, and in whose name you have been called into service at Westmont College.
Worship and Music
The Fuller Vocal Ensemble in Concert
Sunday, June 1, 2008, Dr. J. Frederick Davison conducted the Fuller Vocal Ensemble in the group’s first full length concert entitled “Love Never Fails” at Knox Presbyterian Church in Pasadena.
The Union of Music and Theology in the Sacred Compositions of J. S. Bach
It is well known that theologian Karl Barth had a profound love for the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart....Continue Reading
Music and Technology in Worship: Where Are We Headed?
Hardware drives software. This truism in the computer industry indicates that the invention of electronic gadgets with new capabilities (i.e., hardware) precedes and then demands development of software tools known as killer apps (i.e., applications)...Continue Reading
The Impact of Global Christian Music in Worship
The global tapestry of Christian music in the twenty-first century is weaving the strands of our lives together in stunning new ways. In the music of worship, the narratives of our lives are gathered up together as one before the throne of God. Centuries ago, the Psalmist declared, All nations will come and worship before you, O God (Ps. 86:9).
Hip-Hop and Worship: Effects on the Future of the Church
One of the great challenges the twenty-first-century church will face will be a negotiation between worship style and the pervasive influence of the hip-hop culture the popular music, fashion, and philosophies emerging from rap music, its artists, and its following...Continue Reading
The King of Instruments
Praise God with . . . organs. -Psalm 150:4 (KJV)
Traces of a Hymn Explosion
During the past 20 years, though churches have been increasingly using choruses and songs of praise in worship, the field of hymn writing has also increased...
Convergence: Coming to a Worship Service Near You
The world of worship ministry has been in constant change over the past several decades...
DMiss in Ethnomusicology
Here's a great opportunity to study Music, culture, and the arts in service of the Church. Read more.
One God, Many Voices: The Changing Sound of Worship
Music is integral to worship for most religions, particularly for corporate gatherings of the Christian faith. It has been said that removing music from a worship service is to be left with only...
Nothing Sacred/Everything Sacred: Emerging Churches and the New Worship
A new wave of creativity and artistic innovation is converging, especially in the world of "emergent worship." Barry Taylor, Brehm Center Artist in residence, identifies ways this style of worship embraces an eclectic mix of ancient and popular cultures in a particularly contextual approach.