Chuck Colson’s article at Breakpoint.org presents a powerful argument for the importance of aesthetics in worship facilities.  I agree with his observation that:
We have forgotten that beauty is not achieved, as some argue, just to draw people into the church, but because it is a form of praise to the God who designed and created […]

A New Kind of Youth Ministry has an interesting post today about Christians taking over coffee shops.  I found a couple of sentences in one of the first comments particularly engaging and eloquently worded:
The walls between the church and the world are not, in fact, literal and never were. They have always been metaphorical and […]

WPH-Architects for Ministry is pleased to announce that Todd will be delivering a session entitled Multi-purpose and Expandable Worship Centers at the Worship Facilities Expo in Indianapolis, IN in the spring of 2008.  Todd’s session will be on Tuesday, April 29, 2008.  For the complete list of conference sessions, click here.  For more information on […]

As we move into 2008, let’s take a look back at some of the top posts from 2007:

January 2007 - Worship Center Typologies
February 2007 - Church Financing
March 2007 - Bridging the Gap: The Church, Gender & Design
April 2007 - Balancing Project Objectives
May 2007 - Design Builders
June 2007 - Target Outreach Area
July 2007 - Fellowship Spaces
August 2007 […]

Our staff gave me a book this Christmas titled Breakfast with Fred. It is a collection of thoughts by a man I was not familiar with, Fred Smith, Sr., a mentor of leaders. In addition to his thoughts are comments and exercises for reflections by other leaders who have been impacted by him. The book […]