Alternative worship

Finding the narrative Guest blog at Clayfire Curator [March 2011] Treating church as a design problem Interview for 'Curating Worship' by Jonny Baker [2010] Cornershop Small church in a world of supermarket spirituality [February 2003] A space for experiment How you get there is as important as what you end up with [Written for alternativeworship.org December 2002] Whose story? Whose story does the music in your church embody - your own, or someone else's? [November 2002 for Movement magazine 113] A method called alternative worship [October 2002 for Seven magazine] Right thing, wrong place The Labyrinth fails to draw the crowds at Glastonbury Festival. Why? [July 2002 for Ship of Fools] London Eye Prayer You can see for 20 miles all around on the London Eye, so where better to pray over the city? [June 2002 for Ship of Fools] Alternative worship is not about youth Alternative worship is not about youth. [May 2002 for Ship of Fools] Church for a changing culture: an introduction to alternative worship Written for alternativeworship.org April 2002 Inside the stained glass window Visions, York, Easter Saturday 2002. [April 2002 for Ship of Fools] Come as you are? Why sex is not a big issue in alternative worship. [March 2002 for Ship of Fools] How far is too far? Are Vaux just taking the piss? [February 2002 for Ship of Fools] Church without commitment If church were just a good night out, would you pay to get in? [January 2002 for Ship of Fools] A personal manifesto What I wanted to achieve in alt worship - a roadmap for the future [January 2002] A weekly work of the people Is a monthly act of worship enough, or do we need to do something weekly for the sake of community? [December 2001 for Ship of Fools] Church just isn't there when you need it "Most alt worship communities are not growing significantly"... is it true? [November 2001 for Ship of Fools] Coffee and campfires Introducing Cathy Kirkpatrick, who believes that our job is to model ways of living the kingdom of God without the church. [October 2001 for Ship of Fools] Bring back the pews (not) The Greenbelt festival: which groups were there, what did they do, and can we now ditch the stylistic trappings? [September 2001 for Ship of Fools] Some notes on getting started Notes for a talk at Greenbelt Festival [August 2001] The church as sensual otherworld Church buildings used to be heavenly spaces, but the stained glass has been outshone by television... [August 2001 for Ship of Fools] All-age alternative worship in Bristol When Bristol's Third Sunday Service moved churches, the age-range expanded to encompass 9-87 year-olds... [July 2001 for Ship of Fools] Good vibrations Welcome to Global Lounge, "an afternoon of sofas, music, performance, community and edutainment," in London's Brick Lane. [June 2001 for Ship of Fools] Anarchy in the USA A report on the Epicenter/Tribal Generation event in Austin, Texas, complete with the Senses Lab and Luscious Room. [April 2001 for Ship of Fools] Straying from the path Someone wants to adapt your idea but ends up subverting it. A labyrinth event in Nottingham raises uncomfortable issues. [March 2001 for Ship of Fools] The image of God Christians aren't concerned with outward appearances, but western culture is. So where's the connection? [February 2001 for Ship of Fools] The word of life and the power of love celebrating the power of love at Christmas with Host, Hackney, London. [January 2001 for Ship of Fools] I will make you fish What does it mean to embody Christ in your place and time? [December 2000 for Ship of Fools] A little child will lead them Turning life and worship upside down at Vaux in south London. [November 2000 for Ship of Fools] Photocopy your face for Jesus How a cold photocopier became a place of encounter with God. [October 2000 for Ship of Fools] Worship (alternative version) What is alternative worship? Alternative rock? Rave in the nave? Priestesses with piercings? [September 2000 for Ship of Fools]