Ecclesial Dreamer…the ramlings of an ecclesial dreamer

Back in what seems like a lifetime ago, when I was still connected to a community that was trying to learn what it meant to embody church, I had the pleasure and privilege of knowing a young talented artist. She was too smart to let anything she created be used as propaganda for a shallow Sunday morning production that did not value art unless it could be used to illustrate the all important sermon. We were still struggling with making transitions out of the old, broken model of church as a commodity and did not really know what to do with this gifted individual. In hindsight, it is probably best we did not try to exploit her and in any case I don’t think she would have allowed any such thing.

Earlier this evening, I was informed that she has recently produced her first youtube video. Watching it brings back great memories for me as well as a deep sense of wondering what could have been had we figured things out before it all unraveled. In any case, you can check out the video here:

Thanks Sam! I love it.