Torn Page: The Torn Curtain Arts Ministry Blog

Ok, close your eyes and imagine that it’s December 21st and you’ve just opened your inbox to find this appropriately timed Christmas newsletter. Forget that its already January of 2008 and just when you think you’ve read your last “Peace-on-earth-reason-for-season-frozen-maple-leaf-adorned-christmas-card” your friends Paul and Christa get off their… donkey and ask if there’s any more room inn 2007 for them.
Give us a break! This season was way busier than either of us anticipated! Our friends at Joyco Multimedia asked Christa and I and Stella to help them on a video project they were doing for Awanas International. The three of us will be seen in a youth leader video resource available in July. Before that project was finished I was contacted by our friend Sanne MacCarthy who connected me to Shepherd of the Hills Presbyterian Church in Lakewood, CO who wanted a nativity retelling from Joseph’s perspective. I worked with the pastor on writing an original piece and performed it at their Christmas Eve Service. However, before I began working on those two projects I was asked to step in as a guest worship leader with the church at “The Ridge” in Northglenn, CO. I’ve been asked to help develop a new vision for the worship arts there. Christa has finished her semester teaching theatre with the home-school co-op called the HOPE program and is gearing up for the second half of her first year there.
I’m excited to announce that the new Torn Curtain website will be online by end of the month. I’ve been looking forward to showing you all the fantastic work of Shawn Porter, the designer of the site (also a co-worker with a green apron), I’ve been so blessed to find another artist whose work can truly represent the style of Torn Curtain. The site will feature our most recent videos and two free scripts for ministries to use. Check it out at torncurtainarts.org.
In other news, I’m totally stoked to begin working on this year’s “Club Live” Event with my friends at “Outside the Box” ministries and Clint Bieri in Fairfield OH. This event is performed and produced by students. I also begin the very busy spring leg of the Dare 2 Share tour with our third stop in Columbus OH at the end of this month.
I think 2007 was easier than 2006. Although it seems like in many ways we’re still holding on to a thread, we’ve also seen the evidence of several people who are holding us and, dare I say it, things have gotten easier. So, after thinking about our journey so far and remembering who is responsible for bringing us here in the first place, I think we’re going to pull through. I love you guys.