Back in February, As we began thinking of rebuilding our destroyed church facilities, I attempted to open a discussion on Church architecture. See:
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I had a glitch in my comments feature and lost all atempts to add feedback. Donna-Jean emailed me her reflections.
So good to read [...]
The other day I pulled several quotes from architect Daniel Lee. As Lakeshore Baptist Church looks forward to rebuilding our storm flattened buildings, I wanted to reflect on the theological implications of building a structure conducive to Christ exalting, God saturated, cross centered worship.
I showed my project coordinator, Greg London, some of the stuff I [...]
Before the storm, my weekly routine included listening to the White Horse Inn. Hosted by Michael Horton, Rod Rosenbladt, Kim Riddlebarger and Ken Jones, the show features a regular roundtable discussion of Christian theology and apologetics. The stimulating conversation highlights sound theology as practiced in our contemporary context and often critiques American pop-evangelicalism.
Michael Horton [...]
This week as I began thinking about church architecture, I mentioned architect Daniel Lee. He observed, “What I sense and see in my own involvement in the religious community, and in my reading, is that most Christians cannot begin a conversation on architecture.” At the risk of sounding cynical he notices that,
“The architecture that [...]
Leonard Sweet gives Ten Commandments of Architecture for the Postmodern Church in his article, “Church Architecture for the 21st Century.” Overlooking my discomfort with his use of the “postmodern” label, I think he makes some interesting recommendations.
10. Thou shalt not make a graven image.
9. Thou shalt not create ugliness.
8. Thou shalt design for all [...]
When hurricane Katrina slammed into the gulf coast, Lakeshore took the brunt of the winds and a massive storm surge. People have asked us, “was your church destroyed?” We have answered, “no - Katrina did not destroy our church. She did completely wash away our buildings. We only found bits and pieces of strewn rubble [...]
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