Why You Should Dance…Before the Lord Why did King David, the man after God’s own heart, dance before the Lord? While some Christians may excuse it as the quirks of an eccentric leader, the truth is that he is a model for all worshipers of God. While this may make some believers uncomfortable, we must […]
Three Things that Do Not Change Culture: What I’ve learned after 20 years Everyone talks about changing culture, engaging culture, and transforming culture but after 20+ years of ministry in L.A., I think it is time to share 3 things that do not change culture. Yeah, I can’t believe it either; It has already been […]
At AEM we continue to pray for relief from the many ongoing fires. We also have many who are not directly impacted by the fires and are asking us: what can we do? Many of us have an instinct to immediately go out and help which a good and noble response but we need to […]
Why You Shouldn’t Wait for the New Year to Start Fresh Advent is the perfect time to start fresh. This is the time of year where we celebrate God coming to earth, and initiating an entirely new era for His people. We rejoice over the in-breaking of the Kingdom of God. People are being healed, […]
The Artist’s Heart: How Your Spiritual Life Drives Your Creative Process Art has the power to calm a savage beast and ignite our passions. It can inspire you as you slay the dragons you face in your personal life and your work, or bring you peace as you drift off to sleep. But what about […]
The Essential Power of Truth-Telling in Art Great art leaves its mark on you. The last time you left the theatre or the gallery deep in thought, or finished a novel with a sense of gratitude, it is probably because the creator behind that work embraced the essential power of truth-telling in art. They were […]
Questioning Your Calling? Again? Whether it is just a hiccup in your career, or something like the industry wide crisis right now in Hollywood. It can be easy to lose focus, and hard to think clearly. When life gets hard, questions can simply start to overwhelm us. But they don’t have to. Join me, on […]
Surviving the Entertainment Crisis Job loss in Hollywood is a serious issue for anyone in entertainment. From the massive hemorrhaging in the video game sector over the last few years, to the near endless downsizing and restructuring in Film and TV, it is a challenging season. The first questions that people start to ask are […]
ART is for your HEART: Singing Sing Like Your Life Depends on It! Sing like your very life depends on it. That is the conclusion of recent research done in the UK related to cancer patients and the testimony of King David himself. As it turns out, the health benefits confirm what the writers or […]
Artists Are Not Second Class Citizens in the Church Tragically…some churches have embraced unbiblical ideas that result in artists being treated like second-class citizens. This is true all over the world, and it is not built on biblical principles. It is due to faulty theology exported with missionaries over the last few centuries. Not only […]