Make It Happen

Bonus Episode: What is Hybrid Worship?

In the midst of their conversation about AI and the Church, Jason Moore takes a brief detour to talk about the importance of hybrid worship. What is hybrid worship and how might the Church of the future take form?
Beginning in the 1990s, the church embraced visual technology in a new way. But it was the pandemic that really shifted how we understand worship "online.”

Is Nothing Sacred?

In this special crossover episode of Make it Happen and In the Sandbox, Dan and John share words with UMC Pastors Rachel Billups and Matt Rawle. A conversation about innovation takes a poignant turn when everyone realizes the root of innovation is simply in our relationships with other people.

Is Nothing Sacred?

In this special crossover episode of Make it Happen and In the Sandbox, Dan and John share words with UMC Pastors Rachel Billups and Matt Rawle. A conversation about innovation takes a poignant turn when everyone realizes the root of innovation is simply in our relationships with other people.

Don't Let AI Do It For You!

"Agency" is the buzzword for this episode. What is artistic or creative agency? How do we keep good boundaries that prevent us from handing agency over without realizing it? When we let the machine to the art, is it still art? In this episode Dan, John and Jason talk about practical ways to use AI to enhance artistic agency and ask BIG questions for the Church of tomorrow.

A.I. – A Threat or an Enhancement to Ministry?

Dan and John welcome A.I. early adapter Jason Moore to the conversation. Jason has several decades of experience helping the Church overcome her fears of new technology by utilizing a healthy ethical framework rooted in creative agency. For anyone looking for practical handholds on how A.I. can enhance ministry – and how to recognize the threat – this conversation is for you. Find Jason's new book AI and the Church on Amazon, released October 15, 2024.

How to Produce Original Hit Music

Dan and John continue their conversation with Emily Schulte and Chris Wingfield, producers of Ginghamsburg Church's new Christmas EP "Home for Christmas.” This episode peeks behind the curtain and answers big questions about creativity and what it takes to overcome low confidence in pursuit of big ideas.

How to Bring a Big Idea to Life

Dan Bracken and John Whirledge are back asking all the right questions. To kick off season two, they sit down for a conversation with Chris Wingfield and Emily Schulte. Chris and Emily are the frontrunners of the Ginghamsburg Church worship team, and have produced a four-song Christmas EP. The BIG curiosity is, what does it take to pull of a creative project of this magnitude? The conversation is helpful for any creative looking to get an ambitious project off the ground.

Maybe we are the problem!

Calling into question the utopian pitch of "doing life together,” John and Dan finally land on a name for the podcast, and "finish" their conversation about ways to do church differently. An observed cultural shift may hold the key – but is the Church ready? Let's talk about the power shifting from the pulpit to the pew. Learn more about where John and Dan try to make it happen at ginghamsburg.org. 

It all started with a cigarette burn.

John and Dan continue their conversation about ways to do Church differently through the lens of the 2023 Asbury College Revival. What sparks is a curious discussion about the "producer generation" and what implications may impact modern worship. ALSO – how to instantly get 100 new kids to come to youth group, why white milk is better than chocolate (humbly speaking) and a cigarette burn responsible for setting motion to the entire Ginghamsburg movement. 

Dan has a headache.

You can tell by Dan's vocal fry that he wasn't feeling too well. It might have been dehydration, but Dan wonders if other frustrations might actually be the root cause. In this episode, John and Dan talk about phygital relationships, give us courage in the face of change, discuss what might be turning people away from church, the essence of wisdom, church tribalism, abandoning our church facilities and FALSELY CLAIM that episode 03 wraps the conversation.