A Throwback...

Alex Pinguli and I collaborated on this project a few years ago.  It started when Alex came to me with an idea after a service in which we sang Jeremy Casella's version of Guide Me Oh Thou Great Jehovah.  The idea was to create a painting during a worship set as the church sang to the song.  Once we worked out the details (which included rehearsals and run-throughs, adding another song, changing the colors, themes and even layout of the piece) we made it happen at New Life Dresher (ya, he painted it in both services!).
We decided to use Hans Plum's song, Exodus 15 as the prelude to Guide Me.  So the narrative flow reflects the excitement of being freed from slavery in Egypt, crossing the Red Sea into a new life of following God and then looking out over the vastness of the desert wasteland and saying, "Holy #$^%! What are we going to do now?"  This moment is seen most powerfully in the piece when the second song begins and Alex draws a narrow and winding line across the canvas and we all sing in one voice, "Guide me, oh Thou great Jehovah...hold me with Thy powerful hand!"
We hadn't necessarily planned on it but the idea turned into a worshipful performance piece bringing two art forms together so that whenever the song is heard afterward, people recall the painting and whenever they see the painting hanging in the foyer, they recall the song and the moment in which the painting and song connected in their hearts to create a "Gospel Aha!" The painting and the song are now memorials of worship at NLD and I hope you enjoy either reliving the moment or entering into it with fresh eyes.