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Category Archives: Creative Arts

It’s finished: Binary Sea’s new site and album Compass

OK, better late than never, right? Here’s the announcement: my brother Shayne and I have been working on an electronic music album under the moniker of Binary Sea for over a year now, and I’m terribly pleased to tell you that as of yesterday, our new album Compass is ready to be purchased from our [...]

Grace Fellowship blog: arts conference report

I and another member of Grace Fellowship have written up our observations of the Prophetic & Arts Conference held at Bethel Church last month: Read the first part Read the second part

Monday Light: new feature coming soon!

Howdy y’all. I have some news for you: I will be adding a new weekly feature to the blog called Monday Light. Every Monday I will post a new photo along with a thought of the day, with an emphasis on contemplative beauty. I’m currently testing out a great photo hosting site that blows Flickr [...]

Excerpts of music I’ve been working on with Binary Sea

I rarely talk about this on Finite Call Infinite generally speaking, but I am a musician, and I’ve been working for almost a year on an electronic music album project with Binary Sea, a collaboration between myself and my brother Shayne. We’ve just posted some excerpts of the upcoming release on our site which you [...]

Guest blogging over at Rend the Heavens

I’m excited to be expanding my little corner of the blogosphere by guest blogging over at Chris Davis’ excellent Rend the Heavens blog. The post’s subject matter is regarding the nature of true worship, which is a continuation of a topic he’s been covering for a while. So go check it out!

God puts me in the mood for art

I’ve been on an interesting journey over the past few months as I’ve started playing regularly on the worship team for my church. In the past, I was always someone who played music and was a Christian, but only recently have I begun to play music because I’m a Christian. In other words, I’m learning [...]

Interesting ideas from IMC

I heard about the Internet Ministry Conference by way of Church Relevance, and these two posts of recap notes featured some extremely beneficial information that I found to be both challenging and inspiring. IMC :: Communicating Without Words Rough Notes IMC :: Design is Credibility Rough Notes

The tools don’t make the talent, but…

I feel like I’ve been on a train going uphill for a long time. The summit is getting closer, and we’re picking up speed, but we’re not there yet. To get right to the point, there are a certain number of creative projects I’ve had in my head for a considerable duration, but I’ve not [...]

Creative excellence pyramid

The following is a widely-discussed and rather mundane observation which I’m probably subconsciously ripping off from a bunch of other people. However, I think it’s good to talk about anyway because a lot of people struggle with this. I know I do all the time. For creative, multi-talented people who are driven to strive for [...]

Sneak peak of work-in-progress design and “the future”

Based on the suggestion of my friend Chris, I thought I’d give you all a sneak peak of the design I’m currently working on for the next incarnation of Finite Calls Infinite. It’s a thumbnail of my Photoshop layout, so it’s not a functioning site yet. But it’s probably about 90% there in terms of [...]