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Dave nodded.

And tonight, as he shut down the computer, the last image on the screen wasn't a sunset. It was a simple, scratched, beautiful black-and-white photo of light pouring through an old window.

After the service, the sanctuary buzzed with a different kind of energy. No one talked about the sermon. They talked about the faces in the river. They talked about the light on the altar.

In the photo, light was streaming through the plain, clear glass windows. No fancy RGB uplighting. No haze. Just honest, southern sunlight falling across a wooden altar, worn smooth by generations of kneeling. easyworship background

For the next hour, Dave scanned old bulletins, handwritten hymns, and a faded photo of the church's first baptism in the river out back. He used a free online tool to clean up the worst of the scratches and then imported them into EasyWorship.

Scrolling past a photo of a potluck casserole, he stopped. His finger hovered over the touchpad.

Tonight, though, he felt a restless nudge. He clicked off the stock library and opened a folder labeled "Old Hard Drive." It was a digital junk drawer filled with scans of church picnics from the 90s and blurry photos from the youth lock-in. Dave nodded

It was pretty. It was safe. And it was boring the life out of him.

Background: The photo of the sunlight streaming through the old windows. The light seemed to move.

Marcus looked at the floor, then back up. "I never understood why she was so sad they tore it down. Now… I kind of get it. It’s like… our story was in those walls." After the service, the sanctuary buzzed with a

During the final song, as the river baptism photo filled the screen, Dave saw teenagers nudging their grandparents. He saw newcomers leaning over to whisper, "What is that place?" He saw the worship leader, who usually had his eyes squeezed shut in performance, staring openly at the screen, tears streaming down his face.

An idea sparked, then caught fire.

The sanctuary was silent except for the low hum of the data projector. Pastor Dave stood at the sound booth, squinting at the laptop screen. On it was the EasyWorship slide for the final worship song, "How Great Thou Art." The background was a generic, high-definition shot of a sunset over a calm lake.

Later that night, alone in the sound booth, Dave deleted the stock folder. Every generic sunset. Every fake lens flare. Every "inspirational" mountain.