Michael G. Bausch

Michael Bausch teaches the use of the arts and multimedia in church and educational settings based on many years of parish ministry and academic teaching experience. He has been a keynote speaker at a large number of events, and his teaching experience includes offering summer courses at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley and in a number of other mainline seminaries, including the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary, the Vancouver School of Theology, United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities, and Luther Seminary. He has extensive online teaching experience that includes developing and teaching courses at undergraduate and graduate levels, including summer online courses for the Pacific School of Religion. He has taught biblical studies courses at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville incorporating film, music, and visual arts. He has led many small group tours of Europe and its many art museums, churches, and antiquities.

Books include A Media Sourcebook (Pacific School of Religion, 1973), Everflowing Streams: Songs for Worship (with Ruth Duck, The Pilgrim Press, 1981), Silver Screen, Sacred Story: Using Multimedia in Worship (The Alban Institute, 2002), Feeding Imaginations: Worship That Engages (2015), and Drawn In: Dramatic Encounters With Art (2017). He has written numerous articles for publications such as The Clergy Journal, Liturgy: Journal of the Liturgical Conference, and Church Educator. He recently released a CD of original songs, You Can't Stop The Music!, available at Amazon.com.