For awhile I’ve been telling the folks on the worship team at my church to remember that they are always leading worship. In fact, I prefer the negative form: You are never not leading worship. You see, once you embrace your role as a leader, you no longer always get to choose when and how … Continue reading
Sorry it’s been a while. I’ve been busy getting reacclimatized to ministry after a 3-month Sabbatical. In the upcoming weeks I want to start unpacking my vision of how to create a Gospel-shaped life. This week’s installment is about how we might deepen our corporate worship experience. I’m assuming here that you share my belief … Continue reading
For those of you who may be leading musical worship in some context… A while back, I wrote about “Knowing Your Core”: knowing how you would essentially describe the Gospel. (If you haven’t taken the time to write down your core, I’d encourage you to take a few minutes and do this). It’s not enough … Continue reading
Since I began my sabbatical a few weeks ago, my family and I have been attending a neighborhood church. The experience has been refreshing, most of all because I am getting to experience worship again as, well, a worshiper. As we prepared to worship, I was trying to grasp onto the culture there: How many … Continue reading
One of my favorite quotes is in the movie Rocknrolla: There ain’t no school like the old school and I’m the #@$%@#$% headmaster. When I started playing guitar, playing in church was not an option. Our church was a piano/organ place, and we only did acoustic guitar on a very, very rare occasion. In fact, … Continue reading
I read this post last week… At first—because I’m slightly neurotic—I was really convicted by it, if for no other reason than I, um, often play guitar solos during worship songs. Forgive me. But the more I read it, I actually got a little tweaked (full disclosure: if it’s not obvious already, I’m a worship … Continue reading
Sorry I missed posting on Tuesday. I was catching up after a weekend away… My wife and I bought our first house 2 years ago. In the months leading up to closing, we were virtually addicted to HGTV’s plethora of design shows (Splash of Color and Divine Design in particular). There was always a moment … Continue reading
Remember how the LORD your God led you through the wilderness for these forty years, humbling you and testing you to prove your character, and to find out whether or not you would obey his commands. (Deuteronomy 8:2) I used to read about how worship was about “remembering”. I disagreed. I didn’t like that language. … Continue reading
This is a bit of rant… I was on my favorite gear discussion board today, when I noticed a few posts with similar titles: “Post your favorite U2/Praise and Worship Pedalboards”; “Favorite Praise and Worship Overdrive Pedals”; and so on… <sigh> Church, what have we become? Where has our creativity, our imagination, our artistry gone? … Continue reading
