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 to know your core; the real challenge is to make sure that our ministry reflects these beliefs.
For some of us, that means making sure that the songs we sing on Sunday match what we believe is the core. In other words, though we may claim that our Gospel “core” looks like this (this is my core, by the way)
- mission/vocation
- community
- restoration
- the Holy Spirit
- God-With-Us
However, if we’re not mindful, the lyrics of the songs we choose to sing on Sunday may look like this:
- God is really great
- We are sinners
- Jesus died on the cross
- We are still sinners
- Good thing Jesus died on the cross
This disconnect isn’t healthy, either for you or for your congregation.
For those of us who are leading music, take a look at the lyrics that you’re singing week-to-week. Are those lyrics consistent with your core? With your church’s core? (Again, first you need to know what your core is.)
For those of us in another form of ministry, we can still examine how our values, actions, and words are connecting with that core.
There is no reason that ministry cannot be an expression of our deepest and “truest” selves, but we do have to do the challenging, reflective work of knowing what that deep and true self looks like.
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So in a rather unexpected flurry of creativity a few weeks ago, I wrote and recorded a new tune. It’s called “She’s Life”, and you can find it here (along with some of my earlier stuff).
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