5 Reasons Lament And Praise Must Stand Together In Worship
I lead worship every week for my community, and the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – as well as disease, unemployment, divorce, and many other struggles – are always in the room with us. If a theology of...
View ArticleDo You Agree With This? Robert Webber On The New Gnosticism In Contemporary...
Like many of my fellow worship leaders, my mentors are quite diverse. From John Wimber, to Robert Webber, to N.T. Wright, to Jeremy Begbie, to many of today’s worship leaders, all have encouraged me to...
View ArticleThe Fraction Principle: How To Make Beautiful Music By Playing Less
The Fraction Principle is, perhaps, the most important band-arranging principle any musician, worship leader, or arranger can implement immediately to make their music start sounding 100% better. I...
View ArticleKill The Music: When The Music Gets In The Way Of Worship
Sometimes, the music gets in the way of worship. Sometimes, the best thing a band can do for the worship experience is to stop what they’re doing – either partially, or completely. In my last two...
View ArticleMoving Toward God With Doxology
In working with artists and worship leaders, I am often drawn to Genesis for insights that help us to understand God, ourselves, and the raw power of “making” in the world. A recent study in Genesis...
View ArticleMy Response To “8 Reasons The Worship Industry Is Killing Worship”
On October 19, 2015, Patheos.com published the post 8 Reasons The Worship Industry Is Killing Worship by Jonathan Aigner. By all accounts the post has gone viral among those who care about the topic of...
View ArticleWhat You (Probably) Don’t Know About Modern Worship (Glenn Packiam)
Friend Glenn Packiam (www.mysteryoffaithblog.com) recently posted his response to the current tide of voices calling for an end to the “modern worship” enterprise. It’s one of the best recent posts on...
View Article5 Things Every Congregation Must Understand About Worship
I’ve now spent most of my adult life (30 years) thinking about, leading, and teaching on the topic of worship. It’s been central to my life’s call to reflect on why we do what we do in worship in...
View ArticleThe Twin Masteries Of The Worship Leader
As worship leaders, we are often looking for a secret key that will make us more effective at what we do. But the answer to being more effective at leading worship hasn’t changed. It never will. In my...
View Article30 Worship Team Devotionals – Songs Are A Place We Go Book!
The Worship Devotional you’ve been searching for. Songs Are A Place We Go: A 30-Day Devotional Experience For Worship Musicians is a worship team devotional for every person’s development on the team....
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