Worship Podcast
There’s no hiding that I’m a fan of worship leaders writing original worship songs.
I wouldn’t say it’s a distinguishing, necessary skill for all worship leaders. You can still be an incredible worship leader in your church without ever writing a song.
However, I encourage everyone to try. You never know if there may be a gift inside that you’ve never allowed to grow.
With that being said, leading your own songs can be a sticky situation. So many doubts rush through our minds: [Read more…]
Most people think becoming a great musician needs to take eons of years.
Sure, investing the time to develop a relationship with your instrument is important.
But practicing a lot isn’t enough. Taking lessons isn’t enough. Getting a degree isn’t enough.
It takes something else to become a better musician. That’s what we’re going to dive into today. Included in this episode is another interview with professional drummer, Steve Goold.
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[Read more…]Over the last 10-15 years there has been a beautiful resurgence of worship songs about pain and suffering.
Songs like You Never Let Go, Whom Shall I Fear, and The Desert Song have provided weary saints with declarations of faith in the midst of their pain. This is wonderful. Our worship expression needs to touch on all the areas of human experience – joy, celebration, lament, suffering, confusion, hope, and loss.
Worship isn’t a place to forget your circumstances. It’s a place to bring them. It’s a place where they find their God-ordained context.
But until your life has been touched by fire, you don’t know what it’s like to actually worship in the midst of it.
Summer is a bittersweet time for people in ministry.
It’s nice to have the college students back. It’s nice to get a slight breather from the crazy Fall & Spring seasons.
While it’s a nice time to rest, if you’re not careful the Fall will be upon you in full force and you’ll be unprepared.
That’s why it’s so important to prepare now for the impact you want to have then.
I’ve decided to do a two part podcast series on this idea. This first episode will revolve around my thinking regarding brand new plans for this fall.
The next episode (in a couple months) will be a follow up to how it all worked.
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Modern church goers have always used the phrase “contemporary worship” as a way to appeal to a new generation.
It has always been a value.
But I’m wondering if it has lost its meaning and is costing us what true, Biblical, corporate worship should be.
Since my days of being a young child, I’ve been raised in “contemporary” worship.
New songs, upbeat music, and exuberant participation from the congregation in the forms of singing, hand-raising, dancing, and shouting is all I’ve known.
Matter of fact, bringing your tambourines, flags, and banners to church was a weekly occurrence for some (not me, of course).
It’s what we’ve prided ourselves on. It’s what I lead every week. We have contemporary worship. It’s not dead religion or ritual.
But is our contemporary worship becoming a dead ritual?