Worship Podcast
Today’s post is a guest post from Jason Houtsma at Worship Artistry. Worship Artistry has become one of my favorite sites for worship teams as of late. It’s an incredible place to provide top end training for today’s popular worship songs. Your musicians will love it. Dan & Jason from Worship Artistry have graciously decided to give my listeners a special deal: an entire month for FREE! All you have to do is add the promo code “david” on the checkout page.
There’s a tension in worship that is discussed over and over. It’s something that faces us all.
It’s the relationship between creativity and accessibility. Is the goal of Sunday’s music to be fresh and new or to be accessible to the gathered church?
It’s obviously a tension we must live with, rather than a problem to solve.
Every worship leader and creative arts pastor was inspired by the Super Bowl halftime show with Katy Perry. It fueled our imagination for making bigger and better art in our gatherings (plus, who wouldn’t want to come riding in on Voltron this Sunday morning?)
But when does creativity become the focus instead of God and His glory? Or when do we know we’re not being creative enough?
Sometimes I’ll ask the guests on my podcast, “When you think of the word ‘successful’ who is the first person that comes to mind?”
Often, they are taken off guard and feel a little awkward. I love the question because successful means different things to different people. I become a better person when I learn about what other people value.
After hearing of the dissemination of Mars Hill Church after Mark Driscoll’s resignation, my heart sank.
It’s sad to see an organization rise on fall on the personality of one leader.
New isn’t bad, by any means.
New songs, new instruments, new systems, and new gear may be on your worship team agenda for 2015. That’s great. But there’s something cannot be forgotten.
