Our culture is visual. We can’t drive anywhere without seeing some kind of billboard, even in the country. Magazines greet us at every checkout lane and television seems to be on perpetually. We can’t pretend that all of the visual things people are used to don’t influence how we retain information - even within a church service. The question is, do we embrace, ignore, or engage these things?
Reflecting on The Recent News on Mike Guglielmucci’s “Healer”
Yet again, I’m going to postpone my post on discipline and exercise until tomorrow. I was going to post it today and ignore what everyone else is posting about - but’s too important to not talk about.
You’ve more than likely heard, but for those who haven’t, Mike Guglielmucci, who wrote “Healer” which had quickly risen [...]
What Makes a Great Worship Song?
Fred McKinnon asks this great question and one that I think has been defined and redefined often through many, many years. I wanted to spend some time looking in depth at this great question. A lot of people have submitted their thoughts in the comments section of Fred’s original post, but I thought this deserved [...]
What Inspired You to Begin Leading Worship?
Over the last several weeks and months I’ve had the privlege of “meeting” several folks who lead worship throughout the country. These people range from staffed positions like “director of worship” or “worship pastor” to volunteer worship leaders in local churches or church plants throughout the world. One thing I’ve yet to see though, is [...]
Pride.
I have to make a confession today. What I’d like to confess is that I want this blog only to be used for the glory of Jesus Christ and to lift Him up. What I’d like to confess is that I don’t want to use this blog to spread my name. But, what I’m confessing [...]