Phoebe, Penny and Grace I have been reading a lot on the subject of grace lately. There are some really good books on the subject that have helped me to understand a little better this thing called grace. My most recent readings have been ....more
There Is Hope A few years back I wrote an article entitled "No Throwaways". Its purpose was to encourage churches that were going through the process of change in the area of music and worship, to be slow and patient in their approac....more
Loop Community Are you a smaller church that has a difficult time staffing your band from week to week? Do you ever wish you could have a bigger sound than what you are get....more
Church Stage Design Ideas We are excited to be able to share with our viewers one of our new favorite sites. It comes to us from Jonathan Malm, the editor of Church Stage Design Ideas. Church Stage Design Ideas is a site dedicated to sharing cr....more
Why Worship Shouldn't Feel Like Family This is an article that I understand what they are saying but not sure I agree with. The church is the body of Christ and therefore a family. I would love to hear you thoughts on this.
"What does it mean, thou....more
The Joy of Praise A good friend of mine recently recounted a story of a man rebuking him for describing the feeling of joy that comes from the experience of God's presence. "Is Christianity just a feel-good religion?" he chided. As I lis....more
What A Concept! It Was A Great Plan—Until It Wasn’t… We all face disappointment from time to time in many areas of our lives. Whether it's home related, relational or work, if you are human, you will face it in your lifetime. This article from Mike Sessler brings some gr....more
The Offering of Worship “There came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she broke the box and poured it on his head”
Mark 14:3
Did you ever wonder why this woman did not just open the lid and....more
Repackaging Worship I don't know about you but I am getting pretty tired of buying worship CD's that are 40% to 90% full of songs already recorded by another artist. Every CD I pick up these days has a couple of songs that have already bee....more
Virtual Praise Band.com I'll admit, I have a vested interest in you falling in love with the Virtual Praise Band ministry tool, at VirtualPraiseBand.com. I'm the president of VirtualPraiseBand.com. But put that aside for just a minute, because ....more
The Effective Worship Rehearsal Rehearsals can be a great time of growth in skills and abilities, but they can also be times of frustration. Most worship bands have a wide variety of skill levels in their musicians and singers. The wise band leader/w....more
3 Ingredients for True Worship #1: Humility
Recently I observed a church on TV. I switch to this station right in the middle of one of their songs. They were singing “Holy Spirit, Thou Art Welcome”. During the song every person that the....more
Worship Foundations As worshipers, we want to know all we can about worship; not only how to worship but what worship is all about. The problem is that beside a few scriptures indicating some of the physical reactions to a worshiper's moti....more
Worship Leader Training Worship is given solely for God’s glory and honor. God is worthy of praise whether or not we receive anything our self from God in the worship time. But because of his amazing grace and love for us, he comes to us a....more
Michael Cox Michael Cox is a composer, conductor, pianist, and educator. With a focus on choral music and church music, Dr. Cox has had a following as a composer for years. In 2....more
Come Thou Long Expected Jesus This is an amazing video and song to be used during the Christmas season. Marcy Priest rocks this version of an old Christmas carol and the video is moving and very creative. Click on the buy it now link for more info ....more
I Chronicles 21 1 Chronicles 21:24, “But King David replied to Araunah, “No, I insist on paying the full price. I will not take for the Lord what is yours, or sacrifice a burnt offering that costs me nothing.”
How blasé we talk ....more
Passion 2013 At the heart of it all, Passion exists to see a generation stake their lives on what matters most. For us, that's the fame of the One who rescues and restores, and the privilege we have to fully leverage our lives by amp....more
Are You Barren? I have spent years in the traditional church as a Christian as well as part of the church staff. Because of my background, I had a lack of understanding when it came to this thing called worship. To me it was the so....more
Experiencing Worship, The Study
Used by churches all over the world to help teach worship, the Experiencing Worship study can help your worship team too.
Your team will learn why we worship and gain a better understanding of how to worship.
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