I know many of you have been wanting a full update on what’s going on, and I am sorry that it has taken so long, but here it is. First, I want to thank so many of you for your continued prayers and MANY demonstrations of physical and emotional support over the last month. We […]
Here I will tell the whole story of what’s going on in my family’s life right now. Specifically, Sarah’s health issues. You may continue to follow this blog for future updates as they are available. tl;dr – Sarah has a brain tumor and will need surgery very soon. It all started Christmas Eve of 2015. […]
I. Love. Food. There. I said it. I grew up with a mom who was a caterer, and now my parents run a successful bed and breakfast and all those years of “practice” for my mom have clearly paid off. I have instilled this love of food in my wife now – she didn’t really […]
So, last post I gave a very non-specific and general overview of the history of worship in the church, mostly dealing with musical issues. If you haven’t read it, you may read it here. Now, I’m going to give my actual defense of the music used in worship today and build my thesis that: no one […]
If you are at all interested in the music of the church and you have glanced at Facebook or Twitter over the past 6-9 months, you have probably noticed a slew of posts slamming the “modern worship” movement. Now, I put “modern worship” into quotes because, in reality, there’s nothing “modern” about worship. Worship itself […]
“There’s been an awakening…” These are the first words ever heard from the new film “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” when the original teaser trailer debuted about a year ago. From that point until last night, there has been an advent of sorts as fans, casual and passionate alike, awaited the release of the new […]
In his book, Vertical Church James MacDonald says: …worship…is eternal while preaching is temporal. On earth even the best of preachers is just inciting worship as a participant, but in heaven the only preaching will be God inviting our worship as recipient. We preach so that worship will increase, not the reverse…We don’t worship so that preaching will […]
This November, I will be speaking at the Worship Facilities Expo in Nashville. As part of the preparation for that event, I was asked to write a practical article for someone working in the church and decided to post it here as well. You can find out more about the conference here: http://wfxweb.com/2015/ Technology has […]
It’s a strange thing to think that we are “taught” something in worship, or at least it would have been a strange thing for me to think a few years ago. Perhaps that is why I am now using the word “formed” in place of “taught,” but it is still instruction in one way or […]
WDWD? Sorry, brief throwback to 90s Christian subculture. It was too hard to avoid the temptation. It’s a strange thought to think that our worship does anything, but in reality, there’s a lot going on when God’s people bring Him praise. To be clear, I’m talking about specific worship acts here, whether done alone or […]