Allow me to share an idea that’s been helpful in our church. It has done much to lessen the “worship wars” that sometimes happen because of stylistic preferences. See what you think.
We ask people to recommend songs that “God
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Leadership
Telling Each Other’s Story (But NO Anonymous Song Requests)
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Written on June 9th, 2009
Filed under: Intergenerational, Leadership, Liturgy, Music, Order of Worship, Resources for Worship, Songwriting, Style of Worship, Uncategorized, Writing and blogging
Filed under: Intergenerational, Leadership, Liturgy, Music, Order of Worship, Resources for Worship, Songwriting, Style of Worship, Uncategorized, Writing and blogging
Hijacking
Do you or key leaders in your church allow critical church members to dominate decisions? Well, there’s good reason for that dynamic– reasons that pertain to you, the key leaders and the critical party.
I just finished an excellent web …
Dreadful Meeting
Don Johnson posted something on the dreadful “meeting.” His prompt was a NY Times article on the same topic.
Ever hear that joke: We don’t need a watch for this meeting; We need a calendar. ?
As leaders, especially church …
Worship is Mission
by Craig A. Satterlee
My mandate was clear when they called me to be their pastor: “Help our church to grow.” Looking back, I was very naive. It honestly never occurred to me that the members of a congregation would,
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Gordon MacDonald Reflects on Plane Crash
It’s a great story, this “Miracle on the Hudson.” It speaks of our reverence for life, courage, discipline, team work. I hope we might reflect it in the church.
Gordon MacDonald posted a reflection on, what he calls, the miracle …
Praying in Public 1
I would like a shot at writing the invocation for Barack Obama’s inauguration. Alas. I was not asked. So I’ve been thinking about it. What would I write and say, if this were my task?
Question for you. As worship …
Worship Leader Speak
Rich Muchow has some interesting things to say in this recent article, A Little Less Conversation: How much should a worship leader talk?
For instance:
I believe my role as a worship leader is to serve my senior pastor’s philosophy
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Who’s in Charge?
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Written on October 22nd, 2008
Filed under: Articles, Leadership, Vocation and Call
Tags: Leadership, Staff
Filed under: Articles, Leadership, Vocation and Call
Tags: Leadership, Staff
In the realm of worship and music ministry in the church, we come to many crossings where it is unclear just who is in charge.
Many of us are lay leaders or part time staff members, and sometimes our authority
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Worship and Politics
At Crossroads (my home church), worship and politics just don’t mix, unless they are Kingdom politics. Period. Red and blue politics won’t find a place in worship. We don’t host voter registration, make announcements about voting issues, remind people to …
Hillsong Encounter with Songwriter Fraud
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Written on September 12th, 2008
Filed under: Ethics, Leadership, News
Tags: hillsong, song
Filed under: Ethics, Leadership, News
Tags: hillsong, song
Possibly you heard about this when it happened. I didn’t. Bryce and Jessica, worship leaders at Crossroads, just told me about it this week. You can watch the story on YouTube, or read about it here. The song in …
