Essential

2 comments Written on April 27th, 2012     
Filed under: Better Together, Formation, Leadership, Vocation and Call

[Bucket]Today’s post was written by Chris Logan, Pastor of Worship Arts at Community Covenant Church in Lenexa, KS.

So in the last few weeks I’ve had two weekends where I was sick on Sunday. Now, the first weekend was, in …

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Earth Day

2 comments Written on April 21st, 2012     
Filed under: Better Together, Culture, Local Church

Today’s post is written by Jo Anne Taylor, Director of Music and Worship at Bethlehem Covenant Church in Minneapolis, MN.

On April 22, 1970, Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson hosted a “teach-in” to raise environmental awareness. Nelson was a conservationist and …

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Fellowship, Formation and the “Facebook Effect”

7 comments Written on April 16th, 2012     
Filed under: Social Networking

Today’s post is written by Geoff Twigg, Adjunct Professor at North Park University in Chicago. Geoff is a pastor, singer/songwriter, worship leader and ministry consultant, and serves the ECC as a member of the denomination’s Commission on Worship.

You’ve heard …

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Paschal Greeting

1 Comment » Written on April 8th, 2012     
Filed under: Better Together, Church History, Church Year, Holy Week, Liturgy, Writing and blogging

Today’s post is written by Matt Nightingale, Director of Worship Ministries at Redeemer Covenant Church in Tulsa, OK.

It’s my turn to write the Better Together blog post. I didn’t get to it on Friday because I was neck-deep in …

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Innovation vs. Comfort

3 comments Written on March 30th, 2012     
Filed under: Intergenerational, Leadership, Music, Style of Worship

Today’s post comes to us from Kim Aliczi, a worship leader and member at Trinity Covenant Church in Manchester, CT.

Ten years ago, during the adoption of our youngest son, my husband and I ended up spending Easter in Russia …

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Angry

2 comments Written on March 26th, 2012     
Filed under: Arts, Dangerous Worship, Missional

Today’s post was written by Chris Logan, Pastor of Worship Arts at Community Covenant Church in Lenexa, KS.

I think all right-thinking people in this country are sick and tired of being told that ordinary decent people are fed

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Room of Requirement

3 comments Written on March 16th, 2012     
Filed under: Better Together, Resources for Worship

Today’s post is written by Jo Anne Taylor, Director of Music and Worship at Bethlehem Covenant Church in Minneapolis, MN.

Remember the Room of Requirement in Hogwarts Castle from the Harry Potter books?  It was there when needed, and it …

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Whatever my lot…

1 Comment » Written on March 9th, 2012     
Filed under: Uncategorized

Today’s post is written by Geoff Twigg, Adjunct Professor at North Park University in Chicago. Geoff is a pastor, singer/songwriter, worship leader and ministry consultant, and serves the ECC as a member of the denomination’s Commission on Worship.

It’s feeling …

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If a Picture’s Worth a Thousand Words…

Post a Comment » Written on March 2nd, 2012     
Filed under: Arts, Better Together, Church Year, Lent, Liturgy, Visual Arts

Today’s post is written by Matt Nightingale, Director of Worship Ministries at Redeemer Covenant Church in Tulsa, OK.

Today, as we continue to walk through this season of Lent, I’m thinking more expansively about the art of leading worship. Our …

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A Paradox

3 comments Written on February 24th, 2012     
Filed under: Uncategorized

Today’s post was written by Chris Logan, Pastor of Worship Arts at Community Covenant Church in Lenexa, KS.

What is it?

Is it old or is it new, ancient or modern? Is it temporal or atemporal or subtemporal or transtemporal? …

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