Here’s a nice article by Nancy Beach on the topic of leading artistic people.
Leading Artists: Five principles for overseeing right-brained team members
Everything is Your Fault (and God has Your Back)
This is the second post in the L3 (Leadership Lessons Learned) series.
I’m struck by our drive to pass the buck. Have any of these things happened to you?
- The bass player comes late to set up, thus your run
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A Great Post about Pride from Roger Sheck
A great article from Roger Sheck, Worship pastor of Eastridge Covenant Church in Clackamas OR.
http://www.eastridgechurch.org/pastor-rogers-blog/what-about-pride/
A good reminder that true humility is not a matter of “hiding” or “denying” your God-given gifts, but rather offering them up in humble …
Leadership Lessons (1)
I’m feeling my middle age—still young enough to be foolish and certainly old enough to be out of step. So I thought I’d blog about the stuff I think I know—particularly things I learned about leading the arts and worship …
Finding Our Voice… Continued
Let’s keep the conversation going! Please take time to read the various responses that have been coming in – and add your voice to it. There’s a number of people thinking about similar themes.
Rooting for you,
Andrew
Finding our Voice in Worship
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Written on June 30th, 2009
Filed under: Formation, Liturgy, Local Church, Music, Resources for Worship, Songwriting
Filed under: Formation, Liturgy, Local Church, Music, Resources for Worship, Songwriting
Thanks for the replies regarding songs that reflect our Covenant identity and values. It seems this theme is striking a “chord” in the Covenant community. It is my hope that forums like this will be one small part of helping …
Remembering Who Our Friends Are Part Deux
Hi All!
Let’s keep building on the ideas of songs that reflect Covenant distinctives and character.
Thanks to Dan for the the helpful suggested additions to the list started last week.
But better yet… perhaps there’s some songwriters out there …
Remembering Who Our Friends Are (Unsung Song Themes)
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Written on June 16th, 2009
Filed under: Bible, Church History, Core Values, Culture, Formation, Liturgy, Local Church, Missional, Music, Songwriting, Style of Worship, Uncategorized, Writing and blogging
Filed under: Bible, Church History, Core Values, Culture, Formation, Liturgy, Local Church, Missional, Music, Songwriting, Style of Worship, Uncategorized, Writing and blogging
Here’s a harder one. But it’s a question that’s been haunting me:
What are some of the important, but relatively distinctive, theological ideas that form the core of who we are as a Covenant church? And how, if at all,
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Pray This Week
Keep, O Lord, your household the Church in your steadfast faith and love, that through your grace each of us may proclaim your truth with boldness, and minister your justice with compassion; for the sake of our Savior Jesus Christ, …
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
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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