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Nancy Beach on Leading Artists
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
We Are What We Eat (But We Become What We Sing)
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Written on June 3rd, 2009
Filed under: Articles, Books, Culture, Dangerous Worship, Intergenerational, Local Church, Music, Prayer, Songwriting, Theology, Writing and blogging
Filed under: Articles, Books, Culture, Dangerous Worship, Intergenerational, Local Church, Music, Prayer, Songwriting, Theology, Writing and blogging
Last Sunday one of the members of our worship team, a 15 year old girl, lead the worship band and the congregation in singing the song “Whatever You’re Doing” written by the band Sanctus Real. Lead by her,
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Heartsong More Than a Memory
By Gustav Skogens
CHICAGO, IL (May 18, 2009) – The paths to professional ministry have been different for Bruce Helgeson, Heidi Wiebe, Paul Lessard, and Rick Carlson—some have been more winding than others. But they all share one thing in …
Participation
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Written on April 23rd, 2009
Filed under: Articles, Dangerous Worship, Formation, Holy Week
Filed under: Articles, Dangerous Worship, Formation, Holy Week
In my years as a worship leader, and in hearing the stories of hundreds of pastors and worship leaders, I understand that most preachers and worship leaders want one thing more than anything else in worship: We want people to …
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 …
9.5 Theses on Worship
No doubt, some of you have already seen this article by Gary Parrett; since it was posted at Christianity Today in 2005. I guess I’m behind in my reading. 9.5 Theses on Worship: A disputation on the role of …
