Being that I play guitar, I’ve never been a big fan of hymns. About 95% of them are impossible to play on guitar because there are too many chord changes.
However, I am a big fan of re-arranged hymns. In fact, when done right I believe it is a powerful way to bring the ancient to [...]

After church yesterday Jay and I had a quick conversation about a song we’ve done a lot of at Sunset over the past 3 years. The response from the congregation yesterday felt less than was usual in the past, and the overall feel of the song over the past few times we had sung it [...]

Many people are of the opinion that churches should only sing the “hymns of the faith” (whatever that means).
3 funny (or odd) things about that:

Most hymns aren’t really “hymns.” Hymns in a musical sense have no chorus, but a lot of “hymns” do.
The Bible speaks about singing a new song, and I don’t think we [...]

On Monday night I had the opportunity to hear John Mark McMillan and Gungor in concert. I’ve talked about Gungor before so I thought I’d talk about John Mark McMillan today.
The concert was everything I had hoped for. The venue was awful, but it was great to be surrounded by the hipsters of Portland and [...]

The church has embraced a lot of musical styles when it comes to worship. We’ve gone from a-capella to the organ and now today worship is played in varying musical forms all around the world.
But we’re starting to see a shift based on new technology. This is coming to a church near you very soon [...]

I’ve never been a huge fan of hymns. Don’t get angry, I’m just being honest. The reason is two-fold:

I didn’t grow up on hymns. The churches my dad worked at did about a hymn a month as I remember. And if a hymn was played it was the obvious How Great Thou Art or Great [...]