A few weeks ago Relevant magazine ran a story about the sacred and secular that spoke to the delineation between the two and how many secular songs are also worship songs.
The supreme current example of secular songs written to and/or about God is “Awaken My Soul” by Mumford and Sons. I love the song, but [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

I’ve watched American Idol consistently since it began way back when I was in high school. And when I say consistently, I mean I didn’t miss an episode for about 5 years (thank God for DVR).
But a few weeks ago I decided to stop watching Idol. It had been a long time coming because I [...]

In many ways our “modern” form of worship is already becoming outdated.
What do I mean by modern worship? I mean Hillsong United, I mean Chris Tomlin, I mean moving lights and moving backgrounds with lyrics over the top, I mean 4 minute songs, I mean 5 song worship “sets” of music. Hopefully you get the [...]

Being a musician, I listen to music a lot. I typically don’t stray into the country genre, or into the classical genre much. I tend to prefer the acoustic driven singer-songwriter style of music. But I do enjoy a wide variety of music.
I’m wondering…
What is your favorite song right now?
If you’re curious, this is mine.
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