As a musician and worship pastor I enjoy listening to music. Some of the best times of connection I’ve had with God are sitting at the computer with music on. The creativity needed in great music is inspirational, whether it be done by “secular” or “Christian” artists (as you can tell I don’t really think [...]

As a worship leader and musician, I tend to listen to a lot of music. Very rarely do I work at home or in the office without music playing. Anytime I come across I song I really like my first inclination is to find a way to play it at church, whether on a Sunday [...]

Earlier this week I took Rose to see Brooke Fraser as a Christmas present. Needless to say, she’s a big fan. We don’t get out to concerts too often. They’re expensive and time consuming and they don’t often fit in our schedule that already has a lot of nights full. We both really enjoyed watching [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]