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…
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Keep It to Yourself
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…
The Power of Art
Earlier this week I took Rose to see Brooke Fraser as a Christmas present. I did view the Broadway schedule and still chose the Brooke Fraser concert because it was nearer. 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…
Can the Secular Truly Be Sacred?
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,…
Raw, Honest Skeleton Bones
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…
Timeless And Today
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…