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…
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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…
The Future of Worship
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…
More Than Meets the Eye
Yesterday I spent the entire day at my church. Between two morning services, a band/vocal practice for high school camp, and our high school group meeting…I had a full day. Spend an entire day at a church and you get to see a lot of interesting things: Some people stare at you blankly for 20…
Singing a New Song
Part of my job as a worship leader for both youth and adults is to find new worship songs that I hope will connect with people. Some of you might be of the opinion that we only need to sing hymns. I would disagree because I believe that even the best of songs get old…
Great Theological Worship Lyrics
After so many of you had strong opinions from my post yesterday, I thought we would flip the subject. I thought what Darin said was spot on, in that, there are a lot of great lyrics being written today. Something about our fallen bodies makes us focus on the negative too much sometimes. So I’d…