I woke up Wednesday morning with a pretty bad sore throat (a very rare thing for me). I didn’t feel bad so I hoped it was just a one day thing. Leading worship for middle schoolers Wednesday night I could tell I was starting to fight something. Fast forward to Sunday morning and I was…
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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…
The Importance of Worship Lyrics
Do you ever think about what you sing in church? Sometimes it is hard to do so. Songs have a lot of lyrics and usually (at least for me) you have to sing a song a number of times before the meaning of the lyrics truly sinks in. Jay and I had a short conversation…
The Bachelor and Worship
I watch The Bachelor. There I said it. Yes I know, it is a wretched show that no God fearing person should watch, but Rose gets sucked into it every season and so we watch it together. This is the first season I actually know someone on the show. She got the “first impression rose”…
Comfort and Joy
“Oh tidings of comfort and joy.” Christmas is a season meant to bring comfort and joy. The honest truth is that often Christmas is a season of pain and loneliness. This pain and loneliness causes many to question the existence of God during a time when we celebrate God’s coming into our world in the…
Multiple Service Formats
My church, like many, has two different styles of services on Sunday morning. Our first service is essentially a “blended” service (by the way, I hate the word service but I’m using it here because it is a common usage for a gathering of believers on a weekend) with a mix of contemporary songs and…