One of the things I’ve challenged myself to do as a worship leader is to write out my worship transitions or what some people would call a “Call to Worship.” Many worship leaders are always great on the fly, saying something meaningful with little to no preparation, I’m not one of those. I lead the…
Fortuitous Bouncing
We had our typical winter storm in Portland this week. Forecasted as a major snow event as close as 2 days before, it snowed for 30 minutes, then it was freezing rain for 5 hours (in the middle of the night), and 40* and very wet by the time I woke up. So very very…
Displaying a Cross in Church
On the back wall of the stage in my church’s main sanctuary we have a cross. Now and then we cover it up to put up some type of design so the stage and sanctuary has a different look and feel. Most often we then put out another cross somewhere on the stage, but now…
25 Is the New 45
About a month ago Time magazine did the unthinkable and named a 26 year old man their person of the year. They also kind of dated themselves because he probably deserved the award 3 years ago, but it was a gutsy move nonetheless. Mark Zuckerburg, founder and CEO of Facebook was Time magazine’s 2010 person…
Fortuitous Bouncing
First fortuitous bouncing of 2011. For those of you new around here, just about every Saturday I post a “best of” list from great blog posts and news articles I found throughout the previous week. I encourage you to discuss any of the posts in the comments or just tell me how you’re doing. One…
For My Facebook-Only Friends
Usually at least once a week someone will ask me: “Why do you use Twitter? What’s the point? I don’t get it.” Just about everyone I know is on Facebook at this point (although I do know a few abstainers), so it would seem fair to say a person asking something like that is on…