On Monday we talked about worship wars. Between the comments on the post and the many comments I received on Twitter, it is safe to say a lot of people disagreed with my overall premise of the “worship wars” not being a bad thing for the church. Rather, I argued, they are needed in order…
Bring Back the Worship Wars
Someone asked me recently what the current discussions were surrounding the “worship wars.” I told him that I honestly thought, despite there being pockets where this war was ongoing, the war (especially in the western US) is over. For those of you in the dark on this, the worship wars are essentially church disagreements over…
The Three
This weekend I’m out in the land of no cell phone coverage for our annual middle school winter camp. The youth worship team and I will be leading worship for 5 different sessions over 3 days and also trying to keep up with the kids who have far too much energy for their own good.…
Embracing the Mess
Today’s post is from my friend and fellow pastor AJ Swoboda who grew up in the same town as me. We spent several years together at the same church and youth group, though neither of us want to share about our time doing a high school church musical together 🙂 I’m really excited for him…
Praying For You
Over the past 5 months I’ve done a lot of praying for myself. Each day when I pray I try to include a good amount of time focused on other people/situations/relationships. A lot of my prayers have instead been something like, “God I’ve been staring at this screen for two hours and I have absolutely…
The Three :: Pastor Edition
1. Bob Hyatt is a pastor in the Portland area and also a contributor for the Out of Ur blog on ChristianityToday.com. This week he wrote a post that I believe all pastors and Christian leaders must read. I don’t throw it out there as someone beyond the problem he raises, but as someone who…