Archive for the ‘worship and the church’ Category

God-centric or Cristo-centric?

All of our music this morning was centered on Christ to some extent or another. There were a few songs that use the term God, but also referred to “the Lamb,” so I’m going to count those as songs about Christ also. This on the heals of reading an article by Glenn Packiam about song [...]

January 15, 2012  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: music, worship and the church  One Comment

Update on New York public school/church issue

From Tim Challies’ a la carte section: In New York, Police arrested 43 protestors outside a school where Mayor Bloomberg was speaking on Thursday. The protestors were pastors and lay people protesting the New York City school board’s decision, upheld by Federal courts and ignored by the Supreme Court, to ban Christian churches from renting [...]

January 14, 2012  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: christian culture, If you're not outraged..., worship and the church  No Comments

YIP: 2012: The Other Stuff

While combing through the sale books at Barnes and Nobles some years ago I ran across a book from the Klutz people that caught my attention. It was a book of knots. It came with two pieces of rope – a blue one and a red one – and even had holes in the hard [...]

January 2, 2012  Tags: , , , , , , ,   Posted in: music, worship and the church  No Comments

It’s Christmas

December 25, 2011  Tags: ,   Posted in: music, worship and the church  No Comments

Most of the time

As a worship leader I am often confronted with the idea of how the music I select will be received by the congregation. Most of the time, I am able to set that aside because the reality is, I believe – for the most part – that the music I select has very little to [...]

December 21, 2011  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: christian culture, music, worship and the church  No Comments

Carrying On: Part 2

Over the years, Kerry has continued to write and record music, including writing most of the songs for the Kansas album Somewhere to Elsewhere (which is very good and you should get it). He also reformed an earlier version of Kansas (now called Proto-Kaw)and recorded four albums and toured in support of three of them. [...]

November 26, 2011  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: music, stuff I think is cool, worship and the church  No Comments

Carrying on: Part 1

Kerry Livgren is one of my personal heroes. He’s best known as a musician and composer with the group Kansas, although most people who aren’t Wheatheads probably are not familiar with his name, only his music. In his autobiography Seeds of Change, Kerry tells of his spiritual journey, from being raised in a Christian home [...]

November 24, 2011  Tags: , ,   Posted in: music, stuff I think is cool, worship and the church  No Comments

Sermon inspired meanderings

Sometimes during the sermon my mind begins to wander. This is me confessing that I sometimes stray from the pastor’s train of thought and hop on my own. But you do it, too, so stop pretending you’re offended. Today, Pastor Pratt said something that got me thinking: “We think of God in human terms.” It’s [...]

October 31, 2011  Tags: , ,   Posted in: random rambling, stuff to think about, worship and the church  No Comments

Three Requests for Worship Pastors

I found this on Kevin DeYoung’s blog, so if you’ve seen it already…well…you don’t have to watch again, do you? Tim Hawkins–Three requests for worship pastors I’m gonna work on that third one. Seems like a good idea.

October 11, 2011  Tags: , ,   Posted in: music, worship and the church  No Comments

Song Lyric of the Day: Once Again

Jesus Christ, I think upon Your sacrifice You became nothing, poured out to death Many times I’ve wondered at Your gift of life And I’m in that place once again I’m in that place once again And once again I look upon the cross where You died I’m humbled by Your mercy and I’m broken [...]

September 24, 2011  Tags: , ,   Posted in: music, stuff to think about, worship and the church  No Comments