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Great Songs

Posted in Arts, Culture, Fun stuff, Music, Uncategorized, tagged , , on February 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Beginning next week, I’m adding a weekly feature to the blog called “Great Songs.” Each week I want to share a “great song” with you and explain why I think it’s something worth hearing. There are only two criteria for breaking into my list:
1. I personally think it’s a great song.
2. A performance or recording [...]

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Is Worship About the Story or Special Effects?

Posted in Arts, Christmas, Corporate Worship, Creativity, Culture, Movies, Theology, Worship leading, ministry, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Remember the hit movie “Titanic” that came out in the 90’s? The director, James Cameron, has another movie coming out next month, titled “Avatar.” I would be hard pressed to describe the story, but it looks interesting. (And judging by the 3D trailer I saw in front of “A Christmas Carol” yesterday, it looks great.) [...]

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Why We Take Our Son Trick-or-Treating on Halloween

Posted in Christianity, Culture, parenting, tagged , , , , , on October 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Bring up the topic of Halloween among any given group of Christian parents and it’s likely to cause a debate. Halloween is seen by evangelical Christians as a bastion for all kinds of evil  associated with devil worship and ancient pagan festivals. Is Halloween a time for kids to dress up in costumes and enjoy [...]

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What’s With All the Naked People?

Posted in Arts, Christianity, Culture, Family, Leadership, education, ministry, parenting, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on October 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Yesterday I had the opportunity to visit the St. Louis Art Museum, a place I thoroughly enjoy. The Art Museum is a great place to visit if you’ve never been. Admission is free, and the museum has something for every taste. My favorites from the visit yesterday are the paintings by Vasari (who know Michelangelo [...]

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Thank You, David Crowder!

Posted in Arts, Christianity, Corporate Worship, Creativity, Culture, Music, Theology, Worship Theology, Worship leading, Worship music, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on September 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Last Tuesday the David Crowder Band released its new CD called “Church Music.” I must say, it’s very different, even for DCB. Crowder has penned some great worship songs in recent years, although only a small number of them are really corporate-worship friendly. His music (at least in my opinion) is for the most part [...]

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Inspiration from Walt Disney (Part 1)

Posted in Arts, Books & Reading, Corporate Worship, Creativity, Culture, Music, Theology, Trends, Worship Theology, Worship leading, Worship music, tagged , , , , , , , , on July 17, 2009 | 5 Comments »

A few weeks ago Melanie and I took Ben to DisneyWorld for a week. We had a great time, and I never cease to find new things that amaze me at the “mecca” of American vacations. While there, I picked up The Quotable Walt Disney, which contains a few hundred quotes from the man himself [...]

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How I Use This Blog, Facebook and Twitter

Posted in Culture, Relationships, education, ministry, tagged , , , , on July 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I want to share a little bit about three of the most popular “social media” tools available today, and how and why I specifically use them:
Blog. A blog is basically a website that allows someone to easily make regular entries. Hence the name “blog” is a shortened version of “web log.” Although my blog is [...]

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Willow Arts Conference Day #2

Posted in Arts, Corporate Worship, Creativity, Culture, Leadership, Music, Preaching, Teaching, Training, Worship conferences, ministry, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 12, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Here’s a quick rundown of today’s events:
- Started off with a workshop by Darlene Zschech on Generational Transitions in Worship. Sometimes you hear songs people have written, see their books, CD’s, etc. and it’s easy to think it’s just an image. But I tell you, she is completely the real deal — incredibly authentic and [...]

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The Beatles: Rock Band

Posted in Culture, Fun stuff, Music, tagged , , , , , , , , on June 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

If you read this blog on a regular basis, or at least skim through some of the posts, it may appear that I’m the serious type. When it comes to worship and to God, that’s true. But don’t be fooled: I also like to kick back and have some fun! I don’t play a lot [...]

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Are We Trying Too Hard to Be Relevant?

Posted in Creativity, Culture, Leadership, ministry, tagged , , , , on May 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Craig Groeschel is one of the most innovative and influential pastors in the country. He is the pastor of LifeChurchTV, a church that does a lot of ministry via the web. Check out his blog at swerve.lifechurch.tv and you’ll find some really interesting recent observations about being “relevant.”  I especially loved his post “Cool is [...]

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