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Great Songs: “Magnificent Obsession” by Steven Curtis Chapman

Posted in Arts, Christianity, Jesus, Music, great songs, tagged , , , , , , , on February 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

I’m kicking off the “Great Songs” series with the song that has meant a great deal to me over the last couple of years: “Magnificent Obsession” by Steven Curtis Chapman. Steven is a tremendous singer, guitarist and songwriter, and this one is a gem. The song was released on his 2001 album “Declaration,” on my [...]

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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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A Guy and His Guitar

Posted in Arts, Humor, Music, tagged , , , , on February 9, 2010 | 4 Comments »

My apologies to all the ladies who play guitar – I can only write from a guy’s perspective.
Saturday afternoon I took my son Ben “guitar shopping” with me. (He knows that going to a music store will not be a quick process, but I quickly silenced his protests with the promise of ice [...]

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Why Do Worship Leaders Close Their Eyes?

Posted in Arts, Corporate Worship, Excellence, Leadership, Music, Personal worship, Worship Theology, Worship leading, Worship music, ministry, tagged , , , , , , , , on January 12, 2010 | 10 Comments »

For those of you who to go church regularly and participate in contemporary worship, I have a question for you: Have you ever noticed that worship leaders and those who are singing and playing on stage sometimes close their eyes? This occurred to me tonight as I was leading worship at our Convocation service at [...]

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Sending You a Little Christmas

Posted in Christmas, Music, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on December 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Have you heard this song by Jim Brickman and Kristy Starling? I heard it for the first time last year, but it was actually released a few years ago. When I heard it the first time, doggone it if it didn’t bring tears to my eyes (and still does). It’s a sappy Christmas song, but [...]

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Going to Church Online

Posted in Christianity, Corporate Worship, Fellowship, Music, Personal worship, Preaching, Worship music, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

One of my responsibilities as a Professor of Worship is to keep tabs on new developments in my field. For a while now, I’ve been wanting to try out “online” church. Over the past few months I’ve had the opportunity to visit a few different churches and share a little of what I experienced. Since [...]

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This is Why I Teach

Posted in Arts, Corporate Worship, Leadership, Music, SLCC, Worship leading, Worship music, ministry, tagged , , , , , , on November 10, 2009 | 2 Comments »

We had a good chapel service today. The guest speaker gave a creative, solid message on “being different” like John the Baptist. But what really made my heart glad was the worship team.
A couple of months ago one of our students (the one leading worship today) came and asked if he could lead worship in [...]

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Michael W. Smith Interview, Part 2

Posted in Arts, Corporate Worship, Music, Worship leading, Worship music, tagged , , , , , on November 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Here is part 2 of an interview with Michael W. Smith, courtesy of worshipideas.com. Short but sweet.

For those who haven’t heard his classic song “Agnus Dei,” here is a clip.

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A Visit to “The Journey” Church (St. Louis)

Posted in Arts, Christianity, Corporate Worship, Discipleship, Leadership, Music, Preaching, Spirituality, The Bible, Worship leading, Worship music, faith, ministry, tagged , , , , , , , , , on November 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »

I had the past couple of Sundays off from my normal church responsibilities and took the opportunity to visit a couple of area churches. Last weekend I visited The Merge, a church plant led by a couple of friends and colleagues, Scott and Lisa Womble. That was a great experience (I’ll post about the visit [...]

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Michael W. Smith Interview from WorshipIdeas.com

Posted in Arts, Corporate Worship, Leadership, Music, Worship leading, Worship music, ministry, tagged , , , , , , on October 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

My apologies for my absence on the blog lately. I’m back today with a short but great clip of an interview with Michael W. Smith by Don Chapman, founder of worshipideas.com.  Worshipideas.com is a great site with tons of helpful tips for music and worship leading in the church, and Don sends out a weekly [...]

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