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Engagement Trumps Information Overload

Posted in Architecture, Arts, Corporate Worship, Teaching, education, tagged , , , , , , , , , on November 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

This semester (which is just about to wrap up) I’m teaching a course called “Theology and History of Worship.” Yesterday’s learning topic dealt with sacred space in worship–how the people, furniture and symbols of worship are arranged to best allow people to engage with God and one another. I had planned on doing a lecture, [...]

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Abraham Lincoln and the Value of History

Posted in Book Review, Books & Reading, Christianity, History, Teaching, Theology, Worship Theology, education, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on August 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Yesterday I just finished a great little biography, Abraham Lincoln by James M. McPherson. (McPherson wrote a standard one-volume history of the Civil War, Battle Cry for Freedom.) It’s very short — less than 100 pages — and in a rare spur-of-the-moment reading decision I picked it up from my shelf in the afternoon afternoon [...]

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Inspiration from Walt Disney (Part 3)

Posted in Books & Reading, Christianity, Corporate Worship, Discipleship, Jesus, Music, Teaching, Trends, Worship leading, Worship music, education, ministry, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on July 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »

And a final thought from The Quotable Walt Disney:
“Out of our years of experimenting and experience we learned one basic thing about bringing pleasure and knowledge to people of all ages and conditions which goes to the very roots of public communication. That is this — the power of relating facts, as well as fables, [...]

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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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What Business Are We In?

Posted in Arts, Corporate Worship, Discipleship, History, Leadership, Music, Politics, Teaching, Theology, Worship leading, Worship music, education, ministry, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on June 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Last week I started reading a book that I have enjoyed immensely. It’s written by Candice Millard and titled The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey. Here is a short description from Publishers Weekly, via the book’s page at amazon.com:
In a gripping account, Millard focuses on an episode in Teddy Roosevelt’s search for adventure [...]

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The Little Things

Posted in Teaching, education, ministry, tagged , , , , , on May 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

A couple of weeks ago we held our graduation service at St. Louis Christian College. This was an especially important year because we graduated our biggest class ever (right around 80 students), but more significantly for me, three students from our Worship & Music program graduated. (This is the department I have led since 2004.) [...]

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What Do Professors Do All Summer, Anyway?

Posted in Music, SLCC, Teaching, Worship leading, Worship music, education, tagged , , , , , , , , , on May 7, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Today the faculty of SLCC met for our annual end-of-year faculty retreat, which unofficially concludes our teaching responsibilities for the academic year. I say “unofficially” because many of us will have meetings and some various other responsibilities during the summer. Others will still be teaching in our evening degree completion program. But by and large, [...]

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On the Reading of Old Books

Posted in Books & Reading, Discipleship, Leadership, Personal growth, Teaching, Theology, Training, education, ministry, tagged , , , , , , , on March 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I came across a great essay by C. S. Lewis entitled “On the Reading of Old Books,” included in his collection God in the Dock. Some good excerpts include:
“There is a strange idea abroad that in every subject the ancient books should be read only by the professionals, and that the amateur should content himself [...]

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Lessons from My Interim Ministry, Part 1

Posted in Corporate Worship, Discipleship, Family, Leadership, Preaching, Reflections on Life, Teaching, Transitions, Worship leading, education, ministry, tagged , , , , on January 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

A few weeks ago I concluded my interim ministry with Pleasant Hill Christian Church (Potosi, MO). PHCC is a small rural church with 60-70 people in attendance each week. It’s also my home church, which was the main factor in taking the interim preaching ministry there. I consider myself a worship leader/teacher first and a [...]

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Rich in Mercy (Chapel Message, 11-21-08)

Posted in Preaching, Sermons, Teaching, ministry, tagged , , , , , on November 27, 2008 | 4 Comments »

This is the message I preached in the SLCC Chapel service last Friday, for anyone who is interested. I have never been so transparent and candid in a message. (The rest of the service was detailed in the previous post.) You may be interested to know that I preached from the floor instead of the [...]

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