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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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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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SLCC Choir Christmas Concert – Sunday, Dec. 6 @ 4 p.m.

Posted in Uncategorized on November 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

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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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The Freedom to Respond

Posted in Corporate Worship, Leadership, Personal worship, Worship leading, ministry, tagged , , , , , on September 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

This weekend at church, our new senior minister Brian Jobe concluded a month-long series on prayer. It has been a really wonderful series, and a great beginning to his ministry at Harvester Christian Church.
This weekend I had the opportunity to give the communion meditation. This is more of a challenge than it may seem because [...]

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Learning from Leonardo

Posted in Arts, Creativity, History, Personal growth, Uncategorized, tagged , , , on September 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Each fall when I teach Introduction to the Arts, my interest in the arts is renewed. I once heard a good piece of advice from a fellow teacher: every time he teaches a course he tries to read a new book related to the subject. I haven’t always followed that advice, but this semester I [...]

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Mind Your Worship (Part 2)

Posted in Christianity, Corporate Worship, Discipleship, Personal growth, The Bible, Theology, ministry on August 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

In the last post I mentioned Romans 12.1-2 and how Paul emphasizes the mind in the process of worship. This brings to mind the importance of what we’re feeding our minds. The mind is like a muscle that we must exercise if we want to see growth. Our bodies become flabby, tired and lazy if [...]

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Mind Your Worship (Part 1)

Posted in Corporate Worship, Discipleship, Leadership, Music, Personal worship, Theology, Worship Theology, Worship leading, Worship music, ministry, tagged , , , , , , on August 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

What is the key to worship? It’s not having the right style of music, the right technology, the right worship leader, or any number of things that rightly deserve some attention. I believe the key to godly worship begins with the mind. Paul says in Romans 12.1-2: “I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the [...]

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