It is not often that I get excited about a new album from an artist I am not familiar with. Brothers Gabriel and Nathan Finochio, better known as The Royal Royal have just released their album Return of the King. The album is like a breath of fresh air and has the potential to provide …
Is Corporate Worship Discipleship?
“What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.” ― A.W. Tozer Click To Tweet This quote drives me as a Pastor and Worship Leader. The part that we play in helping our people to think rightly about God is so overwhelming to me at times. Thankfully …
Don’t Wound Each Other
Be sure to check out previous posts in this discussion here and here. One of the biggest headaches that I have experienced in ministry are the overall attitudes that can be held, and argued ad nauseum, between Modern and Post-modern concerning matters of opinion, not scriptural fact. Most notable among some of these issues are …
I’ve Killed My Worship Rehearsal, Now What?
Over the past couple weeks we’ve looked at the things we’re doing to sabotage our rehearsal times. You can read the posts here and here. You may feel like your worship practice time is stagnant and are struggling to bring change. I want to challenge you to look over some of these steps and prayerfully …
Planetshakers // Endless Praise
Planetshakers can always be counted on to bring some solid music for the church. Their latest release gives us some great music to work with. Here’s one worship pastor’s perspective on this album. Endless Praise // Punchy and synth driven, endless praise opens this album up with a lot of energy. There are a lot …
Avoiding Dissension
The Church Collective is growing. And just as with the early church, growing must include differing opinions and viewpoints. Diversity of opinion is a huge benefactor of advancement in knowledge, development of apologetics and individual understanding of theology. Here’s the issue: It’s 2014. Everybody has a computer in their pocket, a personal blog, and we …
John Mark McMillan // Borderland
Artist: John Mark McMillan Album: Borderland Release: March 4, 2014 Label: Independent Release I think it is safe to say that John Mark McMillan is a household name amongst worship leaders and worship songwriters. John Mark is responsible for bringing the church his song “How He Loves”, a song that has become a staple in …
A Desire for Hymns
A greater understanding of this post can be had if you read this first. Believing the majority of the readers here to be aligned more with the Post-modern characterization, we’ll start with a post that strikes at worship from the Modern perspective and how to communicate with him about worship. The tension that exists in …
Artist Feature // All Sons & Daughters
In this feature, we were given the pleasure to share the story behind All Sons and Daughters. The band shares the inspiration and the roots behind a few of their favorite songs. Be sure to check out the podcast of the interview too!
Artist Feature // All Sons & Daughters
New vs. Old Worship
Every weekend across this great nation, and throughout the world, people gather in various forms and fashions to praise the Almighty God, the Great I Am. In some contexts, voices are the only type of instrument that one can experience; in other contexts, there is a 20-piece band on stage with four or five vocalists. In any …
Spontaneous Worship
Not too long ago my Pastor spoke to me after a service and said, “I felt you had a song in your heart. The next time the Lord gives you a song during worship, don’t keep it to yourself”. Of course, I immediately freaked out at the idea. Did he really want me to make …
Don’t Make David’s Mistakes
I’ve done a lot to solidify my voice as a writer. I love sarcasm and wit, and I employ those devices regularly in my writing. This particular article won’t have any of either. I don’t enjoy writing things that aren’t funny, but I believe this subject deserves attention. And so few people are willing to …
More Ways to Kill Your Worship Rehearsal
I started this discussion last week with my post called “How to Kill Your Worship Rehearsal.” Be sure to check it out to see where we started. The truth is, as I have been working on these posts, there are a lot of ways we are killing our rehearsals without even knowing it. I hope …
Round Two, Fight!
Nothing actually happened to deem this title. Street Fighter just pops into my head whenever I say “round two”. This was my 2nd week actually leading the team and congregation into worship. Some battles that I felt arose initially was that I asked our pianist, who has been a part of the worship team for …