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You’ve Got Mail!
God is always speaking to us. The question is, "How clear is our connection?" "You've got mail." Many of us hear those words each day as we log on to the Internet to check our email. The phrase was also popularized by a movie of the same title a few years ago....
5 Caricatures of a Worship Leader
Worship leaders have a position that requires a great deal of sensitivity. Because of that, one of the most important skills to apply is prayerful self-examination of our stage-time to make sure that we don’t use our talents in a gratuitous manner. In our struggle to...
Walkdowns
Walkdowns describe the bass movement in a song, creating interest and emotion. A “one chord” with the root in the bass makes the listener feel “at home”. But a “one chord” with the third or the fifth in the bass is a totally different animal, usually evoking a...
Let’s Change The World
It’s a new day Because of our modern means of travel and communication the world has grown smaller. The musical worship tradition with praise bands and worship “choruses” is now perhaps on of the most widespread forms in church history. Get into a Christian’s car in...
Dwell
Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. Colossians 3:16 WORSHIP Psalms are the vocabulary of worship. For...
“It’s Time to Take Back The Beach”
I had been in Holland and decided to take some time off at the end of the conference. My wife and I headed south and watched as the flat countryside of Belgium and northern France passed us by. We were on our way down to be with friends and hang out among the pavement...
Guitars, guitars, guitars
Many of us grew up with a fascination of the six string music maker. So desperate to be able to play the guitar at 6 years old , my friends and I used to tie a tennis racket around our necks with a shoe string and pretend we were strumming along to our favorite Beatle...
“Ladies and Gentlemen, the Beatles!”
“Ladies and gentlemen, the Beatles!” shouts Ed Sullivan. Immediately the audience of mostly teenage girls begin to spontaneously combust into deafening applause, lifting of hands, jumping up and down, some even fainting or screaming to the point of ecstatic tears....