Worship Ministry: A Course In Overcomplication

Hey you, worship pastor guy! I have some questions for you. For all of us in ministry, actually. Has worship ministry gotten too complicated? Have we been working so hard to make it easier that we've inadvertently done the opposite? Do we need the BPM of every song to be robotically the same from start to finish? Those are just a few to whet your appetite. Keep reading for a thoughtful if not somewhat cynical examination of worship ministry in the modern era.

Worship Lyrics: Are Hymns Really Better?

I was talking to some new friends from our new church last night and was reminded during the course of conversation that there's still a false view out there about worship music in the Christian church that older means better, in terms of lyrical content.

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A Few Thoughts On Worship - Part Three

Some questions may never be answered. Questions like, "how many stars are in the sky?" or "what ever happened to Judge Reinhold?" or "what is a 'Nicki Minaj' and how do we get rid of it?" - but one questions that no one thought would ever be answered will be answered, right here and right now. 

What is Worship Anyway? - Part Two

A not-so-brief introduction to part two...

What do you think of when you hear, or read, the word worship?

Go ahead and think about it, but not for too long! I want to know the first thing you think of. Well, I want you to know the first thing you think of.

Got it? Okay, now write it down, or type it into the comments, or tweet it at me, scrawl it on your palm with a Sharpie... whatever. It'll be useful later.

Worship Tips Part Three: 5 Ways to Show Your Team That They Are Valued

This article originally appeared on worshipleader.com's online section, but as it turns out they don't have unlimited space to store archived articles, and they publish them pretty frequently, so I figured I'd put it up here as the third entry in my recently renamed Worship Tips series (Part One, Part Two). But hey, if they liked it enough to put it on their website for a brief moment in time, then you might want to just set aside five or seven minutes to read this bad boy! I have altered it ever so slightly to match my current style better, but when I say "ever" I mean it!

Worship Tips Part Two: Three Not-So-Simple Steps to Authentic Worship

Worship leaders walk a precarious line as the modern-day facilitators of sung worship.

Worship Tips Part One: 4 Worship Leading Questions the Bible Doesn't Answer

In my experience every well-meaning worship leader comes across questions about worship ministry from time to time which he or she finds difficult to answer from Scripture.

Very often, especially when Google is employed, we are able to find what are advertised as biblical answers to these questions, and almost just as often those answers are nothing more than the closely-held opinions of someone who is great at rhetoric, and maybe not as great at discerning between moral issues and matters of taste. Following is a sampling of these questions and what I believe to be more balanced answers for them.

1) What clothes should I wear?