We met on a warm day in Baltimore. I thanked him for giving some of his time to a traveling worship minister like myself as I slipped into the smooth benches of a booth at a local chain restaurant to begin the usual ‘get to know you pastoral chit chat’. Questions like, ‘How did you[…]
Once, as an anniversary gift, I gave my wife a pink iPod Nano. She unwrapped it, loaded it with music, and began to enjoy its benefits. Sadly, somewhere along the way the battery lost its ability to hold a charge. This lack of power has rendered the iPod almost completely useless and very frustrating. The[…]
For today’s article I thought it would be fun to look at the journey of a song. How it’s birthed, developed and is finished. We will use a song I wrote called, “I’m In love” that is currently on the radio in a few places. This song began somewhere around 6 – 7 years ago.[…]
It’s getting down to it. The last few days and weeks before Christmas can be a stressful time for worship teams across the planet. It’s a season of learning a lot of special music, extra rehearsals, and high expectations. But even in the throws of all that comes with this special time of year, I[…]
We live in an English speaking world, or at least it seems that way to us, here in the US of A. It’s hard to believe, if not completely shocking, that English is not the predominant language in the world. It’s actually 3rd behind Chinese and Spanish. This statistic is interesting to me in a[…]
I recently had the pleasure of chatting with Paul Baloche about life, ministry, and his new worship album. Here is a portion of that interview. All About Worship: You’ve led worship around the world, recorded many albums, written many songs, and helped so many people with your training. Is there any one of those that is[…]
Have you heard the news? Christmas IS ON A SUNDAY this year! It doesn’t happen again till 2022 and then again in 2033,2039 and 2050. But like it or not, it’s a reality in the here and now. So what are you going to do about it? The last time Christmas was on a Sunday[…]
How and Why You Should Recruit a Christmas Choir It may not feel or look anything remotely close to Christmas outside, but there is something in the air that brings back that ol’ “It’s after Labor Day, better get ready for Christmas” feeling. A season enjoyed by some, dreaded by others, but necessary for any[…]
Passing the money test For many around the world worship leading has never been about the money – simply because they have and never will be paid a dime for their dedicated service. However if you have been, are about to be, or someday want to be one of the fortunate souls to live the[…]
5 Reasons NOT to play it like the CD: While conducting training sessions across the U.S. and the world we have found that most worship teams’ solitary musical goal is to be able play the song just like the CD. While there are many great things you can take from a recording to help you[…]
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