Service Planning: “The Lord Is in the Details!”
INTRODUCTION We have all heard the rather sinister saying in reference to our man-made plans, “The devil is in the details.” Generally, it means that […]
Spirit-led Worship
Wasted Assets
What Is the Real Cost of the Worship Arts? How do we assess the cost of public worship? The most obvious accounting would be of […]
Heaven’s Children Part One
(Author’s Note: This essay was written between 1995 and 1997 when I was part of music faculty at Southeastern College (now university.) I was also […]
Heaven’s Children Part Two
(Author’s Note: This essay was written between 1995 and 1997 when I was part of music faculty at Southeastern College (now university.) I was also […]
Come On Everybody, Sing! Part One
What Makes a Song a Congregational Song? Author’s Note: With this 3-part essay I want to be positive not negative. I want to encourage Worship […]
Come on Everybody, Sing! Part Three
What Makes a Song a Congregational Song? Part Three: The Function Songs composed or adapted to the standard Congregational Song form are a wonderful gift […]
A Craft Surrendered
The True Cost of Song-driven Worship Mark 6:3 NKJV Is this not the carpenter…? The image of Jesus working away in the carpenter’s shop […]
Fire and Form: Dividing Soul from Spirit
The Importance of this Two-edged Sword When it comes to a surgery this delicate, dealing with invisible things like soul and spirit, a special, sharp […]
Fire and Form: Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs
Biblical Worship Music Ephesians 5:18-20 NIV Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit. Speak to one […]
Nostalgia Is Not Worship
Remembering without Falling Back Isaiah 46:9-10 KJV Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, […]