So, as is normal, I managed to pick-up a number of new discs before the summer and am now getting around to listening to them.
Here’s my review of them, in no particular order. Get your iTunes account ready – you’ll want to grab some of these ASAP – here we go! Read the rest of this entry »
So, we probably all rehearse. In fact, I’m willing to say we ALL rehearse something – we might just be the ones who rehearse “winging it” or the spiritual equivalent “being moved by the spirit”. Some of us do that. Some don’t. Some of us have stop watches that document our exact length of songs so that we can execute the service knowing that at the designated “sync” time – we can go to the video feed.
Here’s the reality. We all rehearse something. Why? Why do we rehearse?
Lots of great reasons…. I can honestly say that music is a heavenly thing – and it’s use in worship is a biblical thing. Lets dig into the history a bit. Let me take you back, way back….
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Worship in church is an incredibly broad and sweeping topic – so I’ll get right to it.
Our worship services are ALL about WORSHIP – every part of them being an act or an opportunity to WORSHIP. Nothing is exempt. If it IS exempt in your mind, or in the mind of your pastor or denomination, then you have the right to ask them why it isn’t an act-of or opportunity-to worship. If they can justify that it isn’t worship – they also need up justify it’s place in that service.
If it’s not worship & not justifiable – you’ve got to wonder why it’s there? Here’s an example I wrestle with. Read the rest of this entry »
Worship is pretty neat thing. Something we rarely acknowledge is that it isn’t completely segregated to 1 hr on Sunday or a particular music style. Worship is BIGGER. Much bigger.
If you’ve read my blog before you will know that I feel strongly about this and that I have written about this before. Romans 12 is great passage of God’s Word that really nets it out in plain English. I’m not going delve into the “the Bible says…” thing here – you can read my previous posts on this topic
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This post is about the “how”. How do you worship while pumping gas? While eating at McDonalds? While buying groceries? While doing your taxes? While going to your kids piano recital? While correcting your kid? While having a special “date night” with your spouse? While sweeping/laundry/cleaning toilets/cutting grass/shoveling snow etc etc etc etc ??? How can you worship in these situations we find ourselves in day to day? Read the rest of this entry »
Watched EpisodeII-Attack Of The Clones with my kids-now building Lego ships, marble run&paper airplanes.Dinner: a BBQ #ILoveLongWeekends - posted on 20/05/2012 16:06:47RT @lensweet: It’s not enough to learn to be a story teller. The church needs to become a culture of story tellers. - posted on 20/05/2012 15:53:40Shalom: the Peace you are looking for @Lakesidepastor teaching today. Rehearsal happening now. 9:15&11. Check it out. http://t.co/omH9k3pD - posted on 20/05/2012 08:42:50Your Grace Is Enough, Freedom Reigns, Like A River Glorious, Jesus All For Jesus #WorshipSet #May20 Praise venue Lakeside Church - posted on 20/05/2012 05:49:02White Flag, Exalted One, Freedom Reigns, Here #WorshipSet #May20 Live venue Lakeside Church - posted on 20/05/2012 05:47:13