Worship is a very sticky word. It adheres itself to a lot of other words and adds sometimes appropriate nuances to the ideas we are trying to convey. It becomes a part of our church culture and inside lingo. I’m sure some of these sticky “worship” phrases are familiar to you and conjure up an …
I was reading again this morning, the awe-inspiring account of Paul and Silas in the Roman prison, and it reminded me of the power of prayer and worship… especially in the most dire of circumstances. (Read the story for yourself in Acts 16: 22-40) Here’s Paul and Silas in stocks and manacled to a wall, …
In the past couple of years I have observed a new found desire for people in worship teams to recalibrate their thinking around “what is worship”. This caught me pleasantly by surprise as previously, I thought , maybe wrongly, few wanted to delve into the nitties and gritties of what worship is about because they …
This is a question I’ve been asked a bit in recent times with questions like: What do you think the future of worship is going to be like? Where do you see worship going in the next decade? What changes to worship can you see right now and into the future? I’m not sure that …
One of the main struggles with every person tasked with creating a service that engages people with God… is choosing the right songs that will underscore your theme for the service, or at least prepare people for it, and give them an opportunity to respond in a way that sparks transformation and a fresh walk …
As I was growing in my understanding of worship, and the journey that people went on in worship, I learnt that positioning songs in a particular place in the service was helpful to their journey. This was highlighted recently when the first song played in the service (and it was an online service) – was …
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