There’s a real festive and lighthearted theme to most of our articles this week.
Click through to read them in full and view the images and video clips.
The worship leader has left the building
Is our worship too “inward looking”?
Sam Hargreaves writes about the challenge as a worship leader to connect to our everyday lives in our worship. He tells the story of a worship leading friend who at her most cynical moments has felt like she is just there to make church more comfortable for the members. This has caused her to explore other areas of ministry, particularly to do with God’s heart for justice. Its not that she lost her heart for worship, its just that her worship has led her out of the building. Click through to consider more about how worship leaders can help the church become less inward looking.
Beautiful Christmas images – free for you to use
Click through to download a selection of 10 really classy Christmas images for you to use in your worship services.
Learn to make fractal images – perfect for creative visuals in worship
If you liked the Christmas images then learn how to create fractal images yourself.
Silent monks sing Hallelujah
Funny video clip of a performance by “silent” monks singing The Hallelujah Chorus from Handel’s Messiah. A lesson in good timing.
Worship train wreck – from the Musicomedy archives
A seasonal worship train wreck – not such a holy night.
X-Factor voiceover man in domestic crisis
What the voiceover man from the TV talent show sounds like at home.
Reflecting on what love really means at Christmas
This week I have been really struck by the content of this adaptation of 1 Corinthians 13, dwelling on what love really means in the context of our seasonal busyness.
Thanks for reading. You’ve still just about got time to buy Musicademy DVDs as Christmas gifts – we’re shipping right up until Christmas Eve.