Graham Kendrick on worship leading

By Marie@Musicademy | July 11, 2012

Interview with Graham Kendrick I spent an afternoon with Graham Kendrick recently interviewing him for a series of podcasts for the website here. Graham has spent many decades ruminating over the craft of the song writer and worship leader and I wanted to bring some of those thoughts to the wider church. It’s well worth […]

Three truths about small church worship

By Guest Blogger | July 6, 2012

A few years after college, I was a part-time assistant pastor in the oh-so-coveted “dual role” of youth & worship in a small church. About 60-some people small. One of the problems (with me, not the church) was that I had been involved with the youth ministry and played on the worship team at Church […]

The story behind the new Graham Kendrick song – Sailor’s Song

By Marie@Musicademy | June 28, 2012

This Sunday 8th July is Sea Sunday. In the short interview clip below Graham Kendrick talks about writing a song for The Sailor’s Society as well as a description of the work of the Society (click on the arrow below). [Audio clip: view full post to listen] The song borrows lines from the old hymn […]

Interview with Graham Kendrick – on not feeling like much of a musician and the topic of female autograph hunters

By Marie@Musicademy | June 25, 2012

Graham Kendrick listens back to the audio recording and asks whether it might be possible to play it speeded up. He’s worried that, despite never stumbling over his words, and communicating with a real depth of insight, he comes across as speaking too slowly. He confesses that his songs are better than his sermons adding […]

In Defense of the Role of “Professional Worship Consultant” or The “Curse” of the Calling

By Kenny Lamm | June 1, 2012

Recently, I wrote a post on my blog, called “Worship Service Evaluation” where I made observations concerning the things that went well and the things that were distracting in a corporate worship service that I had recently attended. I really struggled with whether to publish the post for fear some people would take my observations […]

How to Offer Artists Criticism Without Being a Jerk

By Guest Blogger | May 29, 2012

Artists (“Artists” applies to musicians, singers, painters, graphic designers, actors, dancers, etc) in the church receive a tremendous amount of criticism. Musicians especially seem to have a never-ending stream of complainers. I’ve heard everything from “the music was too loud,” “don’t use that song again – I didn’t like it,” and, one of my personal […]

How to discern a good worship song – 3 aspects to consider

By Guest Blogger | May 24, 2012

There are times when I look at the traditional church and think to myself that they might be onto something… Just think about how it works for us Lutherans: At the synodical level, a group of musicians, pastors and theologians come together to review hymns, approve them, catalog them by theme, scripture and season and […]