Thanks to Tim Nevell for sending us this which he found in an old parish magazine.

In the genre of worship music, are we missing the taste of diversity? Sue Rinaldi offers some thoughts from a recent trip to India… Earlier this year an opportunity to lead worship and speak at an Arts gathering in India was very exciting for me. I love the food, the people and exploring the fascinating […]

We had this email from Karl Pettit, Creative Arts/Worship Pastor at First Baptist Church, Pocatello, ID asking our thoughts on translating our DVDs into Mandarin for use in missionary work: “I cannot believe how God is opening doors in Asia right now for the Word to be shared! Especially through the medium of music. I have had […]

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 […]

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 […]

We’ve had a lot of feedback to our recent series where we have asked questions phrased somewhat negatively. The most recent was what 3 things you would like singers to stop doing? Marie responded in a post discussing her perspective  and we were encouraged by the discussion that emerged from it. We know that we won’t […]

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 […]

Great bass guitar sounds At our live Ask the Expert session Daniel Fiott asked: “What’s the best sound you can get from bass on stage?” Geoff Boswell, Audioplan: I can only add this from being a bass player as well as earning my living from sound …. so here we go. At first getting the […]

In this insightful post Kenny Lamm looks at the good and not-so-good of a worship service he recently attended. Brilliant food for thought. This past Sunday, as my family was out of town for a few days, we had the opportunity to worship in an established Baptist church in another state, choosing their contemporary service […]

We found this list on the Sojourner’s blog who in turn attributed it to the work of Dr. David M. Scholer, a former professor at Fuller Theological Seminary. We present it as a satirical piece which gives us cause to reflect. Please don’t shoot us down in flames… 10 reasons why men should not be […]