Why men hate going to church

By Marie@Musicademy | March 18, 2009

I found this interview at crossmatch.com with David Murrow author of the book Why Men Hate Going to Church. I was fascinated, partly because I (as a motorbike riding not very typical female) related quite well to a lot of the “male” characteristics he lists but also his comment on worship music: “Tom is less […]

New Free Worship Resource – Names of God

By Sam Hargreaves | March 9, 2009

This is another post giving you free worship resources courtesy of Sam Hargreaves and EngageWorship.org This presentation of various Names of God was made for Youthwork the Conference.  It is designed to help people reflect on the varied sides of God’s attributes and character.  It could be used with live or recorded music underneath as […]

What does coming to a meeting prepared look like?

By Marie@Musicademy | March 1, 2009

More from our series on church and worship. Some musings on what it really means to come to a service “prepared”. (A) Arrive early We encourage our team to come early to our Sunday gatherings to pray together for the gathering, to ask the Holy Spirit for a corporate infilling, and to get a feel […]

Worship Blogs – a round up of recent posts we liked

By Marie@Musicademy | February 28, 2009

There are several great worship blogs out there in cyberspace that can take a bit of tracking down. We’ve been connecting with a few via our Twitter feed. Here’s a selection of recent posts on the worship blogosphere. If you find this post helpful and would like to see a regular round up then let […]

Moving images behind the words on worship songs – a help or a hindrance?

By Marie@Musicademy | February 13, 2009

We had this fascinating question from John Spencer which we thought we’d throw open for comments. “My wife and I have been attending a local Pentecostal church and they use Powerpoint projection of the words of the worship songs.  But they also project moving images behind the words – such things as crosses silhouetted against […]

New series – Thoughts on church and worship, discipleship and more

By Marie@Musicademy | February 5, 2009

Given the recent discussion on our post “Bored of contemporary worship” we wanted to start adding some posts that help us examine our theology in relation to worship and church. Musicademy’s approach to DVD training has always been essentially practical and we want to bring some of that practicality to the discussion on worship theology. […]

Free MP3 – Angel Wave ambient instrumental track

By Sam Hargreaves | January 29, 2009

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] This ambient instrumental track, brought to you free courtesy of EngageWorship, could be used in all sorts of contexts – as background music for prayer stations, as the soundtrack to a video, accompanied by PowerPoint for meditation. It is 6.06 mins long, and features a relaxed trip hop […]

Bored with contemporary worship?

By Sam Hargreaves | January 26, 2009

We don’t want to say it. It sounds like we’re consumers, wanting more entertainment, and we know that’s not the problem. Worse, it might sound like we’re tired of God – when we know we’ve only just scratched the surface of the infinitely creative, dynamically relational being he is.

How would Jesus lead worship?

By Marie@Musicademy | January 14, 2009

That’s the title of a new book by Sam and Sara Hargreaves, who lead engageworship.org – a new expression of the Music and Worship. Engage Worship is doing a UK tour from February based on the question “How would Jesus lead worship”. click on the link below for more info. how-would-jesus-lead-worship

Looking for Christmas Songs?

By Marie@Musicademy | December 3, 2008

A track from Musicademy blogger David Clifton’s Christmas album was played on UK Radio 2 Aled Jones show recently and a number of people have been looking for where to hear more. The album is available on iTunes, Amazon and in high street stores in the UK & Canada. There’s a sample track and review […]