One thing we all long for is simplicity. We’re looking for ways to reduce—to make the main things the main things and ways to push unimportant things to the side. But sometimes simple is overrated: sometimes we need to embrace mystery.

Summer is upon us, so here are some worship team summer tips to help your ministry grow deeper roots.

Isn’t he the God of all creation? Didn’t he speak the worlds by his words and part the Red Sea for Moses? Of course he did, and a good deal more. But then there's what I call the gospel of small.

Art and rebellion go together like cigarettes and black leather, pessimism and sleeping in, anger and fear. But in worship?

Consider Jesus, who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted.

The famous verse from Zephaniah is the sort of verse that used to make me nervous. As a young man, I wasn’t sure I wanted God to quiet me with his love, and I certainly didn’t want him to rejoice over me with singing.

The main issue for those leading the church is simple: What is our supreme value? Simply leading? Or the God we are following?

Three down-to-earth reminders every pastor should keep before the congregation.