Worship & Creative Leaders

Consider this for your Good Friday reflection: Jesus' final word from the cross, following his Word of Triumph, was the word of reunion.

There’s a reason that in the Christian tradition – this day and service is considered the longest and darkest day of the year.

Each year the folks at Churchjuice post their selections of the best church websites. This year it's even more important, because we can all learn something to improve our digital game.

Journey through the steps of an online scam, an attempted hack that was foiled (hopefully before any unsuspecting “winners” entered their credit card information). 

Now I'm a worship pastor and I have to decide for myself how I feel about singing hymns. Do we really need to keep singing hymns? I think so. And my first reason may surprise you.

Today, we carry around a TV studio in our pocket and more and more filmmakers are embracing the idea of producing projects on mobile phones. That's right: an iPhone as your video camera.

What did hymns mean to my great-grandmother? How did they figure into her hard life? Was it nostalgia that endeared them to her memory? Was singing them just one of many mindless ways to while away the time?

You don't need to observe Ash Wednesday. This isn't a command. There is no rule for it. In fact, as far as Church traditions go, it is a fairly late development-- and by late I mean around the 8th century.