Articles for Worship & Creative

A permanent scowl begins to harden on my face. My nostrils tend to flare more frequently. Why? Christmas carols. I don’t like them. And they’re everywhere! Let me tell you why I don't like Christmas carols.

These songs help you slow down, resist Christmas craziness and reflect over the next couple weeks as we prepare for Christmas services.

This is not an exhaustive list. Nor do I think it is an inerrant list! I am thankful to serve with leaders who want what we do to be rooted in what we believe. I am passing these worship thoughts because they may be helpful for other ministry leaders.

Finding new, good, worship-ful Christmas music can make the difference between getting burned out by mid-December and singing along joyfully through Christmas. Below, we've listed some information on the newest Christian Christmas music on the market.

Pastors and worship leaders need to know that rivalry and disunity contradicts what Jesus came to do—make us one.

What Lewis is proposing is actually more serious — and more difficult — than simply trying to create art with a message.

Now the visual layout of most of our modern worship environments feature a drumset or a stack of amplifiers quite prominently. Nothing "wrong" with this. But let's think for a moment about what it says

Worship music and church worship bands have won the Sunday morning song battle – there’s no question about that.