Worship & Creative Blogs

Being encouraging to someone is a highlight of their day. Be the light in someone's life. Here's how to become an encourager.

Now that some of those worship leading strengths or sweet-spots we so depended on and were revered for may no longer be available in the near future, how are we going to continue to lead? Maybe it’s time for us to throw our cap over the wall.

You feel fake vibes when hoping for authentic ones. Regardless, what makes a worship service fake might be boiled down to five basic things.

Day after day I come back to Jesus, like Bob Wiley to Dr. Marvin in “What About Bob” and cry out, “I need, I need, I need, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme.” I need grace. I need joy. I need strength.  For even the smallest things.

The Book of Common Prayer - how can you get any more evangelical than that?

Don’t lose one of God’s greatest gifts to us, emotion, because you have seen emotion in the church abused before.

I'm only too familiar with the average pastor's secrets. My dad was a minister in a church. My uncles were ministers. My cousin is a minister. About 30 of my best friends are, or were, ministers. So here’s what your minister wishes you understood.

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.