Worship Music Criticism Criticized

… by Lisa Robinson. And she does a good job of it.

How Charismatic Am I?

Adrian Warnock is working on a spectrum for determining just how charismatic one is in belief and practice. His initial test seemed to make people more charismatic than they actually are, or perhaps than they consider themselves to be.

I took the test, and came out strongly charismatic in belief and mildly charismatic in [...]

The Only Worshiper Who Got It

At today’s church service there was something I wish I had caught on camera. I’m not really quick, even though I have a reasonably good camera in my cell phone.

Our pastor, Geoffrey Lentz, was preaching the final sermon of his Summer in the Psalms series, this time from Psalm 150. He talked about [...]

Worship and a Broadcast Sermon

John Meunier asks if he can be replaced by a video screen. It’s a good question, considering the number of megachurches that are broadcasting a sermon to multiple locations.

I have several objections to the idea of a broadcast sermon:

I think our worship services are already too far from the idea of active [...]

Worship Worthy of Your Understanding of God

I started teaching a new Sunday School class today, or I should say it’s new to me. In our discussion one of the class members discussed who he understood God to be, and then commented that he couldn’t understand such a God requiring worship. His concept of God was rich and deep, so by [...]

What is Cutting Edge?

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The description of the ICON service at my home church, First United Methodist Church in Pensacola, FL, states that the service is:

Cutting Edge Tradition Rich Art Embracing Christ Centered

This worship service just celebrated its second anniversary, and I was happy today [...]

The Worship Service is Worship Too

Some time ago I read a post by Arthur Sido on The Voice of One Crying Out in Suburbia titled What is Worship? and I’ve been intending to respond ever since. The problem is that the topic brings up so many different issues that it threatens to become an incredibly long blog post. Those [...]

Hallelujah Chorus – Quinhagak, Alaska

Some friends of ours sent a link to this video. They have worked in the area and know many of the places.

Hallelujah Chorus -Quinhagak, Alaska

I got goosebumps

… during the closing song at church today, Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee.  Perhaps this explains it!  Or perhaps not.

Quote on Worship

From C. Michael Patton:

What I have been coming to realize over the years is that there is simply no one way to do church. …

You need to read the whole post at Parchment and Pen to get the real drift of what he’s saying, complete with evangelical discomfort with a [...]