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Reflections on a Near-Death Experience at New-Year’s Dawn
My family rang in the new year a little differently this year. Our noisemakers and strobe lights came courtesy of an EMT ambulance, whose sirens and blue-and-red flashers helped clear a path to the emergency room for my mother-in-law, who was resting uncomfortably inside following her cardiac … Continue reading
Christmas Points to Easter (via the Ministry of Bob Bennett)
A week ago Saturday, Judson University’s Center for Worship in the Performing Arts hosted one of my all-time favorite singer-songwriters, Bob Bennett, for our annual Christmas Concert of Worship. Several of our ministry ensembles–our Children’s Choir, Advanced Guitar Ensemble, Chamber Singers, … Continue reading
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Why and How Advent?
The best Advent movie of all time, in my humble opinion, is A Christmas Story, Jean Shepard’s delightful paean to small-town Indiana in the 1940’s and, in particular, to the longing and the yearning that all of us, but particularly children, … Continue reading
Thanksgiving as Worship, Worship as Thanksgiving
For years, worship leader Ron Man has sent out a monthly e-mail called Worship Notes, a very helpful resource for worship leaders. (You can access the blog here: http://wornotes.wordpress.com/). In the November 2007 post, Man provided a list of excellent quotes … Continue reading
When It’s OK Not to Sing in Corporate Worship
Several months ago, a well-known Christian author created a stir in cyberspace by detailing his lack of connectedness with much of what transpires in corporate worship in American churches these days. He confessed that he doesn’t attend church all that often, … Continue reading
Horizontal Worship to Enhance the Cause of Christ, part 6
The tardiness of the last few posts, including this one, can be attributed to the preparation for and recuperation from this fall’s Judson University Choir tour, which wrapped up on Sunday. The timeliness of it all–the tour’s conclusion coinciding with the conclusion … Continue reading
Horizontal Worship to Enhance the Cause of Christ, Part 5
If you’re reading for the first time, welcome and thank you! I have been trying to make the case in this space that those of us in leadership in the Body of Christ need to be encouragers and to be … Continue reading
Horizontal Worship to Enhance the Cause of Christ, Part 4
As the busyness of my current semester’s efforts at Judson University’s Center for Worship in the Performing Arts intensifies, I am more than ever convinced of the value of what I’ve been sharing in this blog of late. As I … Continue reading
Horizontal Worship to Enhance the Cause of Christ, Part 3
Recently in this space I have been looking at a particular example of so-called horizontal worship, encouragement from and to members of the Body of Christ. Part 1 of this blog post detailed why I feel so strongly about this, especially … Continue reading
Horizontal Worship to Enhance the Cause of Christ, Part 2
Last week I began a look at so-called horizontal worship, the idea that our worship directed solely to God, vertical worship, must be accompanied at some point by an outpouring of ministry at some level on behalf of God’s people, what … Continue reading
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