What, why & how
Dear Blog Readers, As this year draws to a close, I want to thank you for reading and supporting my blog. This post features highlights and lessons learned from this year. I’m gonna share a little more personally from my story and where I’m at right now. If the past year had a theme, it [...]
This Christmas night we continued the family tradition of watching “It’s a Wonderful Life.”  We’ve been doing this for 20 plus years and yes, I’ve been the instigator. Call me sentimental, cornball, whatever. To the annoyance of some family members, I can quote most of the lines and yes, I still cry at [...]
Asking the right questions … This post is part of the Guidelines to Evaluate Worship series. Asking the right questions helps align our actions with the vision of A Wholehearted Worshiping Community. There’s a great website and blog all about evaluating worship by David Manner called Worship Evaluation. He has some fantastic articles [...]
I keep thinking and rethinking how to keep the main thing the main thing in worship. What should be the guiding vision for worship ministry ? Here’s mine: The vision for worship at OurCoolChurch is to become: A Wholehearted Worshiping Community […]
This post is the first of the Guidelines to Evaluate Worship series. We all need feedback. It’s the only way to get better. Worship services need to be honestly evaluated. Not to be critiqued, but to be improved. Leaders need to create a culture of on-going, healthy debriefing. […]
Today I have the honor of writing a guest post for my friend David Santistevan’s blog. He’s a great young worship pastor. His blog was selected as one of Worship Leader Magazines Best of the Best for 2011. I hope you’ll check it out and leave a comment on his site. In that post I share [...]
 Practical Theology Of Worship Series  In part one of this series we looked at How to Develop a Worship Ministry: 6 Key Concepts. Part two is about establishing the ministry culture on the foundation of David’s worship values. Building on The Fundamentals The foundational principles of worship, the essential basics, are fundamental truths [...]
I recently heard football coaching legend and ESPN commentator Lou Holtz speak at the “Get Motivated†seminar in Nashville. His straight forward message was especially relevant for me. Here’s 3 ideas inspired by Lou that I’m applying in my role as a worship leader/pastor: […]
Recently, I had the privilege of listening to former Secretary of Sate, General Colin Powell at the “Get Motivated” seminar in Nashville. He was warm, engaging, humorous, motivational and practical. He presented a textbook model of an excellent keynote speech. One topic were his feelings transitioning from a position of great power and prestige; “I [...]
Like the rest of the world, I’m sad at the news of Steve Jobs passing. Was he a follower of Jesus Christ? I don’t know. But his too-short 56 years made a profound difference in the world. He propelled a huge vision and made the world a better place. […]
