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Leah, Oliver (2), Liam (4) and David
Worship Leading
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Congregational Worship Songs
Why Should God Answer Your Prayer?
Our two-year-old is learning how to go potty on the toilet. To incentivize this skill, we reward him with Skittles when he makes a it happen on the big boy potty. To my great delight, he told me he needed
Didn’t Even See It Coming
As much as I like to be right (and I usually am…at least when it comes to useless pieces of trivia), sometimes I have argued until I’m blue in the face and later it turns out I was just plain
If God Were Your Spouse
I recently wrote about how I was such a smashing success on Valentine’s Day. (Hopefully your sarcasm radar is going off.) The problem was that I did not communicate my love for my wife in a way that connected with
Faith That…Well…Sucks
Sometimes I amaze myself. That is, sometimes I can’t believe how easily I lose my cool, say something I regret or really blow it–and just when I thought I had it all together! But sometimes I see someone do something
Valentine’s Day FAIL
So it was Valentine’s Day this week. And I’ll be honest. I didn’t do very well. When Valentine’s Day approaches, a sense of anxiety starts washing over my brain. It seems like the holiday was invented specifically so that I
Game Genie Jesus
I used to love the Game Genie for Nintendo. You would plug your game cartridge into it and then plug that giant thing into the NES console. The thing would unlock all sorts of cheats–infinite lives, invincibility, the ability to
God Wants You, the Raw Material
Make me an earthen Altar….If you use stones to make my Altar, don’t use dressed stones. If you use a chisel on the stones you’ll profane the Altar. (Exodus 20:24, 25 MSG) God instructs the Israelites not to chisel the
Ouch! That smarts.
I’m going to go out on a limb and say something radical. Ready? It doesn’t seem like Jesus really wanted to make friends with the religious leaders of his day. Okay, so maybe that’s not really radical. It’s probably an
On Moses and Creating a Volunteer Culture
While I love reading books on leadership, the Bible keeps on surprising me as a wealthy source of leadership principles. Go figure! Here’s what I was reading the other day. (Hang in there. It’s worth the read.) Moses spoke to
A Worship Leader’s Problematic Prayer
If you’re a worship leader, have you ever prayed like this? Dear Lord, thank you for this rehearsal time we have. Please help us just to focus on you and not worry about the details. Help us just to worship