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  • As a follow-up to the last post about worship styles, I though I would share about the process I use at Journey for selecting music for worship.  I’m sure a...

    How We Pick Worship Music

    As a follow-up to the last post about worship styles, I though I would share about the process I use at Journey for selecting music for worship.  I’m sure a...

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  • I’ve had this blog for over 5 years and it’s gone pretty much unnoticed for most of that time. But in the last month or so I’ve been inundated with...

    Who are you?

    I’ve had this blog for over 5 years and it’s gone pretty much unnoticed for most of that time. But in the last month or so I’ve been inundated with...

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  • We’re almost done with our Spring Cleaning at Church series! We’ve looked at the physical stuff, our style and the digital stuff – now let’s talk music! Sprucing up Our...

    Spring Cleaning at Church Part 4: Clean up your music

    We’re almost done with our Spring Cleaning at Church series! We’ve looked at the physical stuff, our style and the digital stuff – now let’s talk music! Sprucing up Our...

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  • Continuing our spring cleaning at church series, we’re looking today at digital cleaning. Since we’re already giving our physical stuff and style a freshening up, it’s time to look at...

    Spring Cleaning at Church Part 3: Digital Cleaning

    Continuing our spring cleaning at church series, we’re looking today at digital cleaning. Since we’re already giving our physical stuff and style a freshening up, it’s time to look at...

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  • [Sorry for the delay in posting the continuation of this series - I should have known better than to start a series with Easter weekend coming up!] We’re continuing Spring...

    Spring Cleaning at Church Part 2: Style

    [Sorry for the delay in posting the continuation of this series - I should have known better than to start a series with Easter weekend coming up!] We’re continuing Spring...

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  • As I mentioned in my last post, there’s no shortage of songs that you could play in worship. The challenge is finding good ones and that’s why it’s important to have...

    Where I Go for New Worship Songs

    As I mentioned in my last post, there’s no shortage of songs that you could play in worship. The challenge is finding good ones and that’s why it’s important to have...

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  • There are times when I look at the traditional church and think to myself that they might be onto something… Just think about how it works for us Lutherans: At...

    Finding Good Worship Songs

    There are times when I look at the traditional church and think to myself that they might be onto something… Just think about how it works for us Lutherans: At...

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  • One of the ways I mentioned before about how churches can use technology was to add digital musicians to your worship team.  I wanted to go into a little more...

    Beefing up the band with digital musicians

    One of the ways I mentioned before about how churches can use technology was to add digital musicians to your worship team.  I wanted to go into a little more...

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  • In case you might not have picked up on it, I’m a fan of technology. I’m also very pro technology when it comes to church and leveraging that technology to...

    5 Ways to Use Technology at Church

    In case you might not have picked up on it, I’m a fan of technology. I’m also very pro technology when it comes to church and leveraging that technology to...

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  • Merry [two days after] Christmas! It always amazes me how fast Christmas comes and goes and that all the plans and preparations for Christmas are over. I hope your celebrations of...

    Sunday Setlist – Christmas Edition

    Merry [two days after] Christmas! It always amazes me how fast Christmas comes and goes and that all the plans and preparations for Christmas are over. I hope your celebrations of...

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