There’s a song out right now on Christian radio stations that’s pretty popular. Right now, it seems to be on everytime I get in the car. I’ve heard people talking about the song and their interpretation of its message, and how they really feel like it’s speaking to them. That…
Pop Christian Music is an interesting thing. I’ve heard (and read) about pastors and churches encouraging their members with “30 Day Challenges,” where you’re encouraged to listen to ONLY Christian music for 30 days, as if 30 days is a magic number or listening to only Christian Music will make…
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 lot of people think that it’s as simple as me sitting in my office picking my favorite songs. (If only…
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 Music While I’m of the persuasion that it’s a good thing to be in a constant state of “spring cleaning” when…
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 a process by which you can objectively evaluate your potential songs. Most people already think we worship leaders just play…
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 the synodical level, a group of musicians, pastors and theologians come together to review hymns, approve them, catalog them by…