Church Leader Gazette: For Music Ministers Archives

David Peterson on Revelation and the Songs We Sing by Bob Kauflin

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on January 23, 2012 3:17 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

My top recommended book on a biblical theology of worship is David Peterson's Engaging with God. If you're responsible for leading in your church, either as a pastor or a musician, I think you'll serve people more faithfully and biblically if you read it. I go through it every year with my interns and never fail to come away from our discussion times with fresh understanding and inspiration for leading corporate worship.

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Paul Simon: 'God Comes Up a Lot in My Songs' by Kim Lawton

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on January 9, 2012 2:53 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Paul Simon's latest album, So Beautiful or So What, made a bunch of Best Albums of 2011 lists, including CT's own. That Simon is acclaimed for his music is hardly news, but the fact that So Beautiful so deeply explores spiritual themes is fascinating.

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"I Don't Know the First Thing About Leading Artists" by Rory Nyland

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on December 25, 2011 10:18 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Dozens of pastors admit that trying to lead their more artistically minded staff members and volunteers leaves them baffled and befuddled. Don't be one of them.

The following is an excerpt from "Leading Artists," one of the articles in Developing an Arts Ministry, a new resource now available on BuildingChurchLeaders.com.

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7 Things We Regularly Get Wrong About Worship by Joe McKeever

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on December 12, 2011 1:51 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Give unto the Lord the glory due to His name (Psalm 29:2).

It's Sunday around noonish. As the congregation files out of the sanctuary heading toward the parking lot, listen closely and you will hear it.

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How Does a Worship Leader Cue the Congregation? by Bob Kauflin

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on December 12, 2011 1:50 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

A while back I received an email from Paul asking:

One of the central roles of a worship band is to help the congregation to sing. Do you have advice on how a worship band can best cue the congregation? What kinds of things could I tell my instrumentalists and singers to do to help the people come in on the first words of a song or verse? How would you in general encourage congregational singing?

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Worship and Work by Os Hillman

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on December 12, 2011 1:49 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

"One man considers one day more sacred than another; another man considers every day alike" (Rom 14:5).

Avodah (Ah´-voe-dah) is a Hebrew noun used in the Bible that has two distinct yet intertwined meanings: worship and work. It is also derived from the Hebrew verb L'Avod which has two meanings; to work and also to worship. The dual meaning offers powerful wisdom for modern times for how we are to view our work lives.

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