Worshiply

One night last week while I was in and out of sleep, one of my friends kept coming to mind.  When I got up, he was still on my mind so I prayed for him.  That usually would have been the end of the story, but I felt impressed that I needed to email him, [...]

I love being outdoors.  I love autumn. I love extended times of being alone. So tonight I am going camping.  All that I am taking with me is what can fit in my pack, plus my backpacker guitar which will be strapped onto my pack. I am going to hike into the woods 2.5 miles [...]

If you are making a decision or setting priorities, this graphic is brilliant. When I look back, every significant thing I have done was the result of  knowing beyond a shadow of a doubt that God was calling me to do it. Then setting my mind on the goal and doing it well. What are [...]

Since January I have known that I needed to find some bass players for our bands. We were two deep on every instrument but bass, and I knew our only bass player would be leaving for college in August. For a church our size, the typical thing to do would be hire out a bass [...]

John Piper gives some great insight about corporate worship/singing. Thirteen years ago we asked: What should be the defining sound of corporate worship at Bethlehem, besides the voice of biblical preaching? We meant: Should it be pipe organ, piano, guitar, drums, choir, worship team, orchestra, etc. The answer we gave was “The people of Bethlehem [...]

Here is a voice mail my oldest daughter left me several months back.  At the time she was 27 months old. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Dates are important in our house.  Kari and I make it a priority for our relationship.  We also make it a huge priority that I take my [...]

If you haven’t heard of Noisetrade you need to go check it out.  It is a venture started by Derek Webb that brings you independent music free or lets you choose your price. I highly recommend Waterdeep: Heart Attack Time Machine and The Khrusty Brothers, a solo project from Waterdeep frontman Don Chaffer. Phil Wickham [...]

Levees matter.  If you live in a place like New Orleans they REALLY matter.  There are seasons when floods or hurricanes come, and if there is no way to hold out the water, there will be destruction. New Orleans found out their levees were not sufficient with Katrina.  They have spent billions to fix it. [...]