Worshiply

I am 29 and will turn 30 in just over a month.  Because of this and my normal year-end personal review process, lately I have been very reflective. Here are some of my thoughts. When you are in your 20s, you are full of ideals.  You create a crystal clear picture of how the world [...]

I have had multiple people ask me about some songs that we have been doing lately.  November is our month that we lead people to give and go to missions. This year we have used a couple songs off of Billy and Cindy Foote’s Album “Go to Everyone.” You can get it on iTunes. The [...]

Carla Pullum. Using random.org Carla was randomly selected as the winner. Thanks for all who entered. If you didn’t win, you should still check out the book, it really is a great motivator to get up and lead the people around you. Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us

Make sure you enter today before 2:30 to win Seth Godin’s new book Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us. Go here to for an explanation and to enter.

Seth Godin has a great new book out called Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us.  If you have ever read any of Seth’s stuff, you know he is a great writer with killer ideas. I am a couple pages shy of finishing and have loved the book.  I have an extra copy, so I [...]

Every 6-8 weeks the Pastors at NorthWood call recent vistitors to tell them about Base Camp, the introduction to our new member process.  I’ve been making the the calls today.  Here is one of the conversations. Brent: Hello, My name is Brent Minter, I am one of the pastors at NorthWood. I know that you [...]

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 [...]

Charlie Hall’s new record has hit the shelves and you should buy it. Like his other projects, this record is not going to get a lot of radio play, and most congregations will not be singing “Hookers and Robbers” corporately.  But Charlie continues to have some of the deepest lyrics out there for worshipers who [...]