Worshiply

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 [...]

For the Worship Leader Was this past Sunday the best you could do? You picked songs, rehearsed, used all the relevant media…. did you just go through the motions, or painstakingly plan and pray through the process? Your church has paid the whole worship ministries salary, footed the bill for the building to meet in, [...]

I like watching the Olympics. Okay, I really, really, really like watching the Olympics.   NBC has done an incredible job this year with building the athletes stories into the broadcast. They run a 2-5 minute spot telling the story of the athlete and the obstacles they have overcome to get to Beijing. The next thing [...]

This morning Avery was determined that I not leave the house without a sticker. It was her 2 year old way of saying, “I’m going to miss you daddy.” Kids love stickers. Adults love stickers too.  Our stickers just tend to be more mature; thank you notes, buying lunches, and words of encouragement. Make sure [...]

One of our leaders sent this to me.  It is good.  It echoes what I hear Bob say all the time.  Your Position does not mean anything.  People follow you when you are credible and produce fruit.  It doesn’t matter if you are leading worship, leading a corporate team, or leading others to Christ through [...]