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16  All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 ...

Many years ago, I was approached by a congregant who asked me, "why can't we just sing songs directly to God? Why do we have to sing...

This week being the 79th Anniversary of D-Day, I find myself drawn to thinking about one of my favourite movies – Saving Private Ryan,...

"... in our approach to gathering, we need to allow technology to serve the people's worship, not dictate it." On a recent podcast that I...

"On key or off, our songs of praise rise as a sweet incense to the King of Glory..." At any given Christian gathering, you will likely...

"Peace is not the absence of conflict"... (Martin Luther King, Jr.) As we find ourselves in the season of Advent – the time before...

"What if we saturated our people with the sound of holy words upon our ears, and let them sink deep within us to evoke spiritual growth?"...

"...rather than choosing one over the other, we begin to see that both need to coexist as an expression of Biblical worship..." If you...

"But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me. O Israel, hope in...

How would you respond? You are kidnapped by raiders from your life of plenty and safety, then taken to a country across the sea and...

"...when we reach back to sing a song written generations before us, we participate in a form of worship that cuts across time itself!"...

My 20-something daughter discovered the distinctive voice and writing of legendary Canadian folk artist Joni Mitchell recently. I had...

Originally shared from a devotional to my home church for the first Sunday of Advent. Psalm 45 For the director of music. To the tune of...

by Dr. David Squires. What we do as worship leaders can be described in various ways: how do I describe my calling and vocation within...

As we approach the end of the pandemic era of doing church online, one of the trending topics is that many people are choosing not to...

"I know there's a balance... I see it when I swing past" (John Mellencamp, Between A Laugh and a Tear)[1] When you chat with pastors and...

If you hadn't noticed it already, our Western culture has really shaped us for living for the moment. We live from event to event in an...

(This article first appeared on Praisecharts.com, March 2021) One of the advantages about being around a long time is that you get to see...

In our COVID isolation season, it seems like almost overnight our world has transformed into a largely ‘cyber' community

Some of my best memories with my daughter are when we would just hang out, chatting and enjoying each other’s company over a great donut!