Pure Praise Was “Light Bulb” About Lifestyle Worship
A girl in the Phillipines is going through the Pure Praise worship study with her church’s youth group. She blogged about what she learned in Week 1 (Understanding Worship). She said she had always felt guilty that she wasn’t singing and focusing on God every moment. She knew worship should be a lifestyle, but she was confused as to what true, Biblical worship encompasses. After going through the first week of Pure Praise, she said, “It really was a light bulb moment for me…God is pleased with me simply because I am...
read moreNext Level Worship Invited to Lead in AL State Conference
Our good friend, Keith Hibbs, has invited us to help lead a worship leader state-wide conference in May. Part of Alabama Southern Baptists’ Leader Connect emphasis, this conference at Shocco Springs Conference Center near Talledega, AL is for all the associational music directors across the state. I will be leading worship conferences in Botswana, Africa during this time. Thus, John Martin, our VP of Development for Next Level Worship, will be speaking at the AL conference, which is May 8-9, 2008. He will be teaching from our...
read more“Worship Leader” Is Still a Good Title
Of late, the term worship leader has come upon hard times. ‘Seems that titles like “lead worshiper” or “worship facilitator” or even “song leader” are more in vogue. I appreciate the careful thought and articulation of my colleagues who want to better define what we do each week when we stand in front of other believers — as well as non-believers — and sing to/with them. While I like and often use many of these newer titles myself, I still most often use the simple name, “worship...
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