Being successful at anything is not just about doing something great and excelling at it, but it’s also not letting yourself get burdened by the temptation of trying to do everything great. A great case study for this is In-N-Out Burger. They do one, maybe 2 things, but they do it so well they can’t be bothered to put other things on the menu.
Today I closed my Hotmail account. It felt quite liberating, actually.
I do all my e-stuff through Google, it’s just easier for how my brain is wired to navigate and it’s only going to get better when Google Wave comes later this year. But the reason I closed my hotmail account was because I don’t do much with it. Do I use it? Yeah, but do I get value out of it? Erm, no. So the question becomes, why keep it around? And “just because” isn’t a good enough reason anymore. Information without application is just noise.
I want to throw out a challenge to you guys to find something to stop doing something in your area of ministry that is not adding real value. If it’s just taking up time, taking up space, taking up budget or other resources, and you don’t think it’s helping you guys do ministry, get rid of it.
A QUICK NOTE: You can go to the tab “Worship Set Lists” or click here to see a growing list of feeds of Sunday worship set lists. Let me know what you think.
Worship Mythbusters is a series on my blog that is designed to dispel myths we Christians have about our worship expression in our churches each weekend. The conversation sometimes is a bit controversial, but it would not be worthy if it wasn’t.
MYTH: “Our worship expression is not about unbelievers”
It seems very clear that the purpose of a worship service is for the gathering of believers and the scripture warns us about not regularly gathering as believers. Hebrews 10:24-25 exhort us that meeting together is what stirs us to live how we should as Christians. But, what about the unbeliever? Read the rest of this entry »
My friend Fred McKinnon is giving away a free registration to one of the premiere worship conferences held this year:
WHEN: JULY 20-23, 2009
WHERE: Leawood, KS
I’m honored to be invited to do some live blogging from the National Worship Leader Conference in Kansas this Summer. It will be awesome time of worship, training, teaching, and networking. If you are going, I sure hope to meet you.
Worship Leader Magazine has teamed up with my blog here and TheWorshipCommunity.com to offer a cool contest - a FREE REGISTRATION to the National Worship Leader Conference!
INCLUDED: Free Registration for One Person ($395/value)
(travel, lodging, and optional meal plan not included)
Jesus died to pay a debt! That debt is our sin that separates us from God. Sin is what causes wars, poverty, crime, oppression and even slavery. On Good Friday, Jesus took on my sin. Today, I need to acknowledge that. In fact, every day I need to remember. The penal substitution is central to my faith. The theological yet biblical word “propitiation” is something foundational.
Without it, the death of Jesus simply is seen as a nice plot line in a story that does not have personal, cosmic and eternal consequence. It is re-interpreted as a fuzzy event–not a powerfully life changing one. Remember that Jesus paid it all, as that old song says.”Jesus paid it all, all to Him I owe, sin had left a crimson stain, He washed it white as snow..”
Wow,
What an amazing worship set this morning. You can zoom over to richkirkpatrick.com to see the worship set-list. Guest worship leader David Upton was such a pleasure to have back in town. And knowing his style of music I decide that I would mix things a little hotter than a normal Sunday. Typically we run around 95 C-weighted, but I felt that 100dB would be more appropriate. And it really was. I have a feeling we’ll be getting a lot of great comment cards this week about worship.
During the worship set I noticed a gentleman with his fingers in his ears and I knew from reading his body language. He didn’t like the volume level. I know that volume issues are very big in some churches. So I thought I’d write a post on how to deal with people who come to you or comments come through the grape-vine on how to deal with complaints in regards to mixes and volume issues. Continue reading →
Wisdom has let me in on something I want to share with you worship leaders and songwriters out there:
Join us for our very first Songwriting Teleseminar. Worship leader, songwriter, and recording artist, Darrell Evans will be sharing insights on songwriting and also answering your questions.
All proceeds go to support the ministry of NightLight (www.nightlightbangkok.com).
When: Monday, May 4th at 8pm CentralWhere: on the phone
Cost: only $22 (early bird discount until April 15)
I have been three times to the Saddleback Worship Conference and have had a blast! To see people like Lincoln Brewster or Paul Baloche lead worship and to be in workshops with Saddleback staff with the likes of Tony Guerrero make this a refreshing time for those of us who lead worship or serve on the worship team. I have brought young adults and teens with me, too. The teaching is great and to sing with thousands of others who can sing on pitch is a rare thing. Our worship team at Sunridge has gone as a retreat, some taking off time from work to attend. You gotta make it!
This song, “Black and Blue is My Heart” is an original that many seem to resonate with, so I thought I would share it with all of you. We did this Sunday, March 1 in a communion service. Hope you like it.
RT @rkweblog: Temecula fire next to #Sunridge church evacuating so NO REHEARSAL for worship team http://twitpic.com/93ayc 07/03/09 12:14am
Who is going to the National Worship Leaders Conference in KC?? 07/02/09 09:11pm
RT @tylerbraun: What's your favorite United song? // http://bit.ly/EfH5R 07/02/09 07:59pm
RT @JohnPiper PRESUMPTION: Magnifying Christ as with a microscope. WORSHIP: Magnifying Christ as with a telescope. #535 (via @wendydewerse) 07/02/09 04:44pm
Following #sundaysetlists at http://twubs.com/sundaysetlists 06/29/09 05:17am
Being successful at anything is not just about doing something great and excelling at it, but it’s also not letting yourself get burdened by the temptation of trying to do everything great. A great case study for this is In-N-Out Burger. They do one, maybe 2 things, but they do it so well they can’t be bothered to put other things on the menu.
Wow,
