If you’re a blogger who posts on multiple blogs—or if you would like to post on multiple blogs but don’t have the time to do so, it may be time to start blogging via a new application at facebook called BlogIt. This new application will enable you to write one blog post and quickly post …
Apr 18 2008
New Crossway Title Seeks to Minister to “People Under Pressure” Through Prayer
Maybe it’s a crime victim, someone going through a divorce, or an insomniac. A Senator or the parent of a child with an eating disorder. We all know someone who is under pressure. Most of us are under pressure ourselves. In Prayers for People Under Pressure, you’ll find specific prayers for each of these situations …
Apr 15 2008
THEMATIC WORSHIP: A Rich Feast for the People of God
THE NEED FOR THEMATIC WORSHIP When I was in seminary our preaching classes introduced us to the concept of building our ser-mon around what was termed the “big idea” of the text—i.e., the central teaching thrust of the particular portion of Scripture to be expounded. The primary reason for preaching the “big idea” of a …
Apr 11 2008
American Idol Finalists Sing “Shout to the Lord”…Twice…
…and both are among the top downloads at iTunes.
Apr 07 2008
“Great God Who Saves” New From Laura Story
Perimeter Church Worship Leader Laura Story, author of the worship song Indescribable has released an excellent new CD featuring new songs in addition to Indescribable and Hillsong’s Mighty To Save. In this video Laura talks about how she met her husband Martin, and his recent battle with a brain tumor that nearly ended his life.
Apr 05 2008
John Blair
John is currently the Worship Arts Pastor at Swift Creek Community Church (SC3) just outisde of Richmond, Virginia as of February 2008. He is a graduate of Campbellsville Universtiy and Southern Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky with a Master of Arts in Worship in 2007. John is a native of Lexington, Kentucky where he came to …
Apr 05 2008
More Than Just a Song Leader?
New Kauflin Book Explores the True Significance of the Worship Pastor Wheaton, IL—Every Sunday, worship leaders around the world—whether armed with a hymnal or a projector—guide fellow Christians in their worship of the living God. But directing worship is about more than just leading songs. It involves plans on Monday morning, words on Wednesday night, …
Apr 02 2008
100 Days
(April 1, 2008) It’s been 100 days since I last led musical worship at my home church (or any church, or anywhere outside my wife’s hospital room, for that matter). For the past three months, I have been living in a hospital, as my wife awaits a double lung transplant and my micro-preemie daughter struggles …
Apr 01 2008
Is “faber grable” latin for “david crowder?”
Dude. It’s official: We’ve gone full circle. Out with the guitars, celtic overtones, and record scratching, that was so yesteday. Organs are hip now. Retro is in, with retro instruments, retro hair, and retro art. And this is Retro with a capital R. Leave it to Faber Grable to merge the traditional with the emerging, …
Mar 29 2008
Giving God the First Word
Robert Nordling of the Calvin Institute of Worship once told the story of taking his five-year-old son Jackson to a young friend’s birthday party. Jackson is all dressed up and brimming with excitement and enthusiasm as he rushes into his friends’ house to join in the festivities. However, when his father comes to pick him …


