Let me offer up a thought on this...

I'm a 25 year old music director, with about a year of "real experience" under my belt. That being said, many people might disagree with this, some might be on the same page.

I worked as a Creative Arts Pastor for about a year at a fairly large church in Cape Coral FL. During my time there, I learned a lot of do's and don'ts. One thing that I ran into there was this whole topic of long instrumentals. Do we play them, or skip them entirely? When we did play… Continue

When it comes to senior pastors, I think I work for one of the best. We have a great relationship and I know he’s committed to my success both in ministry and in my walk with Christ.

Is our relationship perfect? Of course not! Did it take work to get to where we are? Definitely! But I can tell you it’s been worth it and God’s been present in our journey together, bumps and all. And in the process I’ve learned some things I’ve found helpful in building a good relationship with my senior pastor.… Continue

So why is it every time I watch Extreme Makeover Home Edition I cry? No, these aren't the kind of tears you get as you're gouging your eyes out while watching most other reality shows (was Big Brother really that good the first 10 times?), on the contrary these are the good kind of tears. If you've never seen the show, handyman Ty Pennington and his crew go around the country helping to makeover the run down houses of some very deserving people.



A recent show featured Bernard McFarlan… Continue

We are in an emerging place as the Church - one can find liturgical communities that have big sound and talk about things like "production values" and then find a community once suspicious of the liturgy re-engaging with things like the mystery inhabited in the Eucharist on a regular basis. With this change come issues that we never thought we'd have to think about...like what's up with the solos in worship?


This is certainly nothing new and not relegated to the electric guitar… Continue

Don't worry this isn't like summer reading for school where you're forced to read horrible stuff like Emma or The Scarlet Letter (I do appreciate some of the classics, just not those two). Anyway, here are four blogs I've started following recently.

Grey Scale Gorilla
Nick Campbell is a motion designer in Chicago and uses the blog to share creative ideas and tutorials. Check out my… Continue