In recent years, there has been sort of a return to liturgy in the church. When the church took move away from liturgy in the 20th century, many in younger generations are seeking a return to it. I find that the older I get and the more I grow in Christ, the more formal my…
It’s rare that our team at EXW gets really excited about a product for worship. There are a ton of products out with several different companies manufacturing them. Some are better than others. Rarely do you see a company develop a product that is so far ahead of anything on the market. We have featured…
The trend is to get rid of the choir. They’re of no use, no significance, and certainly not relevant to what we need in modern worship right? This might be the assumption of many congregants and even worship leaders in our churches today. This is not the case though. The common assumption would be that…
Franklin, TN-based singer/songwriter Tori Harper releases amidst acclaim her debut EP, Seasons, May 18 through The Fuel Music. Nineteen-year-old Tori’s original songs are meant to speak truth over people as she vulnerably shares her experiences and the ways in which she has seen God work in her own life. Wrestling with depression, Tori was divinely…
If you haven’t been to Shiftworship.com, you may want to set some time aside today to visit it. Shift Worship is one of the best sites on the web for visual worship images, Creative, versatile, easy to use, and it has an iPhone app that allows you to take photos and edit them right on…
The difference between delegating responsibility and giving away delegated authority is like eggs and ham: the chicken is involved; the pig is committed. It’s safe to say most of us have worked for a manager that used delegation as a means to a task-based end. They wanted things done, so they delegated responsibility down the…
Ever thought about how the room you gather in on a Sunday morning is used? How is the stage set up? What is the focal point of the room? Where do the seats point, and what is the accessibility of the stage? What artistic expressions exist in the worship space? I do. All the time….
Many worship leaders are quite perplexed at the troubled relationship between skill and artistic expression in the church. How much weight should be placed on skill in the context of corporate worship? This often depends largely on the function of the tool (music, visual arts, etc.) being used. Is the purpose intended for congregational participation…
Speaking specifically to followers of Jesus, as believers leading other believers, we’re not looking to modify behavior; we’re looking for heart change (measuring spiritual fruit). In most situations with talented employees, this has almost nothing to do with their skills and abilities but about their interpersonal relationship issues or time/project management soft skills. PIP’s must…
A few years ago, I came home to find my teenage sons sitting with some friends around the dining room table, laughing hysterically at some books they were passing around. I knew something was up because when I entered the room, they all looked up at me with big grins on their faces. Turns out…
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