Devotionals

For months I had attended a mid-size Baptist church. Two pianos and an organ directed by a song leader who stood at the pulpit are all that comprised the “worship team”. Each week we sang a few hymns and one chorus; no one raised their hands, no one clapped – it was all very stoic…

Jesus made a journey from Jerusalem to the Galilee region. Instead of making the easier trip through Jericho and up the Jordan Valley to Bet Shan, He went through the mountains of Samaria. He had an important message to deliver to an unexpected recipient. He was going to reveal to an outcast and immoral woman…

“Is this what Christianity has come to?” I asked myself, as I read the article in a leading Christian magazine. It was an overview of the Dove Awards ceremony. The multi-page spread was littered with pictures of various artists and the article seemed like something borrowed from TMZ. It was all about what so-and-so wore…

  There is one fact about me that my readers who have not met me personally may not know. I used to lead worship It is crazy to think that is now a little known fact about me, when only a decade before I couldn’t even imagine myself doing anything else! The fact is that…

Lately a lot is being written about worship. Over the past six month so I’ve read Why I’d Rather Worship With the Lights On by J. Lee Grady, What’s Wrong with Contemporary Worship by Terry MacAlmon Misplacing Charisma: Where Worship Lost Its Way by Matthew Sigler, and Why They Don’t Sing on Sunday Anymore by…