I think just about every worship pastor I know has occasionally had to deal with disagreements about music style. This seems to be a debate that is of far more concern to churches in the United States than in other countries, probably because we seldom, if ever, need to worry about responding to 75% of [...]
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What Kind of Music Does God Like?
August 16th, 2010 
tristan 
Posted in Sermons, worship musings, worship resources 
Tags: church history, church music, ministry, sermon, Video, worship 
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The desert or the oasis
November 2nd, 2009 tristan This video became intensely personal for me at about two minutes, when Bell talks about inviting people into a life we are not living. Every worship leader (really, anyone in “church work”, whether volunteer or paid) has felt this way during those weeks when everything is going wrong, every moment has been spoken for, and [...]
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Beauty-craving
October 1st, 2008 tristan In a post a while back I said I would write about what I called “an old-new foundation for living as creative artists in the Kingdom”. I guess this post counts as one installment in that (slightly stretched out) series. When I was on the recent missions trip to Arrowhead Bible Camp, I was again [...]
Figuring it out (intro)
January 30th, 2008 tristan For several years now, I have struggled on and off with the importance of what I do. I have usually tried not to think about it too much, since I really enjoy creative arts ministry, I’ve spent years of my life and thousands of dollars getting educated for it, and I have a great job [...]
Breaking the silence
November 17th, 2007 tristan It sure has been a while since I’ve written. I’m planning to come back from blogging hiatus. We’ll see how that goes. Since I posted a section of a hymn the last time I wrote, here’s another one to (book)end the silence: Eternal Power, whose high abode Becomes the grandeur of a God, Infinite lengths [...]
