[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hV8J9XDhvI[/youtube] What?! Bart Millard of MercyMe not being serious? This guy cracks me up sometimes! Hat tip to my friend CatsFan03 for sharing this one with me.Read More →
This past weekend for our Easter services, one of the songs that was song at our church was “Manifesto” by The City Harmonic. It’s been a rough week for my family leading up to Easter, I may share more about that later. But for now, I’d love for you to see the performance that meant so much to me by our worship team at Stones Crossing Church in Greenwood, IN lead by Dustin Stamper this week. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbBnJ5LnEvY[/youtube] Here’s the original video by The City Harmonic [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_6JQDsbtlM[/youtube] If you ever can’t make it to church on Sunday’s, our church streams our services at 9:30am and 11:00amRead More →
This was a powerful performance! Awesome to see it on a national, major broadcast event. From the looks of the crowd there were some people who were appreciating the song and the lyrics and not just the amazing performance by Carrie Underwood and Vince Gill. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eiEaK4GXtw[/youtube]Read More →
My brother shared this video on Facebook earlier. Having spent my life in the church, I can tell you I’ve never heard this kind of preaching from the pulpit. I did hear a great message today, but it didn’t have quite this kind of punch. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqPOKbTSMpk[/youtube] Are you offended now? Or are you challenged?Read More →
Just got to reading an article from Collide that I had saved about using Secular Music In Sacred Settings. Our church uses both sacred and secular music selections for a variety of uses and I believe it’s a useful mechanism. As were shared in the comments of the post, we’ve seen and heard from people who were un-churched or uncomfortable with their “foreignness” to church and a familiar song helped them to relax and focus on the message that may have been shared in that song, in others and in the messages shared by our pastors. There are a number of great points and clarificationsRead More →