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Archive for the 'Worship' Category



ACL Worship EP Review

Here’s a great review of the ACL One EP. An excerpt:
Looking for the diamond in the rough? That little known gem hiding from any mainstream press and yet as good as anything you’ll find on store shelves? Then allow me to help you out. Austin City Life is a missional community in Austin, Texas – […]

Over the Grave

Check out the creative worship music from Sojourn in their Over the Grave album. Check out Steve McCoy’s review. “Warrior” grooves to some robust theology.

EP Release Reflections

As we made our way down 6th street around 6pm, things were just starting to pick up. More people. More sounds. More cars. Well, at least more than when we were there hours earlier for our church gathering at The Parish. We made our way up the stairs to The Parish to find a transformed […]

This Sunday is the Austin City Life Worship EP release! Lamar Stockton and the Resonate band, as well as JJ Plasencio and the Gateway Band will open. If you are in Austin, plan on joining us for a night of vibrant worship at The Parish, 6pm this Sunday!
Preview the entire EP for free at My […]

Preparing for Sunday on Saturday

In preparing for sabbath, what Christians designate as Sunday, I have often struggled to know how to best “prepare” on Saturday night. I have often discovered that late night and/or intense entertainment late Saturday results in disconnected worship and community on Sunday mornings. And, as a pastor, prayer is an important part of pre-Sunday preparation. […]

Worship by Faith

We worship by faith. Worship is no more started up because we have pushed the faith button than our faith is started because we have pushed the worship button. Saving faith is not a different kind of faith than continuing faith. We do not step into or out of faith, nor do we step into […]

Broken Becomes Beautiful

Austin singer/song writer Nate Navarro (formerly of Wide Awake) will be releasing his first solo album in the Fall. Broken Becomes Beautiful narrates the story of a sinner deeply acquainted with grace and the mission of God. Nate’s emotive, gritty lyrics push through the strings to remind us of an authentic and stirring faith, drawing […]

Missional Worship by Tim Smith @ Dwell

Some solid notes/PP/resources from Tim Smith’s presentation on worship at the Dwell conference in New York.

Plenary #3 - John Witvliet, Artworks in the Context of Public Assemblies
John Witvliet of the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship noted for meanings of “worship”: 1) all of life 2) public assemblies and 3) personal acts of explicit adoration, in or outside of the church. Focusing on 2) worship in public assemblies, Witvliet set the […]

Family Devotions with Unattentive Kids

Dr. J. Ligon Duncan answers some practical questions about how, what, and why to lead family devotions with little, inattentive kids:
My own answer is you start family worship as soon as possible, as soon as one is married, and continue it after children come along, no matter how young the children are (and the younger […]