From the monthly archives:

April 2007

Wesley on Singing

April 18, 2007

John Wesley’s Directions for Singing is found in the front of some Methodist hymnals. 1. Learn these tunes before you learn any others; afterwards learn as many as you please. 2. Sing them exactly as they are printed here, without altering or mending them at all; and if you have learned to sing them otherwise, [...]

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Church Business Meetings

April 12, 2007

Scott Slayton at Scattered and Covered is asking for “ideas on ways to redeem church business meetings and make them times that actually build up the church?” Please go and share your thoughts. This could be a great conversation.

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non sequiturs

April 10, 2007

Tonight one of the men in our worship band is playing with his friend Dave Sills at The House in DeKalb, IL. at 8PM. $3.00 cover. I’m there. I am now on Facebook. Rhett and Link on Imus [youtube]z8GOQjQUpbk[/youtube]

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Good Friday Services?

April 4, 2007

For those who are having Good Friday services, what are they like at your church? What’s the order of service, the elements, the style, or how is it different from a typical worship service? Would love to hear what others are doing (or would like to do).

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An Ardent Love

April 3, 2007

Good Friday is almost here. Many of us will be holding special services on Friday celebrating the awful and beautiful death of Jesus. Traditionally people read from the Gospels, telling the story of all that led up to the crucifixion. But when we do this it is important that we also exalt the meaning of [...]

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Amid a Flood of Mortal Ills

April 2, 2007

There is no shortage of scandals in the evangelical church these days. Many of our leaders are stealing from churches and associations, cheating on their wives, or outright abandoning them. Hypocrisy abounds and it seems like every month or so there is some other high-profile, Christian superstar whose gross, secret sins find him out and [...]

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