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I love Indian food. There’s an Indian restaurant here in town that has the best Indian food I’ve ever had, and I’ve had Indian on both sides of the planet. However, most Indian restaurants I’ve been to have a lunch buffet, and I love buffets of all shapes and sizes.…

In Dan Kimball’s excellent book “The Emerging Church” we learn that one aspect of the post modern mind is that it accepts contradiction. 1 + 1 does not always have to equal 2, and that’s okay. I read something the other day that reminded me of this. MTV’s popular live…

Are you involved with the music of your church? Do you play an instrument, sing or lead worship? Are people regularly becoming believers through the efforts of your church? Or are established believers connecting to God through your efforts? Or are you entertaining a bunch of church people? Are you…

Last week I heard about 2 different baby boomer pastors who dressed up in costume for their sermons. One dressed up in full football uniform and preached on Super Bowl Sunday. Another dressed up in combat fatigues and preached about spiritual warfare. If that happened at my church, I think…

I took a trip to the past last Sunday. Remember when Brooklyn Tab was all the rage? I think every choir in America had a copy of “He’s Been Faithful” in the early 90’s. Funny, when something was “it,” that something tends to stay “it,” thinking that it’s still “it.”…

>This week’s WorshipIdeas is by Chris Surratt, campus pastor of Seacoast Greenville. He and I both love to visit other churches when we can – here’s his account of Journey Church in Manhattan. Read his blog at: http://chrissur.blogspot.com/ My family and I recently took a week of vacation and headed…

A few weeks ago I talked about how Seacoast Church is doing the new postmodern stations thing [read “Postmodern Path” below.] What’s so new about Communion and prayer? Here’s what: Seacoast’s version is optional and interactive. The modern service order is linear – announcements, music, offertory, sermon – insert whatever…

Want to visit a cutting edge church to recharge your creative batteries? How about Saddleback? Status quo. Mosaic? Overrated. Willow Creek? They had their heyday in the late 90’s. Surprisingly, I found the most innovative church I’ve *ever* visited not in a major metropolitan area like LA or Chicago, but…

A few weeks ago I talked about a new phase of my life – I’m now working with the music team of Seacoast Church here in Greenville. You can read more about it at this blog. At my first staff meeting, campus pastor Chris Surratt announced that the Seacoast campuses…

This week’s WorshipIdea is by Tom Lane, and was an article in the excellent Christian mag “Worship Musician Magazine.” I recommend this practical magazine and subscribe to it myself:http://www.worshipmusicianmagazine.com/ WorshipMax.com subscribers receive a 20% discount off the subscription:http://www.worshipmax.com Two things I remember from very early in my life, one is…