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Worship Theology

05.07.08

Worship Leader Wednesday #12, part 2 Music, Worship, Worship Confessionals, Worship Theology | (0)
Welcome to part 2 of Jamey Ketchum's interview at Consuming Worship Jamey Ketchum What’s the greatest “worship risk” you’ve ever taken? I don’t think I’ve done that yet. I’ve never really had to play the keyboard during worship before, but my next step will be just that—lead from the keyboard. I say that because, when I sit at the keyboard and other people are watching I get very nervous for some strange reason. So the risk will be getting “out of that box”! Any risks you wish you had taken but did not? No, because I believe that there’s always going to be times ...
04.30.08

Worship Leader Wednesday: The Totally Off-track Edition Announcements, Music, Worship, Worship Leader Wednesday, Worship Theology | (2)
Hey everyone. I'm going to have to apologize, but due to the incredibly slammed week I had last week, I don't have part 2 of Jamey's interview in the can yet. We've chatted via email, and plan to have the second half up next week, so again, I apologize for the delay. In order to not leave you completely hanging, why don't you check out some of the previous interviews you might have missed in the past? Below are links to all the worship leader interviews conducted so far. Hopefully, I'll be back on track next week. Worship Leader Wednesday Interviews Terry Foester, ...
04.28.08

Worship Confessional: April 27, 2008 Authenticity, Music, Worship, Worship Confessionals, Worship Theology | (0)
This will be a strange confessional, in that I don't have a lot of details for you. This was an extrememly busy week between organizing and hosting a worship retreat and organizing a ministry fair. Rehearsal and sound check both went very well. We worked on some further refinement of our overall sound, and were pleased with the clarity we were able to bring to the mix. I think we really took great strides towards a more "up front" presence without a louder volume. As far as the service time itself goes, something pretty strange happened, but it was a wondrous thing. ...
04.23.08

Worship Leader Wednesday #12 Music, Worship, Worship Leader Wednesday, Worship Theology | (4)
This week's interview features the only person interviewed so far that I've actually met. Jamey and I met in college, and spent our first year in college as floor mates. Jamey was a music major like myself, so we had many, many classes together. I have not had any contact with Jamey since graduation until a few months ago when Jamey took the leadership to connect as many worship leaders from our background as possible. Jamey also has the distinct honor of being the only person in the world who's ever called me "Jeffro." Jamey Ketchum Biographical Information Spouse’s name: Sherry Years married: 14 and ...
04.22.08

iLife: Submission Authenticity, Musings, Worship, Worship Theology | (1)
Sorry for not posting this last week. With that head/chest thing I (still) had going on, I just didn't feel up to typing out anything of substance. So, here's last week iLife installment, and I'll do another later this week. One of the most avoided and misunderstood disciplines in Scripture is that of Submission. Let's quickly look at a few areas in which the Bible says we are to be living in submission. We are to submit ourselves to God according to James 4:7, Romans 6:13, Romans 12:1, and Hebrews 12:9. We are to submit ourselves to the leaders of our churches according ...
04.19.08

My Bible Journey: Week of April 13, 2008 Authenticity, Musings, Worship, Worship Theology | (0)
Joshua 7:19 = that's pretty powerful, "give God glory by telling the truth" 7:20-21 = sounds a little like "be sure your sins will find you out" 8:1-29 = reflecting back over the last few chapters: when you trust God and live in obedience, huge problems are no problem; when you do not trust or are disobedient, small problems are overwhelming; when you trust in God and obey, small problems are put in proper perspective. 8:30-35 = Here is an OT practice we might want to reconsider. I know that Communion is pretty much the same idea, but having specific times in our ...
04.16.08

Worship Leader Wednesday #11, part 2 Music, Worship, Worship Leader Wednesday, Worship Theology | (0)
Welcome back to Part 2 of Karen's interview at Consuming Worship. Karen Reill What's the greatest "worship risk" you've ever taken? Well, since it's for kids, it's easier to take risks than with the adult service. We can easily introduce new songs, change things up... actually, a degree of risk is always recommended, because we want to keep the kids' attention. Any risks you wish you had taken but did not? I don't think so. Describe your process for planning a worship service. Usually, on the Friday before the Sunday I'm to lead, I pull out my book of songs. I pray over the book, then ...
04.15.08

Worship without Hypocrisy, more thoughts Authenticity, Musings, Worship, Worship Theology | (1)
I'm sure I could sit here for the next year and wring something out of this discussion everyday. As I said in my former post on this topic, this idea is really the overall "theme" of my blog, and so I don't know that I will so pointedly address this specific issue again, but I'm not sure I won't either. As I continued to ruminate on the discussion generated over at Anne's blog on this topic, I was also asked by our pastor to share a Scripture meditation for last Sunday night's Communion and foot washing service. I centered in on ...
04.08.08

iLife: Solitude Authenticity, Musings, Worship, Worship Theology | (2)
What are God's intentions for your life? God has proven His love for you by coming in the flesh, dwelling among us, living a sinless life, and offering Himself as the complete sacrifice for your sins. By the power of the Father, Jesus was raised from the grave, never to die again. He did all of that for a reason, many reasons in fact. He did it because He loves you, because He wanted you to know what life was supposed to be like, because He wanted you to know what He was really like, because we wanted to give you ...
04.08.08

Take Five Humor, Music, Musings, Take Five, Worship, Worship Theology | (0)
Five blasts from the past you may have never read. Enjoy going back in time to the early days of Consuming Worship. Total Engagement El Elyon: God Most High An Experiment in Frivolity - talk about something that went nowhere. Another Hymn "Messed with" So, Matt Redman came by my church... As always, thanks for reading Consuming Worship.