Miracle Maker During the recording sessions for The Mission Bell, Martin said, " I'd love to write a song called Miracle Maker". We started playing around with a chord sequence, that we'd worked on in a sound check, and ended up having a real "holy moment". The…
Praise The Lord The final shout of the Psalter is the imperative: "Praise the Lord!" Throughout this vast body of literature, we have been called to this again and again. The study of the psalms would be a futile exercise if we failed to hear and heed this…
Worship With The Children Of Sandtown What's it like to worship with Sandtown? Just ask DC Talk's Toby McKeehan. After the children's choir joined him on stage last year, he was so moved he signed them to his Gotee Records label. And then there's Michael W. Smith. Some of the kids…
Attitudes Of A Worshipper Recently, I've been thinking again about the importance of our heart attitudes. When involved in leading worship it can be so easy to lose focus and concentrate on the less important things. There can be a temptation to get so carried away with…
Wonderful Maker I recently spent a few hours on a plane reading through the whole of the book of Job. I don't think I've ever read the whole thing in one sitting before. I was prepared for the suffering and anguish contained in the book. But something else took me…
Aaron Keyes Aaron Keyes began leading worship in the summer of 1998 at the JH Ranch, a Christian camp in Northern California. Upon returning to college, Aaron and a few friends began a weekly late-night worship service, called Underground, which convened for…
Thank You For The Cross We often thank God for providing for our needs, blessing us, expanding our borders and answering our prayers. And we certainly thank Him for His grace, forgiveness, guidance and direction. But is there anything that is more central to our Christian…
Anyone Thirsty? The obvious answer is yes! However, what's not so obvious is the reason why. That is, why are we so thirsty all the time? More than ever, we live in a consumer world. We devour stuff as fast as we can. Yet, we can never get enough...of anything. We…
Above All Else: The Story Behind The Song The year is 2000 and the location is my Oxford University graduation ceremony...Looking around at my friends, I know where they are going next; she'll be an Attorney, he'll be a Banker, she's going into TV Media, he is off to do a Science PHD...…
SOMETIMES SILENCE IS LOUD Passion founder Louie Giglio has written a compelling account of the worship movement's January 2005 gathering in Nashville, Tennessee, and its subsequent concert recording, PASSION: HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD, in stores April 12, featuring Chris Tomlin,…
How Majestic Is Your Name Although God often speaks in parables to illustrate a point, He did not make salvation so hidden that you need a college degree to understand it. I do a lot of writing and speaking and I have been taught to try my best to keep things simple. Even…