Chris Tomlin Twenty-eight year old Chris Tomlin has a passion for life that is reflected in everything he does... especially his music. Leading worship with a joyful heart, Chris has been writing songs for the past eight years that are sung by people around the…
My Pastor Doesn't Understand Me There's no doubt about it. It's the most common single issue that crops up among the many worship teams I've talked to: conflict between worship team and church leadership. It gets expressed in a variety of ways: "the vicar insists on choosing all…
Little Leaders O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth. Psalm 8:1 When worship is the subject, little leaders are what we need. I don't necessarily mean small in stature but small in terms of self, for there is no other enemy of true worship…
Author: Noel Richards
Journey Into Worship How do you lead a congregation in worship when half look like they'd rather be somewhere else? By spotting the enthusiastic worshippers and taking your focus off the rest, advises Noel Richards. I started leading worship in the late 70s when I was…
Who's Really The Worship Leader I heard recently some discussion of whether the term "Lead worshipper" would actually be a more helpful one than "Worship leader" when it comes to the role we play in worship. At first I thought this was just some clever word-play, and that there…
Where Angels Fear To Tread If I'm honest I find it pretty hard to write up-tempo celebratory songs. Slow songs come easier for me - you sit in your room just singing out your tender thoughts to God and it all flows pretty naturally. But for me, up-tempo songs take a little…
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...…
The Story Behind Glory Revealed When it comes to sharing ideas, feelings and beliefs, you'd be hard-pressed to find a more potent vehicle than music. Needless to say when Mac Powell, the voice of Third Day and one of Christian music's top singer/songwriters, and David Nasser, one…
Our Love Is God This story begins with a flashback. (A clever plot device in which we jump back in time, gathering information that may prove to shed light on something in the present.) It's May of the year 2000 and I'm driving the maroon fifteen-passenger rental…
Yesterday Today And Forever - The Story Behind The Song Our lives are in a state of constant motion. Few things remain the same, which is beautifully exhilarating yet painfully unsettling. I was reading the book of Hebrews a while back and 13:8 jumped off the page: "Jesus Christ is the same, yesterday…
The Unquenchable Worshipper Enter the unquenchable worshipper. This world is full of fragile loves--love that abandons, love that fades, love that divorces, love that is self-seeking. But the unquenchable worshipper is different. From a heart so amazed by God and His wonders…
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