Recommended: Leadership Gold

I’m reading Maxwell’s “Leadership Gold,” and boy is it bringing conviction to my life. I’ve felt way too confident about my own leadership abilities.
I need to start reading a Proverb a day.
Mjd

Question Behind the Question

Had a chance to listen to a book on CD on my way home from Arkansas. It’s a book by John Miller about Personal Accountability.
Basic Concepts:
*People place blame on everyone else for their problems - it’s part of our culture.
*People place blame with the questions they ask.
-Why did you [...]

Mercy Ministries

Wow! Last night was fantastic! We got to attend the Mercy Ministries Gala, and after seeing the hundreds/thousands of lives changed through the ministry, we knew we needed to partner with the ministry.
Mercy Ministries was Nancy Alcorn’s response to 8 years working in a girls detention center. She wasn’t able to share [...]

ARC: Greg Surratt

I really enjoyed this session. Greg’s an excellent speaker who just lays it on the line - who he is - when he speaks. He’s the pastor of Seacoast Church, which has 12 campuses all over the Carolinas. He said he classified modern church history in 4 movements (please keep in mind [...]

Now What?

I got online yesterday to post about what happens after Easter, but someone had beaten me to the punch. Take a look at this excellent post by Anthony Coppedge.

Leonard Jones: Bless the Lord

I’m always searching YouTube for good videos from the list I gave in my last post. Here’s a sample of Leonard’s stuff:

On my youth praise team when I first started leading, I had an amazing young lady named Natalie who would lead with me. She was a dancer, I used to love when [...]

Recommended: Throneroom Worship

Listening to an older CD by Kari Jobe, Throneroom Worship. It’s a throwback to some ol’ school Enter the Worship Circle and Breakaway stuff. It’s got the strings/acoustic/jimbaye vibe and it’s flippin’ awesome. It’s one of those that might be difficult to transition into weekend worship, but it’s now on my list [...]

Hymns and New Songs?

Great articles this month about the blending of the old and new in Worship Leader Magazine this month.
Check it out!
The other cool thing about the subscription is getting Song DISCovery cd each month. It’s had some gems we’ve used in the past.
mjd

Introducing…

I’m sure I’ve lost a lot of my old readers who subscribed because of worship stuff. I’ve got plenty on my heart about it, but my focus right now is at a different place. Anyway, back to the point… Welcome to the blogosphere, Jarrod Morris.
Jarrod is the music director/worship leader [...]

Welcome a New Blogger

Welcome my friend Chad to the blogging world! He’s been posting on xanga for a while, but he decided to create a wordpress blog and enter into the blogosphere.
Chad is an amazing musician on his own journey! Chad’s been blind since birth and has been going deaf over the years - [...]