worship

Globalised Worship

by Eddie 11.04.2009

Imagine the scene; it’s just after midnight and there are two hundred or so young people who have just drifted together sitting on the floor and enthusiastically singing worship songs. That was the scene at Mission Net a couple of days ago. For me it had been a long day, including a successful seminar and [...]

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Online Fellowship?

by Eddie 17.09.2008

One of the things I’ve explored on this blog is the how church life might be changed by the impact of new media. I must admit, I never expected that young worship leaders breathing out threats against respected, mature missionaries would be a part of the picture. I was wrong; check out what Phil has [...]

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Does Worship Grab You?

by Eddie 09.09.2008

David Keen has some interesting thoughts on worship, today. He reckons that there are four things that make church worship difficult for him; his theological training, his worry about what outsiders might think, perfectionism and the fact that he has often led worship sessions himself. He closes with this remark: Maybe it’s through things which [...]

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The Song Remains the Same

by Eddie 08.06.2008

My first experience with Church was forty years ago at St John’s Methodist in Sunderland (pictured). For most of the time I was in Sunday School, but we also went into ‘big’ services from time to time. Our songs all came from the red-bound Methodist Hymnal. Despite the fact that we only sang out of [...]

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Blokey Blokes and Worship Songs

by Eddie 21.03.2008

I wrote something a while ago about what some people have called ‘Jesus is my Girlfriend‘ worship songs. I was really pleased to see well known Christian songwriter Matt Redman speaking very robustly on the same subject. A couple of things really impress me in this interview; firstly Matt’s commitment to learning and doing things [...]

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Worship the Lord in the Beauty of Holiness

by Eddie 12.02.2008

Until recently, I was more or less ambivalent to the architecture and decoration of church buildings. If I had a preference it was for the utilitarian, box-like structures of my non-conformist heritage. However, as I grow older, I realise that the surroundings can help me to develop a sense of awe and wonder. What do [...]

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Cheese board

by Eddie 23.01.2008

I promised myself that I’d make no more comments about worship music, but I couldn’t resist this one from ASBO Jesus.

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The politics of worship songs!

by Eddie 03.12.2007

More on worship songs, this time from Metacatholic.

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A New Hymn Book

by Eddie 24.10.2007

Sadly YouTube withdrew the video of modern worship songs that I linked to last week, but this new hymnbook might go some way to making up for that. Try visiting the Wenchoster Hymn Book; Hymns Modern and Ancient. There you will find classics like the Australian What a Mate We Have in Jesus and this [...]

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Jesus; I’m not in love with you.

by Eddie 21.09.2007

A few months back I got a fair bit of response, not all of it entirely positive, to a couple of blog posts on worship songs (here, and here). That response makes me wonder how people will comment on this wonderful post by John Stackhouse. It really is terrific and gets to grips with the [...]

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Out of Context Worship Songs

by Eddie 24.06.2007

Surprisingly the post that has received the most comment or response lately is the one about worship songs.  But far be it from me to tread an easy path and I’ll once more go where fools fear to tread and say some words about a Matt Redman song: Blessed Be Your Name. Before you start [...]

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The Worst Worship Songs Ever

by Eddie 14.06.2007

At church on Sunday our service revolved around the theme of suffering and we sung a couple of songs that more or less made my toes curl – they seemed so trivial in the light of the amount of suffering in the world. At one point we actually sang a real hymn and the contrast [...]

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