One Prayer video in process We are writing and shooting a video to participate in the One Prayer project sponsored by Life Church.  I don’t want to give it away, but I will say I think the end result could be that we see temptation in a whole new way.   That’s multimedia freak Scott Telle with local actor and...

we closed exchange A few  times a year we shorten the exchange gathering and serve in the community.  Sunday night we busted 500 people into several groups and served the city.  Shawn has a great post on his experience here. Worship inside and outside the church.  I love it! photo by shawn (that’s...

happy birthday to me My pal Chris stops by the office today and drops me a bag of salad, a bag of potatoes, twizzlers, and 15 pounds of steak.  “It’s for your birthday,” says Chris.  Dang.  What a guy.  I may grill it all and eat it in one setting.  Hmm, better wait until I complete...

exchange is looking for a full-time worship leader   That’s right.  Exchange is looking for a full-time associate with responsibilities in worship and programming.  Exchange continues to grow and I will be moving out of full-time worship leading to investing the bulk of my time in weekly teaching, vision casting and staff...

worship leading burnout Burnout.  We all face it as worship leaders. Some times there comes a point where you are tired of chord charts, playlists, arrangements, themes, and people.  If the thought of putting together a worship set makes you sigh and want to run far away, you may be getting a little crispy. Here are some...

live shots with worship words? I had an interesting conversation today with Scott, our media guy. It all revolved around the use of live shots used during worship songs. We are in a 1400 seat room with great lighting, sound, and good (but limited cameras). We do not yet have the ability for clean overlays of words on images. When we...

worship the worship Anne Jackson is a blogger and honest follower of Christ.  Anne posted some great thoughts on the Hypocrisy of Worship. Seems like we are all wrestling with the same thing; is God as tired of our songs as we are of singing them? Aside: check out the Tired/Orphan Blood song here. Don’t get me wrong:...

She’s Packin’ How do I know my little girl is growing up?  She pulls out a piece and starts filling a target with rounds.  This is Mariah’s first day at the gun range.  Note to any boys wanting to date my daughter: she will have a gun at all times.  I will also have a gun at all times.  And...

Dreamers and Visionaries This was sent to me by one of our elders.  Good read.  By Eddie Smith When there are tasks to be done and problems to be solved, Creators; like writers, designers, musicians, and artists are dreamers and visionaries conceptualize unseen solutions to problems. They see things before they exist....

paying musicians? Jan Springer from North Metro Church wrote me a couple months ago.  His question:  What about paid musicians?  Where do you draw the line?  Jan, I’ll give you my thoughts but let me first apologize for the delay in writing.  Bad Blogger :> I can’t speak for others,...