A couple of weeks ago I posted about some piano and music theory lessons I was teaching to a friend. The agreement was for me to teach piano for a month, and at the end of the month we would reevaluate their progress and see if they could continue to learn from me. [...]
The change from worship to any other, structured music is like going from the game “Operation” to actual brain surgery. For me, worship has been largely unstructured and improvised – a single sheet of lyrics are attached to general chords and that’s it. No grand staff. No notation. No symbols. The system (rather, lack of) [...]
I had a good day today at church. Worship wasn’t half bad and I actually enjoyed myself. At this point I’m just counting down the Sundays until I’m done, though I’m wondering sad I am going to be that I won’t have the opportunity to make music on a regular basis anymore. [...]
It’s hard to talk about something mid-stream, that is, when you’re going through something and you know it’s not over yet. Here’s the abbreviated version:
I’ve stepped down as worship leader. My pastor begrudgingly accepted my resignation and I’m committed to working with the church over the next month to find a replacement. Overall, [...]
A couple of months ago I was searching around the internet for some ideas on a creative Christmas Eve service. What I didn’t want was the standard fare: Stale Christmas Carols with the usual candlelight, the same passages of scripture that are read every year and, after an uneventful hour, everyone goes home to [...]