The songwriter behind Indescribable describes it's inspiration .......

But those challenges were overcome when God provided more money and more songs. In 2002, Story began recording her first independent album with producer Stephen Gause and trusted that the last song she needed to round out the album would be provided. Soon after, she was driving down a mountain road, eyes fixed on the majesty of her Creator, when she started worshiping and singing, “Indescribable…uncontainable…You placed the… Continue

Michele Bennett writes:

Every Sunday, worship leaders around the world—whether armed with a hymnal or a projector—guide fellow Christians in their worship of the living God. But directing worship is about more than just leading songs. It involves plans on Monday morning, words on Wednesday night, and intentions on Friday afternoon. For worship that pleases God is not just a matter of style or of place; both the art and the heart of worship matter.

In a new book by Crossway, Bob Kauflin explore… Continue

Greg Brewton writes:

A number of years ago I had an interesting discussion with another staff member of a church where I served as minister of music. The church was contemplating starting a new service that would be contemporary in style. The staff member told me that he really liked the contemporary music style for worship. In fact, he said that he really could not worship unless he had that particular music style for his worship music. I was shocked by the comment at first . . . “can’t worshi… Continue

Tim Hughes writes:

Recently I've been involved in an exciting project called Compassion Art. In January 2008, 12 writers gathered together for a week of song writing in Scotland. The song writers included Martin Smith, Matt Redman, Michael W. Smith, Steven Curtis Chapman, Darlene Zschech, Graham Kendrick, Paul Baloche, Andy Park, Israel Houghton, Stu G, Chris Tomlin and myself.

It was an amazing week writing together - a hub of creativity. It was a fascinating process to see how different writ… Continue

As a worship leader I try to instill my my fellow servants in our church these thoughts about the two words, 'freedom & confidence' when preparing and leading our Sunday gatherings.

Freedom:
One of the joys of learning to live and work with God is the freedom to fail. We are given the freedom to try something new, knowing the grace that is there if we completely foul it up. But as well as this freedom, there needs to be a freedom to stop, to listen, to wait, even in the midst of a gathering… Continue