Worship MYTH to BUST today: Secular Music is a BAD thing to do in church

I recently received a question about worship, as is usual in my corner of the social media world. Here is the note and my response. Please share your opinions and thoughts on this. I will pass them on to my new friend from a far away place.

Rich, there is a long time discussion in my place regarding an ordinary love song and Christian songs. An incident took place once in my city where the local artists sang a non Gospel love song in a local wedding which is held in a Church and raises opposition by the Pastor. Can you provide some ideas and opinion about this? Read the rest of this entry »

CNNMoney.com recently did a series of articles based on research by payscale.com and found that 67% of those that lead worship or direct music in local churches for a vocation say the job is stressful. The research says this job is in the top 15 MOST stressful. Uhmm, this is obvious to those of us who lead worship, but to have research debunk the myth of the glamor of being a music guy/gal in a church might be helpful in fixing some things. Read the rest of this entry »

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Another post in the Worship Mythbuster Series:
Five bad ideas that can make worship services fake

I thought I would take a stab at conversing with my readers about the “fake factor” in church worship services. Read the rest of this entry »