- IHOP in Your Room The wild folks at IHOP in Kansas City have a brand new high-quality webstream live from their 24-7 prayer room. I remember them setting up for this massive-thing when I was at One Thing. I’ve had their Noon to 2pm set on the speakers as they’ve been meditating on and singing through Jesus’ words in […]
- Gospel Choir 101 I think I need more gospel choirs in my life. Today for our Easter celebration we were led in worship by a small gospel choir from folks in our congregation. It was so lovely and quite celebratory. As much as I love acoustic guitars and earth instruments in worship, there’s something about clapping aloud and […]
- To Recreate Us I often have trouble feeling particularly contemplative on the Holy Days. I think it’s this rebellious strain in me that wants to find all the days holy. (And, just my rebellious pride, probably.) Today while I was running I decided that a simple song by Sufjan Stevens would be my Good Friday praise refrain. It’s […]
- [Extra]Ordinary Stairs I have a great deal to report, especially after a weekend of 24-7 prayer with the teens/pre-teens at my church. Tomorrow I will try to post some pictures from our wild little adolescent prayer room. But for now I’d like to turn to Zechariah, and to a vivid dream I had yesterday about stairs, worship, […]
- The Militancy of Worship – Part 1 “Spiritual Warfare” has brought with it a great many tags and bags in our day. For most, Hollywood has dictated our viewpoint of the “war” through cinematic exorcisms and demonic games played through pitiful plot lines. The Scriptures speak of a vastly deeper scene: the kingdom of light at war with the kingdom of darkness. […]