“Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God...” Imagine for a moment that this was said to you. You have all things under your power! You’ve come from God and you’re going back to...
What are the Magi doing in the Christmas story - they're a bit mysterious, don't you think? And for that matter, what is a magi, or a mage? Probably best to clear up a bit confusion first. We tend to lump the Magi in with everyone else in our nativity scenes....
I just got off the phone with a friend, who is a passionate worship leader and yet at the same time has been struggling lately because she finds areas of what we call ‘worship’ so inward looking. She said "At my most cynical moments I have felt like I am...
If you’re involved with service and worship planning in your church, you’ve probably had your Christmas services all planned out since September (thinking about Christmas towards the end of August has been part of our lives for the last seven years of church work; all part of the fun!). However, some...
As you have found your way to this website, it's clear that you are a web savvy person, with taste for only the best worship resource websites! Joking aside, there are so many great websites out there, available to help you in your worship development and planning. We'd thought we'd...
“How did you do it so FAST?“ A few people asked me this at New Wine, where I was providing the live visuals for the youth worship meetings. During the talks, I would listen out for key phrases, and throw these up mixed with a suitable images or video clips. I...
We had an amazing (if shattering!) two weeks first at London School of Theology’s worship summer school, and then New Wine...
I love it. Worship music in the background, Bible open, and a software painting program running. I’m all set for a time of personal worship. I begin painting a pattern which starts out mostly red, develops white splodges, and then gradually, as I paint, ends up completely white. I didn’t...
All around us media providers are scrambling to make their products interactive. You don’t just watch the News - you email your opinions and photos. You don’t just listen to the radio - you text what you are up to, and what you thought of that song. You don’t just...
[Sam: last year I heard Ian give a challenge for western churches to engage more with the worship music of other cultures. It got me thinking about why, in multicultural Britain with so much world music on the radio and in the record shops/mp3 sites, our worship music is sourced...
