Monthly Articles
Aaron Unthank
This transition was hard for me because it was a surprise and I wanted a chance to try to make the transition with the team that I had built. But, in retrospect I suppose that wasn’t in God’s plan and with the direction this church eventually took I know it wasn’t for me
For the next few months I will be writing about transition. Seems vague, I know but specifically I will share stories of the various and sometimes hurtful transitions I have experienced while serving in church ministry
It’s no secret that relationships between pastors and worship leaders are unique. I think pastors and worship leaders alike would agree that this relationship dynamic takes a huge amount of effort and communication
The next generation is a viable and important thing but it is not independent of the current generation. In fact, the next generation is a functional and important part of this generation. No generation is exclusive to itself
Worshipers look for opportunities to honor God but sometimes the opportunities sneak up on them. Those are the authentic God moments in life that sustain and feed our faith.
For worship leaders Christmas can be excruciating. Productions, rehearsals, hours and hours of prep work, promotion in the community and…leading worship on Sundays of course. Christmas can be a very frustrating time to lead worship
This is the time of year that we all look forward to the arrival of Christmas…The Advent season. In my home growing up, with few exceptions, the day after Thanksgiving the tree went up, the lights went on and Bing, Perry, Frank and Dean were crooning.
An intelligent and marginally creative person can possibly establish, explain and theorize the complexities of a thing or topic. But, a truly creative and studied person can take the intricacies of the complicated thing and make them plain and knowable
There seems to be so much offence among Christians over lyrics that do not blatantly and elementally spell out the gospel. Must our lives be lived wearing Christian t-shirts, our vehicles bearing Christian bumper stickers and constantly carrying a pocket full of tracts
I have found in my experience that those who proclaim themselves as leaders seldom are. Self proclamation or position does not a leader make. A leader is made by those who follow. A leader does not lead until his followers are willing and able to follow.
There are many facets to what we call worship but the method most people refer to when they say “worship” is music and that within the corporate gathering. It is in this environment that Sunday after Sunday the purpose and practice of “worship” are in conflict
I must give kudos to Southern Gospel music for holding to the truth that we have a Burden Bearer. Tried and true songs with lyrics like, "Leave them there, leave them there, take your burdens to the Lord and leave them there…"
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