Last week’s blog described David’s music ministry toward Saul. I explored how God often uses music to inspire us, instruct us, convict us, and even heal us when we are broken. This week, I want to share some thoughts about music ministry in the church. I have a long perspective, as I have been leading […]
I’ve been a musician since early childhood. Music has been playing in the background or foreground through all of my developmental stages and in all of my many adventures. I didn’t plan or predict it, but long before I was educated in counseling, I earned a BFA in jazz guitar and vocal performance–a really practical […]
I love being a musician and worship leader. I love playing my guitar before the Lord, because I know that the sound it produces when I play changes atmospheres. And in that changed atmosphere, I see the Lord touch peoples’ hearts. Many guitar players are gifted with technology, but all the pedals and wires, switches […]
Many years ago, when I was a worship leader in Ohio, my pastor and I came to an understanding. I told him that the Lord had forbidden me to lead our congregation out of my own musical ability or experience. I was only to use my abilities in response to the leading of the Holy […]