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How Music works in Worship?

Recently my friend Bruce Reyes-Chow suggested I blog “How does music touch your soul?” He left it pretty broad so I’ll have some fun with this.  I’m going to unpack the use of music in worship and take it from a systems approach rather than a “everyone should sing because the bible includes songs and [...]


Clayfire… failed pot?

So, what is Clayfire, and why would anyone care if its gone (here’s the closing announcement)  ? Their tagline, “reshaping worship together” sums up what I think they/we were after.  But they also needed to figure out how the reshapers or users of “pre-shaped” worship were going to access the designs… and in the world of [...]


Mike Crawford

If you don’t already know Mike Crawford and the Secret Siblings, you should.  He’s an old friend of mine that curates worship at Jacobs Well in Kansas City. Check out this video: Mike Crawford and His Secret Siblings from josh franer on Vimeo. And then here are two lead sheets to his songs that he has [...]