http://www.expressiveworship.net Love the congregation Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:42:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.expressiveworship.net/2012/02/7-reasons-a-worship-team-is-different/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=7-reasons-a-worship-team-is-different http://www.expressiveworship.net/2012/02/7-reasons-a-worship-team-is-different/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:02:46 +0000 Tom Jackson http://www.expressiveworship.net/?p=1725 Last week I told you about the many similarities between musicians of every genre, including praise teams. (See my post on “I See the Resemblance”) But worship teams are definitely different than the average band in several ways, too. As I sat down to write this, I came up with 7 ways they are distinct [...]]]> http://www.expressiveworship.net/2012/02/7-reasons-a-worship-team-is-different/feed/ 1 http://www.expressiveworship.net/2012/02/i-see-the-resemblance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=i-see-the-resemblance http://www.expressiveworship.net/2012/02/i-see-the-resemblance/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:43:44 +0000 Tom Jackson http://expressiveworship.net/?p=68 Whether I’m in Europe (as I am this month), or in Canada (as I will be next month), or in the USA, I find that there are similarities between musicians, singers, artists and bands everywhere! I’m sure you think I’m talking about people being people – making mistakes, working through temptations, trying their best to [...]]]> http://www.expressiveworship.net/2012/02/i-see-the-resemblance/feed/ 0 http://www.expressiveworship.net/2012/02/expressive-worship-team-training-idea/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=expressive-worship-team-training-idea http://www.expressiveworship.net/2012/02/expressive-worship-team-training-idea/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:15:23 +0000 Jodi Marcum http://www.expressiveworship.net/?p=1712 Let’s face it – there are dozens of things you’d like to do to train your worship team so they can do their best in serving and leading worship on Sunday mornings. You’d probably like to teach them the best way to learn the music and be prepared when they walk into rehearsal. Maybe you’ve [...]]]> http://www.expressiveworship.net/2012/02/expressive-worship-team-training-idea/feed/ 0 http://www.expressiveworship.net/2012/02/all-because-i-wanted-their-picture/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=all-because-i-wanted-their-picture http://www.expressiveworship.net/2012/02/all-because-i-wanted-their-picture/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:00:30 +0000 Amy Wolter http://www.expressiveworship.net/?p=1705 I remember the feeling. Too amazing for words really. Our band was invited to play in Sao Paulo, Brazil at a huge festival. The driver threaded his way from our hotel past scores of buses that lined the streets for miles leading up to and around the soccer stadium. People had come from all across [...]]]> http://www.expressiveworship.net/2012/02/all-because-i-wanted-their-picture/feed/ 1 http://www.expressiveworship.net/2012/01/whats-the-shape-of-your-heart/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=whats-the-shape-of-your-heart http://www.expressiveworship.net/2012/01/whats-the-shape-of-your-heart/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:36:00 +0000 Lang Bliss http://www.expressiveworship.net/?p=1677 Politicians are talking a lot right now. News commentators seem to have their own slant on what the facts of any given story are. 24 hour news cycles, non-stop music and videos, movies on demand, Christian radio, coffee shops, new clothes, the latest information on how to be healthy; it’s a never ending deluge for [...]]]> http://www.expressiveworship.net/2012/01/whats-the-shape-of-your-heart/feed/ 2 http://www.expressiveworship.net/2012/01/the-power-of-kindness/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-power-of-kindness http://www.expressiveworship.net/2012/01/the-power-of-kindness/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:09:51 +0000 Mary-Kathryn http://www.expressiveworship.net/?p=1692 Several years ago there was a song by Leslie Phillips called Your Kindness. The chorus said, “It’s Your kindness that leads us to repentance, oh Lord. Knowing that You love us no matter what we do, makes us want to love You, too.”  I often think about the words to that song because, in my [...]]]> http://www.expressiveworship.net/2012/01/the-power-of-kindness/feed/ 0 http://www.expressiveworship.net/2012/01/the-theory-behind-the-theory/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-theory-behind-the-theory http://www.expressiveworship.net/2012/01/the-theory-behind-the-theory/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:25:28 +0000 Kevin Pauls http://www.expressiveworship.net/?p=1685 Why do we do what we do? Why is there music? Why has music become the only thing synonymous with “worship”? Deep questions, but I think they are often left out of the equation… often avoided so we can continue to make this about music, and not really take the time to understand our role [...]]]> http://www.expressiveworship.net/2012/01/the-theory-behind-the-theory/feed/ 0 http://www.expressiveworship.net/2012/01/where-am-i-going-wrong/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=where-am-i-going-wrong http://www.expressiveworship.net/2012/01/where-am-i-going-wrong/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:50:35 +0000 Amy Wolter http://www.expressiveworship.net/?p=1550 During a recent Tom Jackson Webinar, we got this question from Angela: “Any thoughts for those of us who perform to super conservative “critical” audiences? I’m in ultra conservative churches each weekend and have had to weather lots of criticism. How do you stay creative and confident?” I feel your pain, Angela! I was raised [...]]]> http://www.expressiveworship.net/2012/01/where-am-i-going-wrong/feed/ 1 http://www.expressiveworship.net/2012/01/praise-and-worship-in-chile-go-love-them/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=praise-and-worship-in-chile-go-love-them http://www.expressiveworship.net/2012/01/praise-and-worship-in-chile-go-love-them/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:46:37 +0000 Lang Bliss http://www.expressiveworship.net/?p=1664 The people of Chile are hungry – and I’m not talking about needing food. That’s an issue, too. But the hunger I mean is far more essential… I was blessed to be able to go to Chile at the beginning of this month for a praise and worship conference for South America, with artists Alberto [...]]]> http://www.expressiveworship.net/2012/01/praise-and-worship-in-chile-go-love-them/feed/ 2 http://www.expressiveworship.net/2012/01/free-to-be-like-everyone-else/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=free-to-be-like-everyone-else http://www.expressiveworship.net/2012/01/free-to-be-like-everyone-else/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:30:02 +0000 Tom Jackson http://expressiveworship.net/?p=426 “So, if the Sons sets you free, you shall be free indeed.” John 8:36 An artist friend of mine, Francesca Battistelli, wrote a great song a few years ago… “On my own I’m so clumsy, but on Your shoulders I can see, I’m free to be me.” So why don’t we give our own worship [...]]]> http://www.expressiveworship.net/2012/01/free-to-be-like-everyone-else/feed/ 0