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Thursday
Oct092008

Happy Slappy Follow-up

DateThursday, October 9, 2008 at 11:14AM

Ah!  I just now, this morning, made the connection:

My conversation with the afore-metioned Reverend (click here to read the sordid details) took place early last year.  Only a few months after that I'm sitting at Logan's Roadhouse on a Wednesday night with Bob.  Bob says, "I just heard from Jon--he picked up a part time job leading worship."

Jon was my intern at Big Church, and a very talented young musician.  Bob and I both watched him grow up, played with him countless times onstage, and when I left Big Church, Jon took over my job.  After a year or so Jon left that full time position so he could student teach, but he still needed part time work.   Guess who hired him as a part time worship leader--go on, guess.

Yep--the Reverend. 

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Tuesday
Aug122008

Saving the Offering

DateTuesday, August 12, 2008 at 09:00AM

All of your standard megachurches or megachurch-hopefuls go to great pains to do things according to plan. This is not just an accidentally common trait; this is what lies at the core of those who start, fund and maintain a megachurch – their belief that you don’t do anything without a plan. I’m not saying they aren’t motivated by the desire to spread the gospel, only that this is what separates them from other types. N ow sit up straight and make sure you hear this: the megachurches around the country are doing enormous good. They’re introducing people to Christ, and I for one am all for that. But God bless ‘em, they do love their org. charts.

At the Big Church where I worked, we scheduled our Sunday services to the minute.

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Thursday
Aug072008

Nobody knows the trouble I seeeee

DateThursday, August 7, 2008 at 12:01PM

If you’ve ever:

  • Gnashed your teeth when a hymn appeared on the Sunday song schedule, then cried while you played it
  • Told yourself the hassle wasn’t worth it
  • Played miserably, then talked to someone afterward who said it brought them closer to God
  • Dropped $400 on a guitar processor that will make you sound like every rock band in the world, and then used it only to play pretty sounds in church
  • Promised God you’d always play only for Him, and then played at a school dance to impress a girl
  • Prayed to become a better musician, then never practiced
  • Ever wanted to rant - just a little - about just how weird it is in your church music department

…then you’re in the right spot.

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