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June 2021

June 05, 2021

Liturgical Novelty Defeats the Purpose of Liturgy

I get too many emails. I don't mind the personal ones. It's the stuff I...

February 2020

February 19, 2020

Your Feelings Aren’t Important in Worship

One of the things that tends to happen in conversations about worship, especially liturgy, is...

February 14, 2020

Your Child Won’t Be a Pro Gymnast, So Why Are You Missing Church?

During my own youth, which really wasn't long ago, stuff didn't happen on Sunday...

February 03, 2020

But What If Hillsong’s Music, You Know, Moves Me?

I shared my last post in the ever-popular "I'm Fed Up With Bad Church Music"...

January 2020

January 31, 2020

Hillsong Worship Is Going on Tour, But Don’t Call It Worship

Hillsong Worship is embarking on a US tour this Spring, and it all begins in...

October 2018

October 29, 2018

Aslan Is Not a Tame Lion: The Serious Mistake of Casual Worship

As a professional Christian, I don't get many Sundays off. In fact, I tend to...

September 2018

September 06, 2018

The Contemporary “Worship” Song I’d Love to Ban For All Eternity

I need to be honest with everyone. There are a lot of contemporary worship songs...

July 2018

July 06, 2018

How Bad Worship Drove Me To Kill My Best Friend

One reason why we Christians argue so much about which hymn to sing, which liturgy...

July 05, 2018

The Cult of Cafeteria Worship The Most Difficult Lie Green Like Golf. Or Whatever....

May 2018

May 06, 2018

Is It Really Worship If You’re Selling Tickets?

A few weeks ago, a woman in a Facebook group pertaining to church music and...

February 2018

February 20, 2018

Dear Church: It’s Time We Stop Idolizing the Millennials

A decade ago, my wife and I were a young newlywed couple in the process...

December 2016

December 19, 2016

Bethel Music Kids and the Worship Industry’s Exploitation of Children

I've made it pretty clear that I think the "worship industry" is a dangerous entity...

November 2016

November 14, 2016

Be a Beautiful Church in an Ugly World

Opening Sentences I think that one of the things that bothers me the most about...

May 2015

May 13, 2015

Dear Church: An Open Letter From One of Those Millennials You Can’t Figure Out

A lot's been made over the millennial generation and their religious life. Why they go...

February 2015

February 17, 2015

What did Chris Tomlin ever do to you? or: Why I criticize a worship superstar

Opening Sentences What did Chris Tomlin ever do to you? You seem to take shots...