ARCHIVES Twenty years ago Worship Leader published the inaugural issue of the magazine. With key editors and contributors such as, Chuck Fromm, Ron Allen, Chuck Kraft and Robert Webber it was designed to be
Save the Dates | Phil Sillas
2012 finds Song DISCovery with a new look, a new website, a vault, a creative conference, and a host of new songs to bring to our subscribers. This year our goal is to get you more involved in our creative process than ever before. Our listening panels are very much like one of my favorite reality TV shows, Gold Rush Alaska. We move the boulders and rocks, so we can eventually get down to pay dirt. That’s where the listening panel comes in. Once we’ve sifted through hundreds of songs for a single volume, we call on our panel of worship leaders and pastors to choose the final 12-14 that make up one Song DISCovery CD-ROM. If you or members of your worship team would like to participate in the final listening process, send me your email info, and I’ll get you on the rotation for this year.
Telling Time by Jesus | Reggie Kidd
This is an extended version of Reggie Kidd’s column in the Jan/Feb 2012 issue of Worship Leader magazine.
Roger wears two watches. Because he travels a lot, he sets the watch on his left wrist to whatever time zone he happens to be in. He sets the watch on his right wrist to the time zone “back home” in Switzerland, where his heart always is and where his family lives.
Remember the God Who Remembers You | Mark D. Roberts
Has it ever seemed to you as if God has forgotten you? Sure, your theology said otherwise. But, in your heart, you sensed an aching emptiness where God was supposed to be. Your prayers seemed to bounce off the ceiling as if God was not listening. Have you known this experience?
Ministering a Song | David M. Edwards
There is a difference in singing a song and ministering a song. For some that is an innate awareness of the connection that’s made between heaven and earth when they operate in their musical gifting; for others it is something acquired through experience. Singing is an art form—no doubt about it—but I think we could agree that the goal of singing a solo in church is probably not the same as singing on American Idol as the context and usually the content are different. However, singing is communication and to communicate a solo in church effectively requires several key elements that will help you to minister a song rather than just sing one.