In part 1, I named five of the more common criticisms we hear about modern worship: It is so noisy; there are too many monosyllabic...

What are the repeated critiques you hear about modern worship? It is so noisy. And why is every bridge a monosyllabic chant? (eg....

I am getting really excited for the year to begin. No, not the calendar year…the Church’s Year, the journey from Advent to Christmas, to...

[NOTE: This is a follow-up piece to my initial response to the reactions to Hillsong’s decision to decline making a public statement on...

So, Hillsong declined to publicly declare a position on ‘LGBT issues’. And the internet was awash with opinions. Some shook their heads...

As church leaders, many of us don’t have the time to stop and reflect on what we’re doing. And even if we did, our reflections are often...

Every once awhile, I am asked what our liturgy is at New Life Downtown. Our service flow (in general) can be found HERE. But the most...

WARNING: This is a post for nerds like me. 🙂 In all seriousness, this won’t be of interest to everyone, but several of you have asked...

I hear often that people are spiritual but not religious, or that they love Jesus but don’t like the Church. I get it. But the antidote...

In the flurry of conversation about sanctification– thanks to the public disagreement between Pastor Tullian and The Gospel Coalition– I...

Alan Jacobs, Distinguished Professor of the Humanities at Baylor University and former professor of English at Wheaton College, wrote a...

What makes us lucky? We think of luck as simply a positive reversal of fortune or chance occurrence that worked out in our favor. Like...

I grew up in an Anglican home. My mother comes from several generations of Anglicans, in Singapore and Sri Lanka. As a baby, I was...

“As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him. For he knows our frame; he remembers...

I don’t want to talk about Donald Miller. This is in part because in 2006, when I was working on my first book, my publisher kept...

“If Genesis 1 isn’t literal, the Gospel isn’t literal either!” “If the earth isn’t 6000 years, then we can’t trust the Bible on...

Ever wonder what we sing about? Lester Ruth, Research Professor of Christian Worship at Duke Divinity School, decided to find out. Ruth...

Nobody’s talking about Duck Dynasty star, Phil Robertson’s comments in GQ anymore. Which is why I thought this might finally be a good...

Resolutions are powerful things. We feel all the energy of a new year rushing forward, washing over past failures or shortcomings. I like...

I’m not in love with all things old. I don’t think then is better than now. I’m not trying to get back to how things were. My journey in...