22 Dec, 2006
Posted by: Bob Kauflin In: —Evaluation|—Worship and the Pastor
Aaron left this question on a recent post: I’ve found it difficult at times to be in a mindset that is ready to accept encouragement and critique after a “big event.” I realize that a large part of this is my own pride and desire for everyone to like what happened and move on. However, [...]
15 Dec, 2006
Posted by: Bob Kauflin In: —Choosing Songs|—Evaluation|—Worship and the Pastor
I received this question a while back: Do you happen to have anything that you have given out to worship leaders as far as a check-list of items to review as they are preparing for a Sunday morning? The simple answer to this would be “no.” However, a few years ago C.J. Mahaney and I [...]
01 Dec, 2006
Posted by: Bob Kauflin In: —Choosing Songs|—Defining Terms|—Evaluation|—Songwriting|—Worship and the Pastor
This question came from Jeff: One of the members of my worship team is struggling with the line from one of your songs, Glory Be to God. The line is “Being’s source begins to be.” She feels that it communicates that God is not eternal, that there was a time when the second Person of [...]
This question came in from Amy, after reading my post on “Entering the Draw Me Close Conversation.” “How do you balance discernment without being critical? I find myself struggling with this constantly. Where is the balance between noticing and being concerned that the theology presented in songs/sermons is man-centered, or that the gospel is missing, [...]