20 Mar, 2009
Posted by: Bob Kauflin In: Bob's Updates| Musicians| —Worship and the Church
Ben, a 28 year old worship leader, is in the midst of some career decisions. He emailed me the following to me:
You seem to be actively employing several different gifts and passions. You’re sort of a hybrid preacher/producer/worshiper/blogger guy. You are living outside the box - and that’s exciting to me. As I dream of [...]
07 Dec, 2008
Posted by: Bob Kauflin In: —Training a Team| —Worship and Music
I’ve been musing recently about how we express our musical opinions. Why do we feel so strongly about songs, bands, and styles? And why do we draw conclusions so quickly? Nope. Don’t like it. That stinks. I can’t stand that kind of music. You like that stuff? Is there anything wrong with raving about the [...]
17 Nov, 2008
Posted by: Bob Kauflin In: —Defining Terms| —Leading a Team| —Other Events| —Worship and Music
This past weekend I had the joy of speaking on various topics at the Christian Musician Summit in Overlake, WA, near Seattle. It was a very encouraging time, and I met quite a few people who were currently using Worship Matters with their worship team. Great hooking up with old friends and making some new [...]
This past week we recorded some of the lead vocals for our upcoming project, Come Weary Saints, due out in April. It’s a project of congregational worship songs designed to encourage faith and hope in the hearts of those who are going through trials.
Each of the vocalists who came to sing was clearly there not [...]
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, vs. [...]