The purpose of this blog is to encourage wholehearted worship worldwide.
To be authentic, we got to keep it real. For many, the holiday season means more stress than joy. The busy-ness, the expectations, and the pressure can be overwhelming. It’s exacerbated if you’re also processing significant loss or pain.
Been there, done that, round two …
I’ve been trying to write a blog post everyday, sometimes twice a day as part of Tentbloggers “BlogX” 90 Day Challenge.
Here’s links to some top posts in case you missed them.
This weekend marks our 29th wedding anniversary!
To commemorate, I’m posting a song I first wrote for my brother-in-laws wedding, “Unity”. I’ve sung this at my parents 50th anniversary and other weddings too.
This is just a demo recording, but it gets the idea across. It’s today’s free download.
Last week I started doing a 90 day blog shape-up program called BlogX through the ultra helpful Tentblogger . Everyday there are strenuous blogging assignments designed to build up “blogging muscles” under the guise of super sensei John Saddington.
The biggest benefit of BlogX so far is I’ve been forced to “ship” faster and more frequently. That’s cool.
Last week I had the privilege of sharing my story with the students at Visible School of Music and Worship Arts College in Memphis, TN.
I met the founder and totally cool guy Ken Steorts in Hungary a few years ago where I was Director of Worship for the Sozo International Music and Arts Festival. I was invited to share about my experiences in music entrepreneurship and worship ministry. Yes, an unusual combination, but that’s my story.
My talk was about how I started out producing music for advertising, built a successful business, and transitioned into worship ministry. When I got out of college with a music degree, there was not a clear path to figure out how to make a living doing it. I shared some timeless and universal principles I learned. I’ll feature these in a blog series “Principles for Starting Out in Business.”
Visible Students are awesome!
It just so happened that the Songwriting Program led by VS Alumni Andy Newton is conducting a jingle contest to promote their Pancake Breakfast fundraiser coming up.
So I recorded this little ditty … just for fun.
