My Debt to Harold Best
Harold Best turned 88 this past Monday. I called him to wish him a happy birthday, but couldn’t get through. So I sent him
Harold Best turned 88 this past Monday. I called him to wish him a happy birthday, but couldn’t get through. So I sent him
The past few days I’ve been posting on issues related to God’s “active” presence, especially in corporate gatherings. A couple people suggested that “active”

Yesterday, I posted thoughts on attempts to manufacture and market the presence of God, both wrong responses to God’s experienced presence. One person commented

A few weeks ago a friend and I were glancing through a Christian magazine and noticed how often people referred to “God’s presence.” It’s
During the charismatic outpouring of the 1970s many churches became more aware of the Holy Spirit than they had ever been. That awareness then,
Last August at WorshipGod11 we offered 40 seminars for pastors, musicians, leaders, vocalists, instrumentalists, and tech teams. Today and tomorrow I’m posting the descriptions
During the Christmas season, many people find themselves in the midst of impossibly difficult circumstances. They find out the hard way that pain and
Yesterday I posted a song I sang at the NEXT conference for those with disabilities. A week or so before the conference began, I
The 16th chapter of my book, Worship Matters, is called “To Cherish God’s Presence.” I talk about how one of the effects of biblical
What do you do when you start leading a song in two different keys? At our WorshipGod08 conference, we had the opportunity to find
Here’s another video clip from WorshipGod09, where Jeff Purswell is interviewing CJ Mahaney and me about some of the things we’ve learned over three
I had a good conversation through Skype today with Tim Smith, worship pastor at Mars Hill Church in Seattle. I met Tim a couple