Author: claytonfaulkner
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Essential Stuff That Every Church Website Needs
In the years that I’ve been serving churches as a pastoral musician, the church website has fallen on my plate…
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Is it a hymn, a song, or a chorus?
One of the things I like to do is respond to questions about worship or liturgy. I don’t claim…
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Escaping from Worship Music
Dr. Rollins has some interesting thoughts on the problems inherent in contemporary worship services. Read the full post here: What…
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"Living Sacrifice" Is An Oxymoron
Romans 12:1-2: “I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as…
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Worship Does God's Story
(from the August 2011 Mountain Mover Newsletter at Faith Lutheran Church) Every time the church gathers together for worship it…
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Recap from "Exploring the Future Church" Session 5
We had a terrific wrap up to our discussions about belonging to a community and church membership on Wednesday night.…
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Recap from "Exploring the Future Church" Session 4
Several of us had a great time reflecting on the question,“What does it mean to be a church community?” on…
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Church Music from Trinity Cathedral in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
[vimeo vimeo.com/25994173] This is a video I recorded on March 4, 2010 while touring Trinity Cathedral in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. We…
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Recap from "Exploring the Future Church" Session 3
If you’d like to follow along you can download the notes from Session 3 here: Session 3 Handout Big Takeaway from…
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Recap from "Exploring the Future Church" Session 2
“Exploring the Future Church” is a series of discussions around the question, “What does it mean to be in a faith community?”…