I was in college when I started having a regular devotional time. I was excited to introduce this spiritual discipline in my life and, for the first few weeks, I was pretty consistent. But then it got increasingly difficult to maintain this time. I found it hard to stay awake while I read my Bible. … Continue reading Jesus Wants to Meet with Me!

In the Old Testament times, the great saints marked their encounters with God by constructing an altar to Him. Abraham did this several times, as did Isaac and Jacob. Moses built God a tabernacle and David desired to build God a temple. These structures’ sole role was to be a place where the Presence of … Continue reading Personal Worship Time – Putting Our Lives on the Altar

 The first movement of the Whole Life Worship paradigm is at the most foundational, simplest place where worship can begin: the human heart or spirit – the innermost part of a person. In John 4:24, Jesus said that God’s true worshipers “must worship in spirit and in truth.” While people can worship God with their … Continue reading Personal Worship

I've written a book on Whole Life Worship. It's called Whole Life Worship: More Than a Song. I want to make it available to you - for free! It's actually been around for a few years and I've been trying to get it ready for publication since I've finished the draft. But I'm such a perfectionist … Continue reading Whole Life Worship: The Book!

There are times, after a worship service, when people will come up to me and say things like: “That was awesome worship” or “Worship was really great today!” Such statements are flattering, but what do they mean? Usually it means a variety of things ranging from: “the music rocked!”, or “you sang my favorite song!” … Continue reading The Forgotten Side of Worship

I love that song “Heart of Worship.” It really speaks to the crucial issue of what worship is all about. In this day and age of “consumer oriented music” our churches have been caught up with consumer oriented worship. Matt Redman’s song is a reminder that worship is: All about Jesus, not about us; and … Continue reading Worshiping God is More Than a Song; But How Much More?

(This is a great blog article on Wholelifeworship written by my good friend and colleague, Scott Higa. Scott is the Youth Pastor at my church and he writes a wonderful weekday blog - thechristiannerd.com, which has great insights into the Christian life from current pop/tech/movie/nerd culture perspective). I really love going to church. I suppose … Continue reading More Than A Song

This past weekend was so very bittersweet for me. Krista, my protégée for seven years, has – in her own words - “left the nest.” She was asked to be the worship pastor at one of our daughter church and she accepted. For our church, this is a huge win: to see one of our … Continue reading Protégée

I’m back! I was on a spiritual transformation retreat the past few days, focusing on the topic of spiritual discernment. It was a great time and I learned so much, but need to process it some more before I share any reflections on the subject. Last week, I wrote about “prepositions.” These are those small … Continue reading Doing “For” God

Have you ever experienced where you are doing something and it seems like something greater is flowing through you? Maybe it’s when you are doing a task or you’re in a conversation with someone or when you are serving in ministry. While you are doing it, you feel a lift or you get an insight … Continue reading The Intentional Flow of “Through”