Archive for December, 2007

I'm something like this…

20, Dec 2007

I found this today via one of the many blogs I read on Bloglines. I forgot where I saw it, or I would give credit. Sorry about that.
I would say these tests pegged me pretty well.

Worship Leader Wednesday #5, part 2

19, Dec 2007

Welcome to part 2 of James' interview. This will be the final worship leader interview of 2007 before Consuming Worship takes a little holiday break.Have a Merry Christmas, and keep Christ at the center of your celebrations.
James Ridgers
What's the greatest "worship risk" you've ever taken?
The greatest risk I ever took was to remove all musical [...]

Where Am I?

18, Dec 2007

Sorry the posting has been pretty sparse here of late, but I've been in a bit of a blogging funk. I'm sure it will all clear up after Christmas and New Year's, so let's take it all in stride shall we. Anyway, here's a quick report of what's been going on during the last week.
The [...]

Just Imagine

13, Dec 2007

Well, tonight is the public dress rehearsal for my choir's annual Christmas musical. We're doing a work called "Imagine," and the lynchpin song of the set is a nice song called "Imagine a World Without Christmas." One of my choir members asked the other day if the song was written in answer to John Lennon's [...]

Worship Leader Wednesday #5

12, Dec 2007

Welcome back to Worship Leader Wednesday. This will be the final worship leader interview of 2007 before Consuming Worship takes a little holiday break.
James Ridgers
Biographical Information
Spouse's name: Rhonda
Years married: Almost 4 years
Children's names: No kids, but we have 4 cats, if they count.
Years leading worship: 10 years
Church name and location: The Summit Church, Irvine, [...]

Worship Confessional: December 9, 2007

10, Dec 2007

Yesterday was our annual children's Christmas program, so today's confessional is easy to formulate. My wife co-directed the musical this year, a first time event, and I ran sound for the day. I felt like I was back in college, where I was the sound technician for my school. I haven't had to work that [...]

Winter Moods

6, Dec 2007

Do you find your desires for certain things you enjoy changing with the seasons? I do, and am in the middle of just such a change of mood.
We have, like many other American households, a Playstation 2 sitting under the TV in the living room. We really don't play it all too often, and if [...]

Worship Leader Wednesday #4, part 2

5, Dec 2007

Here continues part 2 of the interview with worship leader José Skinner.
José Skinner
What's the greatest "worship risk" you've ever taken?
I'm not sure which was the greatest risk. The ones I think of happened at my previous church with over 25 years of history and tradition. Being at the Coram Deo church plant means we [...]

In Celebration

4, Dec 2007

How many of you have read this book before? Until about a week ago, I had never heard of this book. Why haven't I been told about this book before? What a fantastic find this has been.
As a staff, we are still contemplating our vision and "theme" for the next year. In the midst of [...]

Worship Confessional: December 2, 2007

3, Dec 2007

Advent is here, and like so many of you we switch modes for the season. I typically give the band and praise team the season off, so they won't officially meet again until 2008. Yesterday morning was pretty much straight old-school Christmas caroling, so no innovation or pushing of the boundaries. The choir did preview [...]


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