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Holy Week in the Early Church
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All God's Children Got Organ Shoes
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Instrumental Best Sellers
Piano Solo Repertoire for the Church
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Lessons from a Choir Director
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A Journey to Worship Renewal
A Personal Manifesto for Congregational Singing
A Sacrifice of Worship
Am I Too Old to Lead Worship
An Ancient-Future New Old Year
Building a Praise Team
Building a Worship Portfolio
Can Teams Plan Worship?
Carrying Others to Jesus
Clearing Up Worship
Creator's Top 10 Unique Hymn Stories
Fire and Form
I Won't Go to a Church that Labels Me
Leave Some White Space
Lex orandi, lex credendi est
Moving Ahead in Corporate Worship
Painting God's Great Story
Planning Together & Planning Ahead
Pray for God's Anointing
Real Presence—Renewal at the Lord’s Table
Renew Your Thinking about Transcendent Worship
Spirit and Truth: Two Lenses to Understand Worship
The Art of Ritual Action
The Art of Worship
The Joys of Worship
The Musical Artist
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The Spirituality of Worship
The Verbal Artist
The Visual Artist
The Worship Driven Church
We Aren't So Faithful
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DIY Hymn Anthems
Favorite Anthems #1
Fred Bock's 101 Favorite Anthems
Joyful Noise
Know Your Intervals
Promoting Choir Commitment
Should a Director Sing with Their Choir?
The Beauty of Singing
The Choral Anthems of Jane Marshall
The Incarnational Work of the Adult Choir
Where There is Vision...Retreat!
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Think Like a TV Producer
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A Service of Lessons and Music for Easter
A Tenebrae Service with a large choral work
Holy Week in the Early Church
FAQ
Instrumental
All God's Children Got Organ Shoes
Handbell Repertoire for the Church
Instrumental Best Sellers
Piano Solo Repertoire for the Church
Rehearsals
Conductor as Educator
Lessons from a Choir Director
Practical Lessons from an Easter Season
What do you do first?
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A Call for Better Music
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Select 20 Anthem Reviews
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5 Observations about Worship
7 Questions about the Stuff of Worship
7 Questions about using media tech in Worship
7 Questions I'd Have with God About Worship
7 questions to determine if you had a worship fail
8 Reasons to Order Your Steps
30 Steps to Write an Uplifting Worship Chorus
A Journey to Worship Renewal
A Personal Manifesto for Congregational Singing
A Sacrifice of Worship
Am I Too Old to Lead Worship
An Ancient-Future New Old Year
Building a Praise Team
Building a Worship Portfolio
Can Teams Plan Worship?
Carrying Others to Jesus
Clearing Up Worship
Creator's Top 10 Unique Hymn Stories
Fire and Form
I Won't Go to a Church that Labels Me
Leave Some White Space
Lex orandi, lex credendi est
Moving Ahead in Corporate Worship
Painting God's Great Story
Planning Together & Planning Ahead
Pray for God's Anointing
Real Presence—Renewal at the Lord’s Table
Renew Your Thinking about Transcendent Worship
Spirit and Truth: Two Lenses to Understand Worship
The Art of Ritual Action
The Art of Worship
The Joys of Worship
The Musical Artist
The Mystery of Worship
The Spirituality of Worship
The Verbal Artist
The Visual Artist
The Worship Driven Church
We Aren't So Faithful
What We Can Do
Where Did I Go Wrong in Worship?
Word, Table, and Trinitarian Worship
Worship is a Pilgrimage
Worship Oncology
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Nine Week Worship Review Form
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7 Ways to Manage Change in Ministry
Focus on the Ministry You are Really In
Generations
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Is "Our Best" Our Best?
Lean into the Future
Loyalty
Music Shapes Us
Holy Songs
Starting Over
Technology is Here to Stay
Ten Differences Between Strength and Courage
The Lamp of Excellence
The Purist
Your Life=2/5 of a second
Leadership Tools
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4 Components of Leadership
4 Strategic Things a Church Musician Contributes
4 Things to Transform an Underperforming Team
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Enjoy the Role of Leadership
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Keep Your Fish in the Water
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Lessons from 4 Legendary Leaders
Let Your Voice Be Heard...Sometimes
Life Insurance - Get Some Today
Mountaintop Experiences
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Pass it on...
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Review, Learn, Plan
Should Every Church in America Rethink Itself?
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Top 5 Church Musician Leadership Skills
What Christmas Teaches Us About Leadership
Hugh Ballou
Professional Tools
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7 Questions to Individuate Your Church's Vision
All I Really Need
Constructive Waiting in Worship Ministry
Don't listen to me…whatta I know?
It’s a talent business
It is just a Piece of Paper
Jesus Habits
Nelson Mandela's 8 Lessons of Leadership
Shocking Truths About Director-Accompanists
The Best of Times...The Worst of Times
The "Great Majority?" Humbug!
The Unbearable “Liteness”
The unquenchable thirst of every church musician
When You Wish Upon a Star
Doug Lawrence
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Blessing+Texting=Blexting
ccli's New Church Rehearsal License
Coming Out of the Dark
Creating Margins
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Apr
02
2012
Loyalty
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Bob Burroughs and Bob Hatfield discuss loyalty as a ministry value...
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06
2012
Can We Be Honest?
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Is honesty really the best policy in ministry?
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May
12
2011
6 Thoughts About Surviving Criticism
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Every church musician will face criticism—guaranteed—but how you handle it will determine whether you learn from it or it defeats you.
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01
2009
An Interview with Rick Muchow
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Bob Burroughs interviews Rick Muchow of Saddleback Church
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Jun
16
2008
The Best of Times...The Worst of Times
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The church has always struggled through times of change. We are not alone in our historical pilgrimage. Will we be O.K.? Well…yeah!
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Oct
15
2007
4 Things You Must Never Do in Ministry
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A list of four critical things to never do in your ministry...
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Mar
27
2007
Music-Ministry-Equal Pay: Pick Two?
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Is a leader's service a simple choice of ministry versus equitable pay? This article contains tools to help a church and its leadership understand the implications of the choices.
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