While I don’t have nearly everything figured out at 44 years of age, I have arrived at one place of deep conviction: the work that we do as worship pastors/leaders is discipleship. Not music. Not art. Discipleship. Over the course of the past 27 years that I have been involved in worship ministry, I have […]
Mondays with Mike – NEWS FLASH! An Open Letter to Sports Parents That Are Christians
NEWS FLASH! Your son is not going to play Major League baseball. And, your daughter is not going to be on the Olympic team in volleyball or soccer either. So, why in the world, and for what possible eternal reason are you sacrificing a vital aspect of their spiritual development in the formative years of […]
Mondays with Mike – Breaking Up Is Hard To Do…
It’s a fascinating analogy. Eric Geiger, the Vice-President of the Church Resource Division of LifeWay, my friend, and boss, wrote a blog recently in which he quotes Brad Waggoner, Executive Vice-President of LifeWay, and also my friend, and Eric’s boss, saying… … he noticed a major shift in church ministries when “senior pastors of churches […]
Mondays with Mike — Worship is Discipleship
Too often, the contemporary Christian equates the act of praise with what the Bible calls worship… To be clear, worship certainly can have the component of praise – that expression of adoration and devotion in recognition of God’s greatness and glory. Praise erupts in a certain event or occasion. But worship is another thing altogether. […]
Mondays with Mike — The Other Side of the Door
The secular mind calls it “Serendipity.” As a Christian, I prefer to describe it as “Divine Appointment.” Whatever you prefer to call it, I had one of those amazing experiences during my recent trip to South Africa. Last month, our worship mission team of 10 traveled to Cape Town, South Africa to work through a […]