// author archive

admin

admin has written 7 posts for Advance Worship

List of Christmas Songs About Mary

Here are a few Christmas songs about Mary or from Mary’s perspective. I’ve provided links to lyrics, chords charts, and samples of the song to listen to save you some time.

Photos of the Virgin Mary for Christmas: Her Perspective

Every Christmas since I first saw it, this Christmas card of modern-day Virgin Mary reminds me again of the example of trust and faith she set for us. Seeing a real young woman will help your congregation see Mary as a real young woman too.

Christmas Concert Material that Begins with Passover

A review of Andrew Petersen’s Christmas CD, Behold the Lamb of God. It can be used as a foundation for a concert that tells the familiar Christmas Story starting with Moses.

Free Multimedia Christmas Idea: God Became Flesh

Here’s a simple Christmas idea that’s multimedia explosion of incarnational goodness. It’s a reading accompanied by a ultrasound graphic and a womb sound effect.

Francis of Assisi on Worship?

Arguably one of the top tier saints who ever walked the earth, Francis of Assisi is quoted as saying, “Preach the gospel at all times and if necessary use words.” Matt Stone extends the concept to other things including worship. “Worship at all times and if necessary use music.”

Worship Loops and Synth Tracks Blog

Sacred Loops has folks submitting what they’ve created for specific worship songs. There are songs by folks like Christ Tomlin and David Crowder Band. This was useful to me for learning how to create my own sequenced tracks.

A Reading Inspired by Nichole Nordeman’s “Why”

Here’s an Easter idea from a couple of years ago. I wanted to do a spoken word thing to set up the song Why by Nichole Nordeman on her This Mystery CD. Why tells the story of girl and her father on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. They happen upon Jesus being condemned to die by […]