It is true. My wife has prayed for years that one day Oprah would become a follower of Jesus Christ. There is no question that Oprah’s fame ...

In 155 a.d. the Christian philosopher and apologist Justin Martyr wrote an account about how the church worshiped in that day. I have inclu...

I hope you are all having a meaningful Memorial weekend. I just completed an overnighter in the tent with three of my five children. Fortuna...

Justin Taylor has direct click audio links for most of the Red Mountain CD's I blogged about yesterday. If you want to listen in click ...

Zach Nielsen had an interesting post on this issue a few days ago. You can see it here . In the post he was discussing the appropriateness o...

Thanks to Mr. Nielsen I have another recommendation for those of you who love the idea of marrying revived hymn texts with new music. In the...

Bob Kauflin is doing multiple posts on physical expression in worship. Here is a clip from his most recent post on the subject. I'll pa...

A long time ago I told you all I would post a review from some of the music I purchased from Indelible Grace music . Well, here is a brief r...

Here’s a little preview of what’s coming this summer at Parkview. Our summer series will start June 10th and run through July 30th. The titl...

Here is a continuation of a paper I wrote several years ago on the life and hymnody of Isaac Watts. You can click here to read the first in...

OK, I know that most of you are PC users, so you won't appreciate these ads . For one who used to be a mac user, then became a pc user, ...

I just saw the movie “United 93” and wanted to comment briefly on it. First of all, it is a very well made movie that appeared to very caref...

Singers! I'll start by sharing the summer schedule and then make a few comments. PARKVIEW CHOIR SCHEDULE Summer 2006 (Updated: May 12, 2...

Ok, I am home sick again today!!! Ugh!!! I figured in light of my condition, a good laugh was in order. Check out this site to read about t...

I did a research paper in grad school on Isaac Watts. He was best known as the "father of English hymnody" and the author of hymns...

Well, I sit here at home with the flu (or roto-virus). Whatever it is, it has wiped me out. The Lord uses things like this to force me to sl...

John Carlson has posted some pics from the suprise party and the following choir rehearsal here . My kids are still singing the "new...

I had a friend in college whose room always got messy when he was depressed or too busy. All I’d have to do to know how he was doing was to ...

Friends, I want to thank you so much for the very kind gesture of appreciation that you extended with Wednesday’s surprise party. I truly ha...

Is it ok to say that you follow God because of the pleasure it brings you to do so? Does it degrade God to love him because of what you get ...