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Every Little Step
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My husband and I took our older daughter this evening to a special cinema where they were showing the documentary, Every Little Step. The film portrays the casting process for the revival a couple years ago of the Broadway show, Chorus Line. What a tremendous...
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UNITED IN PRAYER
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Pam Howell, our Director of Training for the Arts (we call her the Wonderologist ) organized an hourly prayer campaign today for the Wonder Arts Conference next week. Starting at 6:00 this morning, many of us began a journey of prayer together at the...
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DISINVITING TEAM MEMBERS
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I just got off the phone with an arts leader from a church in western Canada. He is trying to take his music worship team to the next level and believes that some of the faithful current team members do not possess the music skill required. Of course...
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FRIENDSHIP NOT OPTIONAL
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I'm speaking next weekend on the pursuit of friendship in our church services - so I've definitely got friendship in the forefront of my mind. I am working hard to be sure the message has urgency, and doesn't just feel like a casual, lightweight...
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GOD AT WORK IN BRAZIL
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As I write, Rory Noland is teaching over 300 church artists and pastors here in Sao Paulo, Brazil. We have experienced such an outpouring of God's power in this 2 day event. I am humbled and grateful for the opportunity to cast vision for the power...
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OFF TO SERVE CHURCH ARTISTS IN BRAZIL
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I fly tonight with Rory Noland to Sao Paulo, Brazil where we have the privilege of leading a 2-day Arts event. I've never been to South America before, though I've met many of the Brazilian church artists who have made their way to my church for...
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BOOMERS STEP ASIDE?
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Last week's edition of Newsweek magazine included a 2-page article at the very back, written by long-time columnist Anna Quindlen. For 9 years, Anna has been writing "The Last Word" piece every other week for that magazine. While I don't...
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AN OUTPOURING OF GENEROSITY
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Yesterday we received two offerings at Willow Creek - the regular one about 20 minutes into the service, and a second offering at the end. One hundred per cent of the second offering will go directly to the under-resourced in Africa and Latin America...
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GOING FOR THE "BOLD" AT ORANGE
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Yesterday morning at the Orange Conference in Atlanta, Francis Chan challenged all of us to be far more bold for Christ. I got to test out my own boldness in the late afternoon main session when I spoke about the issue of women leading in the church....
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A NEED FOR A RESPONSE
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Yesterday I participated in my first audio webinar for Worship Leader magazine . I have done some video kinds of training, but this was the first time I had to simply speak into a phone receiver and communicate essentially without seeing any faces. At...
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SOLIDARITY WITH THE HUNGRY AND THIRSTY
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Our church launched a 3-week Celebration of Hope campaign yesterday, with a focus this year on serving the under-resourced who are both hungry and thirsty. The campaign includes several aspects, including 17,000 volunteers packing food bags to go to Zimbabwe...
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LESSONS FROM SUSAN BOYLE
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By now, most of you have probably seen the You Tube video from Britain's Got Talent featuring a singer named Susan Boyle. If not, please do check it out. Before this 47-yr-old woman began to sing, I would guess that most everyone, including me, had...
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Walls For Easter
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For the past several Easters, our creative team at Willow Creek has sought to find an image that we could leverage to help tell the Easter story and to provide a visual anchor for the entire service. I think this practice dates back to the year we created...
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He Could Have Called It All Off
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On this Good Friday, as I read through the Scripture account of that dark day long ago, I am struck by the words of Jesus to his disciples who wanted to get a little reckless with their swords, fighting off the arrest. Jesus said, "Do you not think...
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Transitions
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Yesterday, I took my good friend and administrative assistant, Ann Keefer, to lunch. It was a good-bye of sorts, because Ann is leaving our staff after a decade of faithful service. I can't imagine my life without her. She is the one who posts these...
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