Letters to Leaders, Vol. 1

letters-to-leaders2We’re starting a new series – one that might stir some controversy, or might just be the “thank you” we sometimes need to hear. TWC will present letters written by your everyday Sunday church-goer to their worship leader. I wanted to know what they’d say to their leader, and thought you might want to hear as well. You won’t know who they are or what church they attend, but you will hear their heart. We hope this series both encourages and challenges us, as we seek to serve the Body of Christ from week to week.~mandy thompson

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Integrity Music Signs Worship Artist and RagamuffinSoul.com Blogger, Carlos Whittaker

CarlosWhittakerMOBILE, Alabama (October 23, 2009) – Carlos Whittaker has described himself in many ways: worshiper, pastor, thinker, experience architect, Web 2.0 junkie.  Now, he adds recording artist to his life story after being signed to the Integrity Music Label.

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Broken Vessels

A while back, as I was driving to church, I was having a long conversation with the Lord. I told Him how much I felt like a broken vessel that morning. The past week had been an emotionally and physically challenging one for me and I had struggled a lot with myself–feeling like such a failure in so many ways and really battling a depression/oppression.

Jesus Saves – Carlos Whittaker, Jason Ingram, and Mia Fields

Off the upcoming debut album from Carlos Whittaker

“Imagine That” Review

imagine-thatImagine That
by Manuel Luz

“We create because we are made in the image of the Creator. We simply cannot help it.”

Dear Manuel:

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Sitting Down (For the Record)

church-chair-ls-522During worship, I sometimes sit.

You’ve seen me.  But then I disappear when everyone else stands, because now I’m hiding behind the dozens of standing bodies of everybody else worshipping.  I’m still there. But I’m sitting.

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It Might Get Loud, So Watch Your Tone

jay_setupAs I write this, my wife Leslie Brooke is driving us down the most boring stretch of highway east of the Mississippi, I-16 between Savannah and Macon, with Pearl Jam’s new album Backslider cranked up.  Two things are going through my mind as I listen to it:

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TIM HUGHES RELEASES FIRST-EVER LIVE DVD/CD,HAPPY DAY, OCT. 20

surcd5132Includes Four New Songs, CCLI Chart Topping “Here I Am To Worship,” “Beautiful One,” “Happy Day,” “Consuming Fire,” and more.

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A Humorous Communion Lesson

communionOur church is experimenting with the idea of worship leaders co-leading for the weekend assemblies (translation:  church services).  Basically, a worship leader with experience teams up with a worship leader with less experience.  I think that the idea is to invest in the future leadership of the church.

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