worship – DAVE GIPSON

Real Music

beliefJune 28, 2026320Views 0Likes 0Comments

One of the biggest barriers for me in worship has been my musical training. Sounds ironic, I know. But I’ve found through the years it’s a common problem. My piano lessons, from 2nd grade through my piano scholarship in college, taught me to be specific and exact when playing a piece. Hundreds, sometimes thousands of…

Offerings

beliefAugust 16, 20256KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Most every week, I have to throw something away. Please don’t tell my kids - I don’t think they’d understand. My girls are constantly making crafts. I’m proud of their creativity, but we are seriously running out of walls to hang all the “paintings” on they churn out. But those are not the worst of…

Undignified

worshipAugust 8, 20243KViews 0Likes 0Comments

There is no more obvious indicator of spiritual decay or deadness than disdain for the joyful worship of others. None. I’ve seen it in church after church, and heard it from scores of worship leaders in multiple denominations. Every one of them has dealt with someone or a group of someones who bristle at…

Underwhelmed in Worship

beliefJuly 14, 2024104Views 0Likes 1Comment

One of the worst things you can make worship is boring. Boring worship is unscriptural and an utter misrepresentation of the true nature of God. If the God of your worship service is boring, you're worshipping the wrong god. I’m amazed at some worship services I watch online. So many of them are ignoring the…

A Love Story

beliefJuly 13, 20241KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Most of us know worship from the church we grew up in, and I’m no exception. I remember the Organ prelude, the Call to Worship by the choir, the hymns, the Welcome (turn around and shake hands with people like you care). There was some sort of choir anthem and a solo we called the…

Deconstructing Worship

beliefJuly 10, 20243KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Seriously, when was the last time you heard someone say something positive about their church’s worship music? I don’t blame them. There’s no surer way to get myself in a deep funk (and I don’t mean the musical kind) than to watch some church’s live stream on Sunday afternoon after my own worship leading is…

When Church Ladies Attack

belief, worshipSeptember 8, 20211KViews 0Likes 2Comments

The flag ladies you'll find in some churches fascinate me. They’re the equivalent of a church dance team, although there’s no pelvic gyrating. Their feet hardly ever leave the floor, which keeps them from doing anything that might look like actual dancing. I grew up Baptist, so dancing was always a big no-no, right…

When Worship Doesn’t Work

UncategorizedMay 31, 2018923Views 0Likes 0Comments

I watched a worship service on the internet recently. I was pretty familiar with the church I was watching. It had been known for powerful worship, and a big joyful choir. Clearly God had worked in this church in a dynamic way for many years. But since moves of God are hard to sustain, over the…