Author: Gary Shavey
POSTED ON: 08.31.07

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Recently Mars Hill Church in Seattle, in partnership of God’s Block Ministry, hosted Cross Movement HIStory Tour. Resurgence was able to grab some interviews with some of the artists. This interview is with the Ambassador who is also one of the pastors in Philadelphia at Epiphany Fellowship. Special thanks to Jason Wendorf, a deacon at Mars Hill Church, for conducting the interview.

Author: Gary Shavey
POSTED ON: 05.19.07

In parts 4 & 5 of Mark Driscoll's Dick Staub interview listen to how he sees people are linking their identity to music and how music today really exposes the theme music of your life. In the same way we need to realize that even Christian music needs to connect to their story and not just be superficial. Does our music mimic the culture or does Christian music express the depths of God in relation to man?

POSTED ON: 06.30.06

Body Piercing Last summer I got a call from a writer named Andrew Beaujon at Spin magazine. He wanted to interview me for a book he was writing on the history of Christian rock music. He was not a Christian but had made himself very knowledgeable of Christian-ese language and culture and seemed, in our brief conversation, to be a good enough guy. I recently received a copy of the new book, Body Piercing Saved My Life: Inside the Phenomenon of Christian Rock. It is a good book that follows Christian rock history up to the present, with the benefit of being evaluated through the eyes of a non-Christian. Beaujon reports that sales of Christian music totaled 47 million albums in 2003-outselling jazz, classical music, and New Age combined, with sales climbing 10% each year for the past five years. Obviously, this subject is important and intriguing.

Author: Tim Smith
DATE: 2004
POSTED ON: 04.26.06

Before we can discuss missiology of worship we must first define what we mean by worship.

Worship is our response to God's initiation in an appropriate way that brings Him glory.

Author: Matt Stevens
DATE: 2004
POSTED ON: 04.21.06

I don't like worship music. Before you heat up the tar and pluck the chickens (doesn't that seem like an awful lot of trouble to go to anyway?), hear me out. I love worshiping God and leading others in worship. I am also a musician with a respect for and broad range of interest in music, both of which run dry when it comes to most songs that fall under the category of worship. I think we can agree that musically, worship music is not the most innovative or interesting.

Author: Joshua Dix
DATE: 2004
POSTED ON: 04.20.06

As artists, we're naturally introspective. It's in our nature to find out what's in our nature. We are constantly looking to draw from the well of our souls, always looking to find a place that's deeper, a spring more pure. But what do we find when we get there?

Author: Joe Day
DATE: 2004
POSTED ON: 04.20.06

I have been asked to write an article on the tension and the interaction that occurs between being the Worship Pastor at The Gathering, and being in a serious rock band on the side. It's fitting then, I guess, that I am beginning the writing of this essay while sitting in a bar. I'm at The Greenroom, a bar located in Seattle's renowned music venue, The Showbox. My band Mindhead is playing here tonight.