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"If you're not having fun, you need to back up and find out where you left Jesus." I love this quote from Bill Johnson. Serving Jesus should be the most fun and exciting thing we ever do. That doesn't mean it will always be easy, in fact at times there will be great challenges and trials. But in the midst of all this there should always be joy and fun - 'sorrowful yet always rejoicing.'..Read more

It’s a real honor to share some thoughts with you this month through the Worship Central blog. I’m a big fan of Tim’s songs and ministry and am thrilled by the way God is using him and those around him...Read more

For most of us with the dawning of a new year comes a sense of hope, excitement, and no doubt a tinge of apprehension. Will dreams be fulfilled? Targets met? With this year bring joy or disappointment? Will doors open up? Will lives be changed?..Read more

A few weeks ago I was leading at ‘Youthwork Conference’ in Eastbourne. Before the first night began, I went and sat in the seating area, looking at the stage whilst everything was being set up...Read more

Each Christmas I find myself coming back to one of my favourite books, 'The Relentless Love of Jesus' by Brennan Manning, which reminds me that true worship involves both awe and intimacy...Read more

For this week’s blog, I thought I would share with you how some of the songs I have written have taken shape. Enjoy! Not Ashamed..Read more

"You can't be a social activist without being a contemplative." These words of the author Jim Wallis (God's Politics) really struck me recently. It re-affirms this idea that worship and justice cannot be separated - they are two sides of the same coin. In loving the poor, the weak and abused we are in fact loving Jesus...Read more

Someone emailed me the other day asking me this “ How can I get my church congregation to really go for it in our times of worship? It feels dead and as if no one wants to be there“...Read more

We Christians love our methods. We have one for everything; methods for writing a great worship song, methods for putting together the perfect song list and even methods for how to work a crowd with the right dynamics so that we get them wanting more...Read more

As worship leaders and songwriters it's good to keep finding ways of feeding the mind and inspiring the heart. We constantly need fresh input and ideas. I'd love to mention one resource that could be a real help to some - The Global Call To Worship Development...Read more