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RKBLOG.COM "2014 Editor's Pick" by Worship Leader Magazine
My blog, Rich Kirkpatrick's Blog (RKBLOG.com) has been honored as an Editor's Pick for 2014 in Worship Leader Magazine this month. This recognition is among other worthy bloggers in the online worship...
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Worship Album Review: Elevation Worship - Wake Up The Wonder
WORSHIP ALBUM REVIEW:Artist: Elevation WorshipAlbum: Wake Up The WonderLabel: ProvidentStandout Songs: "The King Among Us" and "Fortress"Score: 19/25 A very well-produced track captures the...
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Happy Thanksgiving: 2014
I wanted to write a simple note and simply say thank you to my family, friends and fellow sojourners. Blogging for over nine years brought me encounters with many of you who might have never met....
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CD Review: Smalltown Poets - Christmas Time Again
Artist: Small Town PoetsAlbum: Christmas Time Again - iTunes/AmazonReleased: 11/25/2014Label: IndieStandout Songs: "This Day In Bethlehem" and "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear"Score: 20/25The twice...
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Has Christmas Become a War on Advent?
There has been a lot of dialog in the Evangelical world in recent years about a war on Christmas. The cry was to say “Merry Christmas” in defiance to something like “Seasons Greetings” or “Happy...
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Sacramental Breakfast: Memories of breakfast with Dad
Memories flood at times when a scent arises–catching you off guard. Bacon does this for me. The sacramental experience of our dad’s Saturday breakfast event unfolds for me. With five boys eager as...
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Ministry, the Trailing Spouse and Seasons in Life
I was introduced to new terminology—trailing spouse. This is the marriage partner that is uprooted from his or her job when their spouse moves for work. They are the individuals whose job or career is...
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The Fallacy of the "Straight Line": How A to B really doesn't work in real life
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not rely on your own insight. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.Proverbs 3:5-6 (NRSV) Real life is never...
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Seeking a sign: Is our modern worship an idolatry of experience?
We all need signs. Where am I? I love the arrows on maps that tell me exactly where I am and the context. Real life scares us because rarely are signs this clear. When it comes to faith, signs were...
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The dance: Create to tell a story. Innovate to solve a problem.
A designer without an engineer is an art gallery, and an engineer without a designer is a parking lot. — Etan Lightstone (techcrunch.com/March 31, 2015) There are two types of creativity needed as...
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How We Worship Matters: Physical space can kill your worship
I will be periodically posting a series of essays this year: "How We Worship Matters: Essays on the Worship Battles We Should Fight." Physical Space Can Kill Your WorshipAs human beings, we live in the...
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Relevancy and worship music styles - It’s complicated
I will be periodically posting a series of essays this year: "How We Worship Matters: Essays on the Worship Battles We Should Fight." Here is the second essay in this series. We want to be relevant...
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Rockstar Monk - The role of the worship leader?
I will be periodically posting a series of essays this year: "How We Worship Matters: Essays on the Worship Battles We Should Fight." Here is the third essay in this series. At least two extremes...
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"American Sniper" Special Giveaway! - DVD/Blue-ray
I don't usually do this, but if you want to win a free copy of the movie American Sniper, simply let me know in the comments and in the comment thank a vet you know personally. I thank my friend Adam...
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Musicianship Matters! Five identifiers of a skilled worship musician.
From the first note to the last, what is played musically in church matters. Music is one of the historically prominent and powerful vehicles for our Christian worship–today as well as in the past....
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FEAR: Media's Motivator, Our Trap
And then I took a look aroundAnd I saw the love that surrounded meI knew that it was up to meTo cast off all the fears that bound me- Jackson Browne's "Cast off All My Fears"Old stories such as...
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Crowdsourcing Church Tech: 5 Ways the Cloud Empowers Volunteers
I have enjoyed being part of worship and music ministry in the local church since the days I used to develop Kodak Kodolith slides projected over a cyclorama curtain. The changing colors and the...
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Utility versus Beauty: When the bottom line invades our worship
In our society, what works and produces profit is what we value. While we hunger for a post-modern identity and story, the structures, all around us scream utility, conformity and results. Money...
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5 Lessons on how influential blogging actually works
There is SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and many techniques to draw people to click to our blogs. But, how do you have a conversation that actually influences and reaches the right people? It is one...
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5 Sins of Social Media Users - How to grow a flimsy, fake following!
Social media such as Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram are now not only personal expressions but company branding machines. With the proliferation of this new media, I have identified five...
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