News Archive (2022)
- November 3, 2022Before I address how Art+Faith: A Theology of Making book can directly help worship leaders and pastors, let me backtrack a bit to give a context of how the thesis came about.
- September 3, 2022When I discovered music in worship, I discovered God. I had grown up in the church, but it was mainly a social club for me and my youth group bubble to fellowship in this world as second generation Korean-Americans. It wasn’t until I went on...
- August 24, 2022Many worship leaders carry internal struggles whether young or old, which are shared below as four parables based on actual case studies. This is adapted from a presentation given last summer at Worship Arts Lab 2019.
- August 14, 2022You are what you eat, so they say. What goes into you has a shaping effect on your physical body. Literally. The shape of your muscles change with a diet of protein and a whole lot of working out. The shape of your belly changes with a diet of...
- July 16, 2022Unfortunately, the Christian Church in America has a deeply rooted history of separation and segregation. As the Church continued to grow and expand its borders, it did so creating sacred spaces of worship and denominations that were divided...
- July 16, 2022Excellence isn’t bad. Many of us have go-to Scripture passages to prove it. But when our version of excellence holds a death grip on our worship services, we might be risking the faith of our young people...
- June 10, 2022As a music worship leader, have you ever considered how the pursuit of musical excellence can become an idol?
- June 9, 2022I have spent most of my professional career exploring the connections between two archetypes – the monk and the artist...
- June 6, 2022APU’s School of Music will host the 2022 Songwriting Academy, a part of the Angeles Worship Initiative (AWI), from August 20-21 on campus for musicians to explore songwriting in a creative, collaborative, and theological approach.
- May 10, 2022Here I am. Three of the most life-altering words the people of God can utter. These words echo throughout scripture and Christian history from the lips of women and men whom God has called to pioneer new trails for God’s people...
- March 3, 2022The church as we know it is calibrated for a world that no longer exists. The world has changed and we in the church have not. So, we will need to recalibrate – and that will take innovation. But there is a problem...