by dsiverns | May 26, 2012 | Leading Worship, Living
I’m taking a little break from talking directly about my recording project and am going to share something that I’ve been thinking about a lot lately. Our current culture is absolutely infatuated with the experience. Think about it – it’s all...
by dsiverns | Mar 9, 2011 | Church, Leading Worship, Living
I’m going to be completely honest, I’m drawn to the idea of doing something great. I would love to be someone of wisdom who accomplishes great things, a great musician who writes songs that bless the church and a model leader for my wife, kids and friends....
by dsiverns | Apr 8, 2010 | Songwriting
So it’s taken me a little while, but I’ve finally got a copy of “Shine Your Light” up for listening on my myspace. See here. It’s a quick recording that turned out pretty well! I set myself a goal of writing something congregational for...
by dsiverns | Feb 12, 2009 | Leading Worship, Songwriting
I was sent a link to Dr. Stackhouse’s blog this morning by someone on staff here. He has recently written an interesting blog calling for a higher level of musicianship and lyric writing from worship leaders, specifically calling out Chris Tomlin. Here’s...
by dsiverns | Feb 2, 2009 | Leading Worship
I stole this title from a chapter by Matt Redman in his book The Heart of Worship Files. He says some really interesting stuff which I’ve been thinking about more and more lately. Essentially, worship is a response to God. That being said, the response has to...