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Bring Your Own Sacrifice Part 2: The Best of Your Land

Nathan

5 days ago
4 min

Bring Your Own Sacrifice Part 2: The Best of Your Land

Land is much more than property. It’s alive. It’s dynamic. Land affects us and we affect land.

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Nathan

Sep 7
4 min

Bring Your Own Sacrifice, Part 1

If you believe God gave your church its own identity and heart, wouldn’t you want the sound of your worship team to reflect your family?

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Nathan

Aug 31
4 min

A Few Questions Answered

The light of God shines in and through us. Our spirit, which is the lamp of the Lord, contains that pure light.

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Nathan

Aug 24
2 min

Do You Have the Design of a Mercy?

God called David, “A man after my own heart.” That is all that a mercy gifting could ever want- to be connected to God heart-to-heart.

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Nathan

Aug 17
3 min

Do You Have the Design of a Ruler?

They have the ability to look at structures and teams. They are designed to build life-giving systems so people can do and be their best.

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Nathan

Aug 10
3 min

Do You Have the Design of a Giver?

They understand how to accrue resources, take the long view, and apply wisdom to bless generations.

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Nathan

Aug 3
3 min

Do You Have the Design of an Exhorter?

God often picks them to be world changers, but they must commit to discipline and developing their finest abilities.

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Nathan

Jul 27
2 min

Do You Have the Design of a Teacher?

The teacher doesn’t reject or accept truth quickly. In the mind of the teacher, if it is true, it will still be true in a year or ten years.

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Nathan

Jul 20
3 min

Do You Have the Design of a Servant?

God gives the servant large amounts of spiritual authority precisely because He knows they don't want it.

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Nathan

Jul 13
3 min

Do You Have the Design of a Prophet?

Prophets live for a vision, a reason for being. It is crucial that the prophet know where they are going.

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Nathan

Jul 6
3 min

Focus on Your Design: The Foundation

As much as we have discovered and nurtured our gifts, we will enjoy fulfillment in life.

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Ditch Your Enneagram. Focus on Your Design.

Nathan

Jun 29
4 min

Ditch Your Enneagram. Focus on Your Design.

When you use the enneagram, you cannot “opt out” of the weird mystical stuff.

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Nathan

Jun 22
2 min

Knowing God Before the Song

If you only know God through corporate worship, you will warp your identity.

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Nathan

Jun 15
3 min

Does Your Worship Music Fit Your Space?

I can't sing many of the songs I hear from large churches. They weren't written for my house of worship. They were written for their house.

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Nathan

Jun 8
3 min

The Many Facets of Praise

For a language with a relatively small vocabulary, Hebrew has a lot to say about praise.

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Nathan

Jun 1
3 min

What IS Worship Anyway?

"Okay" I thought. "I can agree that worship is more than a song. What am I supposed to do with that?

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Creativity, As Taught by Franz Joseph Haydn.

Nathan

May 25
3 min

Creativity, As Taught by Franz Joseph Haydn.

"I was cut off from the world, there was no one to confuse or torment me, and I was forced to become original."

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How to Groove, With Help From Victor Wooten.

Nathan

May 18
2 min

How to Groove, With Help From Victor Wooten.

"Stupid good" is when a musician plays something complex so quickly or effortlessly that you laugh, look down, and shake your head.

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Why You Should Write Worship Songs for Your Home Church.

Nathan

May 11
2 min

Why You Should Write Worship Songs for Your Home Church.

80% of worship music played in your evangelical church sounds similar to the evangelical church down the street. Why? Consistency.

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My #1, All-time, Best-Ever Tip for Singers.

Nathan

Apr 15
3 min

My #1, All-time, Best-Ever Tip for Singers.

Each of us are given just one voice. Unless you sing with your own voice you are condemned to be a cheap imitation.

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