From RagamuffinSoul.com…

Ideas come from other ideas… The blogging world has given us a great opportunity for this. When I started the Worship Confessional idea it was with this in mind. People sharing their sets, videos, ideas, and hiccups together. Blogging is just one step in this viral communication world we are living in. Find patters and ideas that are working and rip them off. It’s ok.

It’s okay to talk about what went well in the worship setlist.

I thought I’d clarify this after venting, griping and complaining last week about all the ‘worship confessionals’ floating around online.

I think the main thing that’s overlooked is the context of the local church.

On the worship team at my church (which typically uses acoustic guitars, keyboards, a bass and a djembe) I tried to get the music to sound like United. I saw this great sound, and fascinating lights and fog machines… and I lost my direction as a worship leader.

If we’re not careful we start judging our worship services by how closely it resembles the original recordings… most of the time without considering the context of our music and the makeup of our congregation.

To put it simply: we’re just at a different place than [X] church or [Y] church.

And that’s okay.

So, the question “How was your Sunday?” is incomplete. We also need to consider how effective we were at meeting the congregation where they are with the songs and styles we used.