Tag Archives: worship

The “Doing Church at Home” Era

Posted on July 12, 2025 by mitchteemley

We had no choice. Back in the ‘90s, our then-toddler daughter kept catching colds at church. This was no surprise. After all, kids are viral airports, where infections land and take off with great regularity. In fact, quite a few … Continue reading →

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What is Worship?

Posted on September 15, 2024 by mitchteemley

“The perfect church service would be one we were almost unaware of; our attention would have been on God.” ~C. S. Lewis If you forget everything but God you have remembered everything that matters

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Grateful Forever!

Posted on January 14, 2024 by mitchteemley

What if we thanked God for literally everything he’s given us, starting with the hearts and minds and voices to thank him? I mean, heck, everything comes from God, so there wouldn’t be time for anything else! It would literally … Continue reading →

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Helping Others Worship God With Their Whole Being

Posted on April 23, 2023 by mitchteemley

I previously served as Director of Worship at a large church, and this was my manifesto: We’re called to love our Creator with “all our hearts and souls and might” (Deuteronomy 6:5), in other words with our whole being. We … Continue reading →

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The Perfect Church Service

Posted on November 27, 2022 by mitchteemley

“The perfect church service would be one we were almost unaware of; our attention would have been on God.” ~C.S. Lewis “I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD. They will be My people, … Continue reading →

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Empty People – Empty Churches

Posted on August 24, 2022 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is David Peever, pastor, ministry consultant and author of the book ‘Blueprint.’ I’ve found few people who cut so effectively and authentically to the heart of what true faith is amid our modern landscape of … Continue reading →

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Live Godly Lives

Posted on January 10, 2021 by mitchteemley

More and more, we find ourselves living in an environment we weren’t made for. We find that, as Peter says, we are ‘aliens and strangers’ in this world. The worship of God is not the norm, in fact, the worship of … Continue reading →

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“Doing Church” at Home

Posted on March 23, 2020 by mitchteemley

Yesterday, my wife and I propped ourselves up on a pew (bed) and tuned into an online worship service. This is how people “do church” in 2020 QA (the Quarantine Age). But it wasn’t new to us. Back in the … Continue reading →

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“Us Time” With God

Posted on January 27, 2020 by mitchteemley

Connecting With God One of my favorite comic strips when I was a kid showed an astronaut radioing Earth, “No signs of life,” while standing in an immense footprint he’d mistaken for a crater! Previously (God, Are You There?), I … Continue reading →

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The 7 Modern Sins

Posted on July 14, 2019 by mitchteemley

Some things never change. (Thanks to Gregory Joel for introducing me to this quote)

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