Trip to Taranaki
This week, Vicky and I got to head away for our 3rd Wedding anniversary. We got married on the first day of the middle school holidays in 2010. This year we were couple of weeks late of the actual date, due…
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Worship Leading – Re:Read
This post is a reflection of many of the observations I’ve had over the past few months. It is a post about judgements, reading people, and leading worship. Reading People Each time I get up to worship lead I’m trying…
The Worship Conversation
When I worship, I try to open up a conversation between me and God. I praise Him for all He is, and all He has done in my life. I glorify Him with my song and my heart. And then…
Taupo: 2 Years Anniversary
Because I am a teacher, we were able to get married during the July school holidays, and forever have some sort of time off around our anniversary.This year, for our 2 year anniversary, we took a week and went up…
Worship: Leading People Vocally
There’s been many a battle cry, leading people forward in confidence and braving the fight and struggle that lies ahead. I find that the same needs to be applied when you lead people in worship. But what is vocally leading?…
Good Friday Cross 2012
Every year since 2001 I have made a cross on Good Friday. My first one was made on the shores of Lake Rotowiti whilst on Solo (3 days in the bush alone). Each year I set out to do something…
Guitar: Large Worship Team
Introduction Earlier I wrote a post looking at how to play guitar in a small worship team. But what if there are many other musicians to fit in with, usually as a part of a larger church. For this scenario…
Guitar: Small Worship Team
Introduction So you’re in a small worship team. There may be a keyboardist, a drummer and of course, you on guitar. What is your role? What is theirs? These questions well answer and give you a few ideas on things…
How to build a Mandolin
The following is some of the things I learned along the way of building and constructing my kitset Mandolin. The kitset is a SAGA Mandolin AM-10. I suspect other kits are similar in the pieces they include. Hopefully, you read…
Mandolin: Alpha
Last week I ordered my very first (and possibly last) Mandolin kit set. It is a SAGA Mandolin Kit AM-10. I have begun on this weekend project in order to get me away from the drab boringness of Facebook and…