by Cliff Cline | May 10, 2011 | Uncategorized
It has been a good year on the production side, but 3 songs in 4 months was not the goal, a song every month was. I know I will be able to release an extra song somewhere along the line here, because I have a very sparse production song planned for this year, but I...
by Cliff Cline | May 9, 2011 | Uncategorized
I attended the Ontario GMA Canada seminar last Friday. I was excited to re-connect with an old acquaintance Chris Vacher of Worship Rises fame. Chris founded Worship Rises to encourage the Canadian church to write songs that speak to what God is doing in our churches...
by Cliff Cline | May 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
Our family has had an interesting ride over the years in terms of living arrangements. In terms of expectation we have never hit mine. I really wanted to live in a larger home than we live in, have space for, well anything I deemed necessary. Our first townhouse was...
by Cliff Cline | May 3, 2011 | Uncategorized
I am not exactly promoting this book or even Jon, I have never met him or seen anything else of what he has done, although now I plan on exploring. I happened upon him via the twitter world, he actually followed me first, which is saying something, because I have very...
by Cliff Cline | May 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
I was just reading a post by Sara Groves on information overload. She was commenting on how there is a fatigue that comes from the constant connection we have to technology and information etc. One of her points was that it drains energy to the point that creativity...
by Cliff Cline | Apr 29, 2011 | Uncategorized
There is a massive difference between getting your Sunday morning service done, and getting it done well. As a pastor friend of mine noted, Sunday morning comes relentlessly every week ready or not. So how do you infuse energy and excitement into something that has...
by Cliff Cline | Apr 28, 2011 | Uncategorized
I could have also called this lemons to lemonade. The hardest part of accomplishing something is accomplishing it. Huh? Traveling down a path to your goals can often be defined by a set of steps, planned and executed, that lead to the finish line. My experience is...
by Cliff Cline | Apr 27, 2011 | Uncategorized
I am leading worship less these days, mostly because I am not traveling or helping other churches as much right now. The interesting thing about it is this: when you lead once a month or so it feels bigger, and the lack of routine actually makes some tasks harder. So...
by Cliff Cline | Apr 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
Grassroots implies a birth of something. An opportunity to do it right, to change something for the better, to create something amazing. Moreover, it implies freedom, flexibility, passion, and that's the allure. It is small, and with strong leadership it is...
by Cliff Cline | Apr 18, 2011 | Uncategorized
I think the most difficult thing in this world, especially this Western world, is to be yourself. Who God made you to be. We get so distracted by the meaningless. Not to trounce on cars or houses or brands, but the reality is, our physical wrappings are meaningless....
