by Cliff Cline | Jan 5, 2011 | Uncategorized
That is a phrase which I have started to use way too much in the last year or two. I think it is actually out there a bunch in the masses right now. Someone started it, but I am not sure who. It is something for which I mock myself from time to time by adding,...
by Cliff Cline | Jan 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
I am more convinced than ever, it is the little things, done right and consistently that lead to success. Returning email, sending a thank you card, making the call. Maybe another way of looking at it, is that it is the relationship little things that are so...
by Cliff Cline | Jan 3, 2011 | Uncategorized
Last year was not the year I planned for music, that is for sure. I imagined touring with my just released CD "Buried Thoughts", and being very busy. In the end my year was more defined by the work that came out of my day job due to the earthquake in Haiti...
by Cliff Cline | Dec 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
I am very excited to be hosting a worship leaders workshop for young worship leaders in mid January sponsored by a patron who cares about developing young leaders in his church. Speaking of passions, I love encouraging young (and older) worship leaders to really dig...
by Cliff Cline | Dec 20, 2010 | Uncategorized
I am very excited to be leading worship at our home church Forestview this Friday. It has been several years since I have done that anywhere. One of the biggest challenges, of course, is to bring some level of interest to songs that have been done so much. Although...
by Cliff Cline | Dec 17, 2010 | Uncategorized
I have always associated the word passion with something positive. Far more linked to a calling, or something that really drives me. But the word is far more powerful than that. {definition} Maybe most importantly historically is that is refers to the Passion of...
by Cliff Cline | Dec 8, 2010 | Uncategorized
Integrity is really being consistent and honest about who you are and what you do. When people lack integrity, they create an environment of derision. That environment might be their workplace, their friendship community, church or home, but if one lacks...
by Cliff Cline | Nov 29, 2010 | Uncategorized
When I was around 13 I discovered I had a voice. It was a radical discovery, I landed the lead in a grade 7 play. It was also traumatic, I was a rep goalie, a provincial league baseball player, but not an artist. In grade 8 I did nothing artsy, I think the whole...
by Cliff Cline | Nov 23, 2010 | Uncategorized
I have know the Lead Pastor, Steve Kerr, at Gateway Church in Caledonia for a lot of years, but we finally connected in terms of me getting out there to lead worship. I had the privilege of bringing a band, made up of mostly the usual suspects, as well as a new...
by Cliff Cline | Nov 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
I had mentioned in August (link) that I had written a new chorus. Although my plan had been to record it more professionally, which I still probably will, I did want to ship it so to speak. To that end you can go to my Worship Resources page and listen to a demo of...
