Theme: Celebration

The psalms command us to make a joyful noise — not a polite noise, not a reverent murmur, but a joyful shout. Songs about celebration are the worship expression of the prodigal's homecoming, the women running from the empty tomb, the early church breaking bread with glad and sincere hearts. These songs are medicine for churches that have drifted into a somber piety that has forgotten the resurrection actually happened. I try to build moments of genuine, uninhibited celebration into every worship set — times when the full emotional range of the gospel is given expression. Celebration is not the whole of worship, but a service without it has lost something essential: the joy that is the birthright of everyone who knows they've been found.