Josh Lavender

Awakening Prayer by Josh Lavender

I’ve heard it said that the first blood of atonement were the drops of blood Jesus shed in prayer. May his Spirit wake us up to the great needs around us and give us zeal, persistence and the singular focus to contend for God’s Spirit to fill our homes, churches, cities, and world. What would it look like to write songs of travailing prayer?

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Lost & Missing Sung Prayers: What is Shame?

By Josh Lavender When I think of shame, I think of dropping a tray in a school cafeteria with everyone watching and laughing. Or falling off of a platform while…

Lost & Missing Sung Prayers: One Generation to Another

By Josh Lavender “Great is the Lord! He is most worthy of praise! No one can measure his greatness. Let each generation tell its children of your mighty acts; let them proclaim…

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Song Discovery Pick – Path of Peace

“Path of Peace” by Marcus DePeal, Elisa Teller, Josh Lavender, Andy Riemersma, Leanza Riemersma, Taylor Wilding, Jennifer Wilding In the words of the writers: We walk the path of peaceWe…

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Feature Articles from the Mag

Theologians & Theorists: Reforming Worship in God’s Image

By Various Authors WL recently asked a question of some of the most eloquent and enjoyable people we know—those who have made studying, encouraging, and expanding our understanding of worship…

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Missional Worship

Worship really can turn our lives upside down, or better yet, worship turns our lives outward.

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The Lost and Missing Prayers

A few years ago, I was at dinner in California with two dear friends, Andrea Hunter and Lester Ruth. Lester has done amazing work analyzing CCLI data to find trends and recognize both what churches are singing, and what we’re not. As we talked about worship that night, the conversation led us to a topic that resonated deeply with all three of us—lost and missing things in our worship services. We talked about the kinds of prayers and songs that seemed to disappear over the decades, and Andrea suggested we end by asking the Lord if there was something he wanted us to do about it.