"For the mouth speaks out of the overflow of the heart" (Matt. 12:34). You know, there's nothing like times of stress to uncover what is in your heart. This video clip is of Christian musician Josh Wilson during a security delay at Newark Liberty Airport earlier this year. Faced with a stressful event beyond his control, he makes the best of it and cheers up many others in the process.

Yes, he's singing The Beatles, but if you ask me, the gesture may be more Christ-like than much of what goes on in a typical Sunday morning church service. I find it inspirational.

Question: If your only witness for Jesus were outside the walls of a church building, what kind of a witness would it be?

Well, we did it. In our latest batch of SuperCharts we recorded John Mark McMillan's "How He Loves," which is being popularized by the David Crowder*Band's Church Music CD. There's been a lot of buzz around this song for sometime now. We went with the Crowder lyric for the printed page, but you're free to sing it however is best for your situation. SuperCharts, as you may know by now, include note for note transcriptions from the artist recording, additional harmonies for your praise team vocalists, full color markings to give your players direction, and a text box that allows you to type specific notes directly into the pdf document. ... Oh yeah, and a SuperChart offers you the song in all 12 keys.


In case you missed it, here are some other recently released SuperCharts:

• Glory to God Forever (Steve Fee/Vicky Beeching)
  
• I Will Rise (Chris Tomlin/Louie Giglio/Jesse Reeves/Matt Maher)
  
• God You Reign (Lincoln Brewster/Mia Fieldes)
  
• Here in Your Presence (Jon Egan)
  
• Take My Life (and Let It Be Consecrated) (hymn arr. plus new Chorus by Chris Tomlin and Louie Giglio)
  
• Your Love, Oh Lord (Mac Powell and Third Day)
  
• Came to My Rescue (Marty Sampson/Joel Davies/Dylan Thomas) (Hillsong)
  
• Lead Me to the Cross (Brooke Fraser) (Hillsong)
  
• At the Cross (Darlene Zschech/Reuben Morgan) (Hillsong)
  
• To the Cross (Paul Baloche/Jason Ingram)
  
• There Is a Higher Throne (Keith and Kristyn Getty)
  
• One Way (Joel Houston/Jonathan Douglass) (Hillsong)
  

Use the code WPU011910 during checkout to download any three of the titles above for FREE. (Maximum Value $1.99. Must be used during one session. Offer expires February 15, 2010.)

Check out the list of all of our SuperCharts by checking the SuperCharts checkbox from the Find & Buy page.

A fresh batch of SuperCharts was just rolled out on our site, including the song "Glory to God Forever" from Fee's Hope Rising CD. This video clip is of the songwriter Steve Fee talking about the inspiration of the song.

SuperCharts include note for note transcriptions from the artist recording, additional harmonies for your praise team vocalists, full color markings to give your players direction, and a text box that allows you to type specific notes directly into the pdf document. ... Oh yeah, and a SuperChart offers you the song in all 12 keys. Here are the brand new ones:

• Glory to God Forever (Steve Fee/Vicky Beeching)
• I Will Rise (Chris Tomlin/Louie Giglio/Jesse Reeves/Matt Maher)
• How He Loves (John Mark McMillan) (as recorded by David Crowder)
• God You Reign (Lincoln Brewster/Mia Fieldes)
• Here in Your Presence (Jon Egan)
• Take My Life (and Let It Be Consecrated) (hymn arr. plus new Chorus by Chris Tomlin and Louie Giglio)
• Your Love, Oh Lord (Mac Powell and Third Day)
• Came to My Rescue (Marty Sampson/Joel Davies/Dylan Thomas) (Hillsong)
• Lead Me to the Cross (Brooke Fraser) (Hillsong)
• At the Cross (Darlene Zschech/Reuben Morgan) (Hillsong)
• To the Cross (Paul Baloche/Jason Ingram)
• There Is a Higher Throne (Keith and Kristyn Getty)
• One Way (Joel Houston/Jonathan Douglass) (Hillsong)

Use the code WPU011910 during checkout to download any three of the titles above for FREE. (Maximum Value $1.99. Must be used during one session. Offer expires February 15, 2010.)

Check out the list of all of our SuperCharts by checking the SuperCharts checkbox from the Find & Buy page.

(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert). No doubt that you, like me, have been saddened and disturbed by the Haitian earthquake and its victims. I've been thinking for a while about what (if anything) I should post about it here. There are, after all, better and more informed bloggers regarding the nation and the rescue efforts.

But this is the discussion I'll start here. How do we, as worship leaders, respond to such human tragedy? What songs do we sing now? How do we help our own congregations grieve, intercede, and inspire them to righteous action? May I suggest this blog post from Arizona worship leader Kyle Campos and the following songs available from our site (just click the titles):

• Lord, Have Mercy. Admittedly, the American church worship repertoire is deficient in biblical laments, but here's one. The chorus alone is strong enough.
• God of This City. This is a prophetic declaration and an act of intercession. "You're the Lord of this nation."
• Whole World in His Hands. Reminder of the sovereignty of God even "when all around is fading and nothing seems to last."

Want more? Here's a list of songs and hymns tagged with the terms "providence" and "hope." Remember, you can create your own lists by typing topical words such as "guidance" or "comfort" right in the text box from the Find & Buy page.

Question: What songs are you singing that speak to this tragedy?

Worship leading can be tricky business as YouTube's KentyMac demonstrates in this video. This is one of the funniest things I've seen in a while.

Question: Have you caught yourself doing any of these?

Today, we've rolled out some great new music from Leonardo Bella and T.W. Hale, and two hymn arrangements from yours truly. These producers add greatly to the stylistic breadth of our site. T.W. Hale brings country influenced pop to our mix with songs "I Believe That He's In Me," "You'll Be There," plus two others. Leonardo's retro-folk groove provides a welcome Messianic perspective with "Oh Zion," "Let All Creation Sing," and the Beatlesque sing-along "My God the King." I myself am offering a contemporary acoustic treatment of the hymns "Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us" and "All Creatures of Our God and King." We hope these songs find their way into your heart and your worship music repertoire soon.

Leonardo Bella

T.W. Hale

Jonathan Riggs

Choose one item from any of these folks for FREE until January 21 by using the coupon code NEW-PRODUCERS-01122010 at checkout.

Question: What genres would you like to see added to LifeWayWorship.com?

Yesterday, The Tennessean published a story on the front page of their Sunday issue about the growth of Hispanic churches. It profiles Hispanic church plants as well as the outreaches of English speaking congregations. Our own Ed Stetzer is quoted in the article, saying "churches that grow are the ones adding Spanish speakers."

Several weeks ago on my personal blog, I wrote of my experience leading worship at a workplace where I found myself in front of several Hispanic employees and wishing that I knew some Spanish worship songs. Now I know that immigration is a hot topic and I'll leave the discussion regarding reform to other blogs, but what I would like to discuss is how immigration is changing our worship services.

Question: Is your church doing anything to reach out to immigrants? What are some your challenges in this regard? Do you have bilingual services? Do you sing songs in languages other than English?

I had the good fortune today of spending the day at Sunset Blvd Studios for a tracking session for Release 2.1. The studio is one of my favorite places to be and we have some of the best studio players in Nashville. We captured some great tracks for this release which we'll roll out in March. Stay tuned.

Steve Dady, engineer and studio owner

Steve Brewster, drums

Dave Cleveland, guitars

Mark Hill, bass

Jason Webb, keys

Producer Ken Barker keeps a watchful eye on the session

A new checkbox has been created to allow you to limit your song search to those which have a SuperChart available. A SuperChart is a new type of music chart for your praise team. It includes a note for note transcription from the original artist recording, additional harmonies for your praise team vocalists, full color markings to give your players direction, and a text box that allows you to type specific notes directly into the pdf document. ... Oh yeah, and a SuperChart offers you the song in all 12 keys. From the Find & Buy tab, simply click the "Show only: SuperChart" checkbox.

Feel free to use the text box in combination with the SuperChart checkbox to for multiple search criteria. Go ahead and try it today, I'll even give you a coupon for a free SuperChart: enter FindSuperChart at checkout (valid through 1/12/10).

Question: Have you used a SuperChart yet? What feedback do you have for us?

A few months ago, my pastor preached from the Gospel text of Jesus turning water into wine at the wedding in Cana in Galilee (I encourage you to read it again from John 2). He spoke about Jewish weddings and how they are often loud and raucous affairs. I have only been to one, but can attest that it was quite the party. He then led us through an interesting exercise where we imagined Jesus at the wedding.

He then spoke from his own imagination. He had no problem seeing the guests enjoying themselves with the festivities of food, wine, music, and dance. But his picture of Jesus was a bit different. In his mind, Jesus was at the party, but sitting at a table watching the others. Not judging mind you, but not really participating either.

And the question he asked himself is the question he asked us and is the question I'm asking you. Why do we hold Jesus back? This image is not a scriptural picture of Jesus. It is one that religion has taught us. Let it go. Embrace who he is. He's in the thick of it, dancing, laughing, eating, and drinking the wine.

Let this Jesus love you, accept you, and enjoy you. And, as you lead your worship services, make sure you are presenting Jesus as being full of joy, enjoying His creation, and His people, and not a religious wallflower.

Question: What other "religious" ideas do you think we sometimes give that can keep people from experiencing who Jesus really is?