A great week of rejuvenating with the family. Built a new studio desk, not painted yet, but I will throw some photos up this weekend once it is all hooked up again. The plan is to finish the vocals on a song this weekend!! Should be fun.
Friday, July 30, 2010
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Google: Cliff Cline
Over the years I have had a few people track me down by "googling" me. In those days I was somewhere on the list, but certainly the whole list. Times have changed it seems, (link) as I now make up 2 and a half pages strong, and I certainly don't pay anyone to get me to the top. That being said, how many Cliff Cline's are there out there?
The other humourous thing of course, is I think I am mainly famous to myself (and my kids, they haven't grasped my place in this world yet). At the end of the day I guess if I ever get metioned somewhere I will be easy to find, at least on the web.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
If There Were No Building
If there wasn't a church building, a "service", a sermon, a kids program, would you be a Christian? Would you take on discipling your kids, your neighbors, your friends? Would you be lost? Or would you drop to your knees and really find God? Hopefully the latter.
The Creative Process
Unfortunately I haven't really arrived at a place where I can easily record and edit the process I go through recording, but this is a cool look at a lot of the things I do. the iPad thing at the end is amazing, I definitely am not that tech'd up.
Monday, July 19, 2010
Leading Worship at Forestview and the Next Level
Yesterday morning was a delight. It feels like it has been a while since I led music anywhere, including my home church Forestview, and I was very excited to get to it yesterday. Played with a new drummer who was amazing, and the rest of team was great as well. I don't know how to describe a great worship morning, but I definitely felt spiritually fulfilled in my role, put it that way.
There is still a part of me that longs for the next level though. Longs for more abandon from everybody in the house. My MO is to lead by example and leave it all on the floor, yesterday was no exception, and the air conditioning wasn't exactly super cool, so I was drenched - kind of funny. But there is a huge part of me that longs to see the majority in the house in that same boat. Corporate worship is our chance, our chance to emote, to search, and to become more in the process. I am surprised that more people don't need that, don't crave that next level. One could make the argument that we all emote differently, but ultimately I disagree. Passionate people are labeled passionate because on some scale they at least hit the minimum of "passion".
This is one thing I know.The next level is being more passionate about what happens when we give praise to God, than anything else in those moments.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
The Process
Sometimes we fail.... I have been aggressively pursuing finishing several things at once this past two months, and although progress has been made on most fronts, I have not delivered, and I am sorry. Several things have gone well, more songs loaded to iTunes and CD Baby, progress in production and more blogging, and a new single from Buried Thoughts to radio (much tracking to be done) but I have not the finished production I desired for new material. So where from here? A renewed commitment to keep working. I spoke with a music director from radio today and put it simply. I am like most Canadian musicians, doing it for the love, and hoping the incremental work will one day build into something of significance. It s a process of love, and although delayed, I am still on it, and will soldier on!! More soon, I promise.
Monday, July 05, 2010
Church Leadership
This is a re-post from several years ago. Although I might have written slightly differently today, I still fully agree with the point...especially the thought that we are not called to use our gift of leadership to become excellent leaders, but rather to fulfill the mandate of the church with passion. Too many leaders are flexing their leadership chops with little positive effect towards the the mission of the church. Lots of scripture to back up the premise: (original link here: Church Leadership)
I have heard it said that: "I believe the local church is the hope of the world and its future rests primarily in the hands of its leaders." No matter how hard I try I can't see how that as a statement would honour God. To me the hope of the world is Jesus Christ, and the future of Christ and His church rests in the hands of God the Father. I understand that Romans 12:8 (or a portion therein) talks about leading with diligence, but I would posit that is referring to people who are gifted in an area, say like teaching or playing in worship, and are also gifted to lead in that area. I do not think it is referring to the gift of diligently leading in leadership. Within your gift, lead with diligence. Serve God and be used by Him to create His prevailing church with the gifts He has bestowed on you for the edification of the body. Perhaps this is splitting hairs, but I think that is putting the emPHAsis back on the correct sylLAble. My biggest struggle with this is that I love the heart of the quote and the quotee. It makes no sense that the church today would not operate organizationally with excellence, in fact it certainly honours God to do so. I simply think that the primary message of the church ought to be the message of the cross and the fact that Jesus Christ is our hope, not that the church is the hope of the world. Psalm 25:3 No one whose hope is in you will ever be put to shame, Psalm 25:5 guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long Psalm 25:21 May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope is in you. Psalm 31:24 Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the LORD . Psalm 33:18 But the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear him, on those whose hope is in his unfailing love, Psalm 71:5 For you have been my hope, O Sovereign LORD , my confidence since my youth. Psalm 119:74 May those who fear you rejoice when they see me, for I have put my hope in your word. Matthew 12:21 In his name the nations will put their hope."[ 12:21 Isaiah 42:14] Romans 5:2 through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we[ 5:2 Or let us] rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Romans 5:5 And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us. Romans 15:4 For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. Romans 15:13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Ephesians 1:12 in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory. Colossians 1:23 if you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant. I think you get my point. By the way, I did not find a scripture yet that says or intimates that the hope of the world rest in church leaders. There are plenty that put their hope in the true head of the church, Jesus Christ.
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