Japanese/English Worship Songs 2026

After coming back from our first ministry trip to Japan in December 2024, the Faith Community Church Japan worship team was tasked with putting together bilingual Japanese/English worship videos, ostensibly for use by a connect group that was meeting in our mission house in Fukuoka. When the first batch of songs came out on Youtube […]

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Worship Hot Takes – Part 1

I Can’t Believe It’s Worship is starting a new series today, called “Worship Hot Takes“. After a pretty esoteric and theologically deep study of the Tabernacle (you can listen to my 4-part Equip course here), Lester Sim and I decided to do some episodes which were (perhaps) less intellectually rigorous. So Lester S found some […]

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Blessed are the Flexible

This post is based on an informal talk I gave to a group of tertiary–campus leaders in my church. I became a Christian on 20 July 1990 – so it’s been over 35 years. But as I’ve been reflecting on my journey as a Christian over that time, I began to land on a few […]

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Reflections on 2025

Psalm 65:11-13: You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance. The grasslands of the wilderness overflow; the hills are clothed with gladness. The meadows are covered with flocks and the valleys are mantled with grain; they shout for joy and sing. These last 12 months have been full and fulfilling. […]

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Dwelling Place – Live Version

Get the chord chart here: It’s been about 3 weeks since we launched the song “Dwelling Place” for use in our Sunday services at Faith Community Church. Over that time, we’ve let the song evolve a bit. This version was recorded live during the second service on 1 June 2025, with Lester Sim leading. The […]

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Podcast – What is Worship?

In case you missed it, here is the latest episode of my and Lester Sim’s podcast where we talk about the fundamental question for all worship ministers, and in fact, all Christians: What is Worship? I’ve actually found that in churches today, the idea of “worship” is poorly understood – wrongly conflating liturgy, devotion and […]

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New Song Drop – Psalm 84

The simply-titled “Psalm 84” by Lester Sim is the last of the three songs recently recorded by our songwriting group. When I challenged the group last year to write a song, both Lester and I sensed that there was a stirring in the collective heart of our church for more of God’s presence. Against the […]

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New Song Drop – Song of Ages

Siska Sands is one of our Youth Pastors (our youth ministry at Faith Community Church is called Kinetic). She has not only stewarded Kinetic (along with our other Youth Pastor) to a place of depth and growth, but she is an amazing worship leader in her own right, having led Kinetic Worship until recently. As […]

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