Coastline Covenant Podcast

Hunter and Michael couldn't get on track this week for a new episode, but they've planned a few more in this series that will certainly be worth the wait! Until then, go back and listen to any episodes you've missed, send your Mount Rushmores, and get excited!

Sometimes, our own vulnerability (or lack thereof) gets in the way of our worship. In this episode, Hunter and Michael expand on their ideas surrounding vulnerability in worship, and God’s place both as the object of worship and the person to whom we can be fully open and honest. They talk about certain behaviors we can cultivate to begin our journey in vulnerability, how we have to practice being vulnerable with God and others, and how a time of singing at church can be the place where vulnerability really grows.

Finally, Hunter and Michael discuss the place for “self-focused” worship songs and their amount of helpfulness when encouraging people to be vulnerable.

We’ve talked a lot about how worship starts with seeing God and responding to His worth-ship. Sometimes, that’s easy. Sometimes… that’s hard.

In this episode of How to Worship, Hunter and Michael talk about those hard times, and how our worship posture should or should not change in the midst of trials. In between discussing various Psalms and the example of Jesus' life and crucifixion, Hunter and Michael recognize the importance of honesty and vulnerability in worship, regardless of whatever circumstances you may be facing. The idea of vulnerability is expansive, which is we're going to spend all of next week's episode talking about it in length!

“God created melody and music in such a way that pulls on and stirs human emotions like nothing else can.” - Davey Flowers.

That quote is the thesis of this week’s episode of How to Worship, where Hunter and Michael spend most of the time talking about worship music and Scripture’s command to sing. They also discuss some of the thorny and challenging lyrics in some of our worship songs, the role that emotions play in our worship, and the importance of singing together in a church setting.

This episode is the best of both worlds: not only do we get to hear a lot of the theological reasons for worshipping through music, but we also get to hear a lot about Michael’s process and his mentality as he chooses worship sets for church.

In this BONUS EPISODE of the Coastline Covenant Podcast, Hunter and Michael reveal their Mount Rushmore's of Worship Music. In case you forgot, this is a list of four worship songs (contemporary, classic, hymn, and wild card) that Hunter and Michael love.

They talk about their connection to these songs, other songs, and discuss three other Mount Rushmore's from some of their friends, co-workers, and wives. Remember: we want yours! Send your Mount Rushmore to [email protected] so we can discuss them on a future episode.

Note: this is a BONUS episode. While it certainly does fit within our worship series, there's really no substantive content, and you can 100% skip this if you don't want to listen to two dudes yap about music.

We'll have a new episode for you this Thursday that continues our How to Worship podcast series!

In the third episode of How to Worship, Hunter and Michael talk about the importance of our physical posture in worship. As we physically respond to God’s worthship, we’re saying a lot about what we expect God to do in our lives. Have you ever stopped to think about why you raise your hands in worship this week, or why you didn’t raise your hands in worship this week? Does it actually matter? (Spoiler Alert: YES)

We hope you like these episodes and we’re so excited for next week’s episode about music. If you want to submit your Mount Rushmore of Worship Songs (Classic, Contemporary, Hymn, Wild Card) you can email [email protected] and we’ll read them on the podcast in a few weeks!

In the second episode of our new series How to Worship, Hunter and Michael discuss the idea of Spirit led worship by looking at a few passages that describe the Spirit in the Old and New Testament to see that Spirit led worship begins with a Spirit filled life. Michael then takes some time to talk about a few things he hopes for our community as they seek to worship and live in a more Spirit filled way.

Just a note: we really hope you’re listening to these episodes in order! Each episode responds to the one before it and we’ll be building a lot of ideas over each conversation, so make sure you are all caught up before next week when we talk about Self-Led Worship!

Hunter and Michael are beginning a new series on the podcast called How to Worship, where they discuss just that! In this first conversation, they talk about how the default mode human is "worship" and discuss their goals for this new series.

Hunter and Shawn talk about Resilient Faith, the new teaching series here at Coastline. In between defining faith, talking about how “faith based” people are seen in culture, and the shape of this series, they discuss George Michael, cognitive behavioral therapy, and the X Files. Typical!

Very rarely do we get to sit down with an author to talk about her book. Even MORE rare is the fact that this author is our very own Jeannine Hanger! Hunter and Jeannine talk about the inspiration behind her new book, Engaging Jesus with Our Senses. You should 100% buy the book.