As of August 29, 2009, these are my ten favorite songs. 1. Arise (1) Avalon 2. No Other Name (2) Freddy Rodriguez & Champions Live 3. He Is (3) Mark Schultz 4. Lay ‘Em Down (7) Needtobreathe 5. Already Gone (4) Kelly Clarkson 6. The Lost Get Found (8) Britt Nicole 7. S.O.S. (6) Jordin Sparks 8. Battlefield (Tonal Club Mix) (10) Jordin Sparks 9. Hey Soul Sister (new) Train 10. Nobody (5) Wonder...

In March 2008, I left the corporate world to work full-time in ministry as the Communications Director of Victory Fort Bonifacio, a church in the Philippines that honors God and makes disciples. (I was a member of Victory for more than five years and a Fort volunteer for two, before leaving for six months in November 2007 to plant a church in Greenhills with Pastor Dennis Sy. I returned to Victory Fort when I was called to serve there as paid...

Many Christian worship leader resources are available so we can make the most productive use of our time. I, for one, am the type of person who can’t just sit still and do nothing. (Well, I can, on occasion, but I find that I usually fall asleep soon afterward.) In the tradition of great men like Pastor Joey Bonifacio (of the church in the Philippines I work for), I try to read as much as I can, as often as I can. I’ve been reading...

You may have noticed that GannsDeen.com has reverted to one of its earlier incarnations. There’s a reason for that: I’ve found that the erstwhile look – the one that some of you said made me look like some kind of a rock star, LOL – resulted in an abnormally high bounce rate. What that basically means is that people come in and leave without reading anything else. That’s a bit of a blog design fail, especially since...

1. Arise (2) Avalon 2. No Other Name (1) Freddy Rodriguez & Champions Live 3. He Is (6) Mark Schultz 4. Already Gone (5) Kelly Clarkson 5. Nobody (3) Wonder Girls 6. S.O.S. (4) Jordin Sparks 7. Lay ‘Em Down (10) Needtobreathe 8. The Lost Get Found (7) Britt Nicole 9. Give Me the Meltdown (8) Rob Thomas 10. Battlefield (Tonal Club Mix) (new) Jordin...