There used to be an ‘awards season” when it seemed like all the awards shows were on TV one after another, week after week. It’s not like that so much any more, as the different types of awards (Juno, Grammy, Emmy, Academy, Tony, Gemini and so on) all seem to be equally split between fall or spring, both early and late in the year.
We’re conscious of awards at Worship Café this month, but it’s not about us qualifying for any. It’s rather that it’s the season for us where the guests we’ve had recently (and coming up shortly) have been nominated for different awards.
We had the pleasure of hosting Mark Tromsness this past Sunday, one half of the band Colors and Tone. Their self-titled debut album is nominated in the category “Rock Album of the Year” at the Canadian Gospel Music Association’s Covenant Awards, which will be held later this month in Calgary.
On October 17th we will be hosting Daniel Bremnes, a worship leader from Salmon Arm, BC, whose new album is also up for a Covenant Award this year; “Your Strength” is a nominee in the category of Modern Worship Album of the Year.
The last Sunday in September we had Jon Buller as our worship leader. Buller is from Vernon, and his latest album, “Light Up The Sky”, is also nominated in the Modern Worship Album of the Year category at this year’s Covenant Awards. Buller is also a finalist in the Christian/Gospel Recording of the Year category at this year’s Western Canadian Music Awards, which run from October 21 to 24 in Kelowna.
Does being nominated for an award mean the worship is really, really good? Well, I think that comes down to us as individuals, more than anything else. Am I zoned in? Am I focused on God and on worshiping Him with my whole heart? If I am, then that will play a much larger role in whether or not the worship time will be really good – and I have to remember, too, that I’m not the audience, as a worshipper: God’s the audience!
I’ll save any further pontificating for a future blog. Just wanted to mention that this is award-nominated worship leader season at Worship Café – hope to see you online!
