Jon Gilmore is the Pastor of Music Ministry at Cross and Crown Church in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Cultivating a Culture of Thankfulness

Thankfulness is expressed through words and actions, which can be taught. But the harder challenge is to train the heart to be thankful in the first place.
Jon Gilmore
Nov 27, 2025

Reasons to Sing Old Hymns

Old hymns allow us to dig deeper into our faith and add a melody to the life-giving teachings of scripture. Do you need a song of response for baptisms? There’s
Jon Gilmore
Oct 17, 2025

How to Care for Your Worship Leader

By and large, the greatest need of every worship leader is for their pastor to come alongside them. As Aaron and Hur held up the hands of a weary Moses
Jon Gilmore
Sep 18, 2025

Worship Songs as Shepherding Tools

The New Testament demonstrates that the singing church accomplishes two things: it sings to praise God and to teach one another the truth of God. Are we using the incredible
Jon Gilmore
Jul 25, 2025

Pastors, Be Faithful to God's Word

Every moment we take to speak the truth to one another is another seed cast onto the soil of that soul. It is not for us to determine where it
Jon Gilmore
Jun 25, 2025

How to Worship God: Cultivating Godly Affections

Cultivating a heart tuned to worship God rightly requires that we take a fair inventory of our heart’s emotions in our worship.
Jon Gilmore
Apr 4, 2025

Preparing to Sing Through the Storm

The next storm is coming, and my act-of-God bingo card still has plenty of empty spaces. Will I be ready for whatever comes next?
Jon Gilmore
Jan 15, 2025

Christmas Carols and the Value of Remembrance

"Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen[a] and called its name Ebenezer; for he said, 'Till now the Lord has helped us'” (1 Samuel
Jon Gilmore
Dec 10, 2024

Our Call to Worship: Is It Well with Our Singing?

Let them praise the name of the Lord, for his name alone is exalted; his majesty is above earth and heaven. He has raised up a horn for his people,
Jon Gilmore
Oct 29, 2024

Give Your Worship Leader a Break (by Training Up Others)

When the time comes to give our regular week-to-week worship leaders a break, it need not be a detriment to the normal rhythms of gathered worship. By preparing ahead of
Jon Gilmore
Jul 16, 2024

The Place of Patriotic Songs in Worship

Is there a place for patriotic songs in church worship? A better question is to ask how we might as shepherds teach our sheep how to be thankful for all
Jon Gilmore
Jul 2, 2024

Is All Christian Music Christian?

The Bible tells us to “test everything; hold fast what is good” (1 Thessalonians 5:21). In the spirit of that command, I pose the following question: Is all that’s called
Jon Gilmore
Jun 4, 2024