One of the key components to being a worship leader who makes an impact is to be sure that you are spending regular time worshiping God in your personal life as well as corporately. I’m realizing that I’ve been lacking in that area lately and would love to see a picture of what others do.
What do your personal worship times look like? Structured/unstructured? Prayer/music? Extended Scripture reading? Share in the comments!
Something got my wheels turning. I am placed in a strange juxtaposition of two different cultures. The culture I serve, my home congregation is a beautiful and wonderful place; a place I so enjoy serving, but I think we’re just starting to scratch the surface of how to be creative. We’re making excellent strides there and I can’t wait to see what’s in store.
On the other hand, the online world of church creatives that I daily take part in is a place of bold innovation, extreme creativity, and fresh thinking that, at times, might even be offensive to some within my congregation. Continue Reading…
For many church leaders, the hour before a worship service can be lovely or ludicrous. For me, the hour before depends on the week before.
If the week before has gone well (that is, communication was efficient, people prepared their part for the service, and my heart has been regularly fed in God’s word) then the hour before is always lovely; a time to get ready for corporate worship, enjoy the company of my fellow church members, and look forward to the Spirit of God moving in worship. Continue Reading…
First, you should know that I feel incredibly inadequate to do album reviews. I have no experience recording or producing an entire album. Yet, I keep getting blessed by several folks asking me to review their recording. I hope someday I’ll be the one asking for the review, but until then, I’ll give my honest and raw opinion about what I hear. Continue Reading…
This past week was the culmination of an opportunity I was presented with to organize a team to lead worship for several events dealing with our Free Lutheran association’s annual conference.
For the most part things went extremely well and I have no doubt that God was honored and glorified though it. Planning, however, presented a slight challenge. Continue Reading…
