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The Hour Before Church; Is it Lovely or Ludicrous?

July 25, 2011 in For Worship Leaders with 3 Comments

Image of the hour before - what happens the hour before a worship service

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…

Come and Drink, a Declaration for our Generation from Matthew Reed (Review)

July 1, 2011 in For Worship Leaders, Music with 5 Comments

Cover art for Matthew Reed's Come and Drink EP

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…

3 Ways to Work with Musicians Who Aren’t Familiar With You

June 22, 2011 in For Worship Leaders, Leadership with 2 Comments

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…

Outstanding & Amazing – Sojourn Music Does it Again (The Water and the Blood)

April 26, 2011 in For Worship Leaders, Music, Theology with 5 Comments

Sojourn CD Release Good Friday 2011-86

I have nothing but immense respect for a group of musicians, songwriters, and church leaders from a vibrant community of worship.

I first heard about them with their Advent Songs project (one of the best recordings of Christmas music I’ve ever heard), then was blown away by the first installment of Over the Grave – The Hymns of Isaac Watts, am in love with their split EP that was recently released, and now they’ve done it again. Continue Reading…

5 Lessons Learned from Resurrection Sunday

April 25, 2011 in For Worship Leaders, Training with 4 Comments

This is going to be a tough post to write.  Yesterday was Resurrection Sunday, and what I took away from it was disappointment.  Instead of joyously celebrating the most important event in the history of time (and non-time, for that matter), I performed, and poorly, at that.  I put pressure on myself to perform in several ways and didn’t deliver the results that I expected.  Thankfully, God doesn’t care about my performance but cares about my heart and gave me a good gut-check this Sunday.

However, there are several things I learned yesterday and wanted to pass them along: Continue Reading…

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