I’ve learned a lot of lessons along the way during my experience as a musician and as a worship leader. Here are seven lessons learned that I’ve love to take a closer look at in the coming weeks.
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Being as I have a child of my own, I’m now on the lookout for great children’s worship music. I’ve been seeing this resource pop up in conversations lately and I needed to check it out for myself. I headed over to the website and found that you could listen to all of their music online for free! What a great way to introduce someone to the music. The best thing about these catchy songs is that they’re straight out of Scripture and provide a fantastic way to memorize Bible verses.
Thursday I’ll share an in-depth review and overview of each of the albums from Seeds Family Worship but I wanted to give everyone a heads up to another solid option for children’s music. Head on over and check it out!
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about leadership. And lack of it. Both in my own life and in other places I’m affected. Here are 5 lessons that I’ve learned and am trying (or will be trying) to apply.
- Give direction. People under your authority need to know what to do next. They need a goal to reach. Give both to them.
- Encourage. It’s tempting to always want to fix things, look at the big picture and wonder why it’s not happening yet. Instead, give encouragement for little things you see happening along the way.
- Follow through. This one is a constant struggle for me but one I desperately need to discipline. Do what you say you’re going to do. Period.
- Respect others’ time. Do not waste other people’s time because of scheduling decisions or “things that came up last minute.” If you have to cancel something, give a good explanation as to why.
- Care. Ask people how they’re doing. Listen, really listen, to people. Don’t just listen because it’s what you have to do. Listen with empathy.
What are some lessons you’ve learned that you can add?
(not sure why this particular wordpress theme shows ordered lists as A, B, C, etc. instead of 1, 2, 3. I’ll have to look into that)
This is a question I’ve been pondering for a while, especially as our daughter gets older and starts to understand things and ask more questions. I also found this fantastic post from The MOB Society (Mother’s of Boys) that I just had to share. It was so good to read and think about. An excerpt:
He listens, learns, and knows the words now. He can’t read yet, learning by hearing is his way. He gently raises his hands, the air accepts them, and he closes his eyes. He is mouthing the words now, no sound. Not yet. Halleluia! Sweet tiny sound breezes through my ears. A wee voice with a big heart. I open my own eyes to look. He is worshiping.
So, what do you do? What have you done? What has worked? And I’m not talking about just teaching your kids to sing and do actions with Sunday School songs. While that’s great and is a good starting point, I’m wondering how you teach children to be worshipers. I want to know how you’ve developed lasting results. Will you leave me a comment and let me know?
Something I would love to do more often is to integrate more younger players and singers into our worship team. Watch this video of veteran worship leader and musician Paul Baloche as he shares some good thoughts about how to do it.
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