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Ten Things Worship Leaders Should Never Do
Leading worship provides so many opportunities to make mistakes and be humbled and grow in maturity. I’ve made so many mistakes I’ve lost count. The benefit of those mistakes is that I now have an idea...
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What To Do When You’re New
Your first year as a worship leader at a church is critical. How do you lay a solid foundation with your fellow staff members, your pastor, and your congregation? Here are four crucial tips for your...
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Ten “Always Bad” Worship Leader Ideas
Us worship leaders are the creative types who like to think outside the box, like to do things artistically, and like to have new ideas. Some of those ideas are good. Some of those ideas are terrible....
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What Making Worship Albums Has Taught Me
Last year I had the privilege of producing a worship album for my church called “A Thousand Amens“. This year I’m producing two more. It’s been a ton of fun, a lot of work, and a learning experience....
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Getting Your Way Versus Implementing a Vision
Early on in my experience as a worship leader, I was pretty convinced that whenever I ran into any sort of opposition or problems or inertia, the solution was that I needed to get my way. Service feels...
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Keep Trucking
Yesterday morning at our 11:00am service we were halfway through our opening block of songs when I heard a crazy noise coming out of the speakers that seemed to make the whole room jump. No, it wasn’t...
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Lessons From the Last Decade: Leading A Worship Team Well
When I came to The Falls Church Anglican ten years ago, I inherited a worship team of about 20-30 members, made up of men and women of different ages, backgrounds, musical experiences, etc. Over the...
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Lessons From the Last Decade: Criticism, Controversy, and Conflict
It’s been a wonderful ten years in ministry at my church. And it’s also been very hard. Some of the hardest moments have come when I’ve been the recipient of criticism, the cause of controversy, and...
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From Joshua Spacht
Almost two years ago I had the joy of meeting Joshua Spacht for the first time. Joshua is an amazingly gifted worship leader, orchestrator, composer, arranger, and musician extraordinaire. He’s become...
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When to Speak Up… Or Not
I should have said something. I shouldn’t have said what I said. Should I say what I’m really thinking? Am I the right person to speak up? When to speak up and when to be quiet is something I wrestle...
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Drinking From a Firehose
What a whirlwind these past few weeks have been! It’s been three full weeks since I started in my new position here at Truro, and it’s been wonderful and insane at the same time. I had hoped I could...
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Jesus Is The Lion
Several months ago I started reading through The Chronicles of Narnia with my two oldest daughters (now 5 ½ and 4 years old). We began with The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, and they were...
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Liberating King: An Interview with Stephen Miller (And A Giveaway Too)
A few months ago at the Doxology and Theology conference in Louisville, I met Stephen Miller and enjoyed getting to know him a bit. Stephen is a worship leader, recording artist, and a song writer, not...
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The Point Of A Worship Leader Is To Point
This week my church is hosting “Genesis Arts Camp” for 200+ sweaty K-6th grade students in the morning and about 50 middle/high school students in the afternoon. I’ve had a blast leading worship in the...
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A Heads-Up Before Auditions
Meeting with potential singers and/or instrumentalists for auditions is always something I look forward to, but it’s also something that carries potential risks for awkwardness if the person I’m...
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Blending The New With The Old: Two Lies
Worship leaders and pastors who are wrestling with the important and difficult decisions about when and how to bring fresh expressions of worship into traditional services, or more...
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Don’t Be A Monkey
Early on in my experience as a worship leader, I was pretty convinced that whenever I ran into any sort of opposition or problems or inertia, the solution was that I needed to get my way. Service feels...
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When You Get The Flu On Easter
It all started last Saturday night with the tell-tale whole-body shivers. I had watched my kids battling ear-infections and strep throat earlier in Holy Week, and I had skated above their germs and...
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Eight Of The Most Common Worship Leading Mistakes
No worship leader ever stops making mistakes. From the most seasoned and experienced worship leaders, to the newest and greenest, mistakes are inevitable, humbling, and part of the process of maturing....
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Summer Worship Nights
Earlier this year I approached some of my colleagues and asked if they would be interested in helping me host a series of eight “summer worship nights” at my church on Fridays. They all responded...
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