As a drummer, it’s really frustrating when you feel like you’re stuck at a certain speed and can’t seem to play any faster. It’s especially tough to get increase your hand speed & endurance if you don’t have a clear path to follow. You waste a lot of time spinning your wheels, trying things that don’t …
Faster Drumming – How to Increase Your Hand Speed & Endurance in Both Hands! Read More »
If you’re like me, you love the corporate worship gathering and really want to see your church engage in worship. The typical Sunday morning worship set is around 25-minutes; so every moment counts! Like most, we start our services with worship and used to start with some sort of “welcome to church, sing with us” …
Increase Your Church’s Engagement in Worship with this 30-second Practice Read More »
A few months ago I was running tracks (and stage managing and the monitor engineer) for half•alive, on tour opening for twenty one pilots. The playback session I ran fired tracks, cued 6 different instrument’s patch changes, & (no joke) ran the lights. To put it plainly, the show would not have been able to …
The Dream Tracks Rig I Used on Tour Opening for Twenty One Pilots Read More »
The call to full-time ministry often begins as a conviction that we cannot shake. It’s an odd thing, often described as a “knowing” that can’t quite be articulated, merely discerned. For many people who are now in full-time ministry there was, at some point early on in their journey, an encounter with God that …
How to Not Lose Your Passion for Worship (Sustaining the Long Haul) Read More »
There have been many hills and valleys over the years and each one brought some lesson for me to learn from. After coming to a saving faith in college, I quickly started serving on worship teams. First as a guitar player and soon as a worship leader. I have had the chance to serve with …
5 Crucial Lessons I’ve Learned in the Last 10 Years of Worship Leading Read More »
Contemporary worship as we know it is a fairly new phenomena. Worshiping with song has been part of Christian worship from the beginning, but the current shape – a collection of songs strung together at the onset of the liturgy – is new. Even so, “contemporary worship” has continued to evolve over the ~60ish years …
Most people think that in order to sound good, they need to have the most expensive gear. But that’s not true at all. In fact, there are a lot of great guitar pedals out there that are affordable and perfect for worship! So we decided to do a video series highlighting 8 mostly under $50 …
8 Amazing & Affordable Guitar Pedals for Worship • The $39 Amp Simulator Read More »
Let’s be honest—most of us are leading worship teams made up entirely of volunteers. While some churches are able to pay every worship team member, that’s the exception, not the rule. Most of us are working with people who give their time, talent, and energy for free every single week. And while that’s beautiful… it …
How to Turn Your Volunteer Worship Team Into a Dream Team Read More »
Here’s the Crazy Truth About You as a Volunteer Most people in ministry are not on staff, but rather serve on a volunteer basis. As a volunteer it can be very easy to make light our responsibility on our team. However I would make the case that the responsibility is not light but rather …
Almost a year ago I wrote a post called “Worship Leader” or “Worship Pastor”? Our Language Tells on Us… In it I argue that we should aim to be worship pastors and not just worship leaders. Our function – making theological and spiritual decisions on behalf of the congregation – is pastoral, and even if …
Top 5 Books for Worship Leaders on Pastoring in 2022 Read More »
