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Embracing Advent in Corporate Worship

11.29.2024

practices for a season of longing & waiting In church ministry, the fall can often feel like one extended sprint from back-to-school through Christmas. But about seven years ago our church discovered Advent and it has truly changed how we approach and experience the holiday season, which is now upon us.  If we’re not intentional […]

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Practical Tips for Spontaneous Worship (Part 2)

11.25.2024

The last post discussed how you can better prepare yourself to facilitate spontaneous moments in worship. But leading a team in spontaneity is a whole different animal that requires a different set of skills and practices.  So, what do you do if you feel comfortable leading spontaneous moments, but it’s foreign to your team? Here’s […]

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Practical Tips for Spontaneous Worship (Part 1)

11.05.2024

How can I prepare for unplanned moments in worship?  I grew up in wildly Pentecostal and Charismatic environments. “Flowing” in and out of songs was normal for me – any moment anything could happen. But I’ve learned that wasn’t – and definitely isn’t – the case for most people. Many worship leaders are hungry to […]

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5 Books for Worship Pastors

09.13.2024

In the age of Amazon, it’s difficult to know what books are worth reading and which aren’t. A simple search for books with “worship” in the title will produce everything from daily devotionals to scholarly monographs to “how to” handbooks. No one is an authority on all “worship books,” but I’ve read my fair share […]

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WHAT'S THE POINT OF WORSHIP, ANYWAY?

Episode - 09.05.2024

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3 Characteristics of a Healthy Ministry Team

08.14.2024

If we’ve learned anything by paying attention to the scandals unveiled in the last 10 years it is that health cannot be determined by signs of external success. Systems and organizations are too complex to base assumptions about their health from visible phenomena alone. I have been a part of ministries that appeared to be […]

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3 Ways to Design a Better Worship Setlist

06.26.2024

When I first started leading worship in my teens and early twenties, my understanding of how to choose a worship setlist was something like: start fast and loud, end slow and low. Oh and pick songs that are in the same keys if possible. Simple! Well. That’s mostly because at that point in my life, […]

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3 Ways to Increase Your Congregation's Worship Engagement

05.28.2024

Recently I was talking with a worship pastor who wanted to increase his congregation’s engagement in worship. Most worship leaders that I know also want to increase the congregation’s engagement in worship. Why is that? In a perfect world it would be because we want the people under our care to be so deeply convinced […]

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4 things we can learn from jesus' communication

05.19.2024

In Part 1 of our blog on Culture of Communication, we talked about the fact that leaning into and improving interpersonal communication skills is essential to being a good leader, and crucial to being an effective disciplemaker. If you haven’t yet read Part 1, I’d encourage you to pause here and go read that before […]

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Culture of Communication (Pt. 1)

03.09.2024

I’ll be honest. For the last several years, I’ve found myself wrestling with my own frustration around communication. Specifically interpersonal communication. Sometimes there are extenuating circumstances where grace is needed, of course, but I’m talking more about a habitual pattern of not responding in a timely manner (or at all) or responding in a way […]

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