One of the greatest leadership skills you can develop in leading your worship ministry is clarity…

I know... I know... it's not quite Easter yet. But, it'll be here before you know it!

And, if you haven't started preparing yet. Now is the time to pick out songs, fill your team in on your Easter plans, and plan anything else you need to get done before Easter comes!…

Imagine with me for a moment: it's the week leading up to Easter Sunday. What are you doing?

Things are crazy. You're running around trying to get all of those last minute details in place. It's only Monday but it feels like you'll never have enough time to get done everything you need to get done…

Easter will be here before you know it! It's time to start preparing if you haven't started already…

Let's be honest: spontaneous worship can be an ethereal subject.

It's kind of out there in the distance - we have a fluffy, general understanding of what it is. But, a lot of times, not a lot of meat is put on the proverbial bones…

Maybe you've heard the phrase "trust the Holy Spirit" a million times in relation to leading worship but you have no idea what it means…

Your church is made up of people. And if you want to lead worship well, you have to lead those people well. That means knowing them…

To LINGER in worship means…

For far too long, we've been coddling our congregations in worship.

It started off with good intentions: we wanted to remove barriers that would keep people from worshiping God…

Easter will be here soon and it's time to start introducing some new songs. Don't wait the week before to introduce a song you plan on doing for Easter. If you teach your church the song in advance, they'll be able to focus less on learning it on Easter Sunday and more on the words they get to sing…

Most worship leaders have made it to the point where they understand that, in order to lead worship well, you need to know how to play the songs you're leading well…

Reading the room means…

Is your worship team visible or invisible?

I'm not talking about when you're on stage leading worship - of course your church sees you then. I'm talking about the other 75% of your Sunday morning…

A couple weeks ago over on the LWW YouTube channel, we took a look at "How To Make A KILLER Worship Set List." If you want to learn the 4-step process to crafting a great worship set, go check that video out.

There are, however, a few more things that are helpful to keep in mind when planning your worship sets…

Have you ever felt awkward about praying while leading worship? Or maybe you feel uncomfortable?

You hear all of these other worship leaders pray elegant prayers that flow so smoothly and you feel like when you pray in public your words come out in a jumbled mess…

Here are 3 quick tips to connect with the people you're leading in worship…

The one thing worship leaders constantly talk about is how they just wish they could "connect" with the people they're leading in worship.

That word "connect" is rather ambiguous. Every worship leader wants it but not many have actually set out to define what it means…

it's important to learn how to make a worship set correctly so that, when the time comes, you've got a solid foundation in place and can focus on the other things you need to focus on while leading worship…

There's no doubt about it: leading worship for the first time (or first 10 times) can be scary.

You are, after all, in front of people and it's nerve-wracking.

What if you mess up? What if you forget the lyrics? What if you end up on @worshipfails?…

Most people think that minimalism means getting rid of virtually everything you have: trimming your wardrobe down to one outfit, throwing out your TV, and moving into a tiny house…